OpenFieldWake Forest · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Wake Forest University is a top-30 premier private collegiate university founded in 1834, situated on a picturesque 340-acre campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Governed by the motto Pro Humanitate ('For Humanity'), Wake Forest is internationally celebrated for pioneering organ 3D bioprinting at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), law, biomedical sciences, and undergraduate teaching excellence.
Wake Forest comprises seven colleges and schools: Wake Forest College, the School of Medicine, School of Business, School of Law, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Divinity. The campus houses the world-famous Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) in the Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem.
Undergraduate admissions are highly selective (test-optional holistic review via Common App). Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a high GPA (typically 3.4+), statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 95+ or IELTS 7.0+).
World-leading doctoral program based at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), engineering human replacement organs, 3D bioprinted skin and bladders, stem cell decellularization, and microfluidic organ-on-a-chip platforms for drug testing.
Elite NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center doctorate investigating immune checkpoint blockade therapy, cancer metabolism reprogramming, epigenetic gene silencing, and clinical biomarker trials.
Top-tier STEM-certified analytics degree partnering with corporate sponsors (Amazon, ExxonMobil, Inmar) for live practicum capstones, teaching machine learning, SQL big data querying, and visual analytics.
Doctoral research at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials exploring flexible organic solar photovoltaics, field-effect transistors, topological quantum insulators, and biological physics imaging.
Top-tier law program celebrated for legal writing, clinical trial healthcare law, biotechnology patent prosecution, environmental litigation, and appellate advocacy at the Worrell Professional Center.
Joint graduate program with Virginia Tech (VT-WFU SBES) located in the Innovation Quarter, researching vehicular crash injury biomechanics, brain trauma concussion mechanics, and diagnostic ultrasound devices.
Director & Chair of Urology
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)
Dr. Atala is a world-renowned pioneer in regenerative medicine, creator of the first laboratory-grown organ (bladder) successfully transplanted into a human pat...
View researcher profile ↗Director & Professor of Physics
Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
Dr. Carroll investigates organic semiconductors, flexible thermoelectric power generators, carbon nanotube composites, and nanophotonic light-emitting devices....
View researcher profile ↗Chair & Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Dr. Stitzel leads international research on head impact biomechanics in collegiate football players, finite element human body crash injury modeling, and automo...
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