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Combined BS/MS Biology at Brandeis University

Brandeis University, United States

Programme overview

Four-year combined BS/MS in Biology for undergraduate candidates for departmental honors, admitted on departmental recommendation.

Faculty: School of Science, Engineering and Technology  |  Department: Biology  |  Duration: 4 years; 38 semester courses (152 credit hours)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Fall  |  Location: Waltham, MA, United States

What you will study

Requires a total of 38 semester courses (152 credit hours), including all requirements for the BS in Biology.

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Entry requirements

Join a research lab no later than the start of the sixth semester at Brandeis; meet with the department advisor, preferably in or before the fifth semester; meet the university GPA requirement for departmental honors by the end of the sixth semester; make significant progress on required courses (typically at least 120 credits by the end of junior year).

Master's admission for spring 2027 or fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for the MBA, Business Analytics, Finance, Global Sustainability Policy and Management, Public Policy, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Molecular and Cell Biology, Mathematics Postbaccalaureate and Studio Art Postbaccalaureate.

Spring admission: priority deadline October 15, final deadline November 15 (Studio Art Postbaccalaureate December 1). Fall admission: School of Business and Economics priority deadline November 1; Heller programmes priority deadline December 15; Rounds January 15, March 1 and April 15. Online application fee $75 unless waived.

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