1. Applicants must fulfill all admission requirements of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Medical Sciences Campus. http://md.rcm.upr.edu/biomed/
  1. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required. Please see the webpage of Biomedical Sciences. http://md.rcm.upr.edu/biomed/
  1. Applicants must have a general point average of not less than 3.00 on a scale of 4.00, and a grade point average in science and math of not less than 3.0. Each applicant will be evaluated according to her/his merits.
  1. Applicants should have completed a B.S. or B.A. degree with an undergraduate major in Biology, Chemistry or Pharmacy. Applicants with other undergraduate majors, for example, a BS in Engineering may also be considered.
  1. The following courses are required for all incoming students. Students with deficiencies in any of these courses will be required to remove the deficiency before being accepted as a full-time student. If program requirements have changed and the course is no longer available, a similar course may be substituted. In case of doubt, please contact the Program Coordinator.

Mathematics: General principles of Calculus

General Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

General Physics and laboratory

General Biology

Computer literacy/proficiency

  1. The following courses are strongly recommended:

Animal Physiology

Cell and Molecular Biology

Biochemistry

Human Biology