PhD Biomedical and Health Informatics at University of Illinois Chicago

Programme overview

The PhD prepares future academicians and healthcare industry leaders through research, scholarship and interprofessionality. It is delivered face-to-face, full-time, with a mentorship model.

Faculty: College of Applied Health Sciences | Department: Biomedical and Health Information Sciences | Duration: 96 semester hours beyond the baccalaureate | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Required core of 35 hours (Biostatistics I, Information Sources, Methods, Ethics and Legal Issues, Informatics and Population Health, Research Design and Methods, rotations, colloquium and seminar), 13-21 hours of selectives in one of two tracks (Systems Science or Social and Organizational Sciences), and 40-48 hours of dissertation research. Includes a preliminary exam, proposal defense and public defense.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Minimum GPA 3.00/4.00 for the final 60 semester hours of undergraduate study and for all graduate degrees. GRE recommended for all; required for financial aid applicants, applicants with no prior master's, master's GPA below 3.50, or degrees from outside the US and Canada (minimums 152 verbal, 151 quantitative). TOEFL iBT minimum 95 (24 reading, 22 listening, 24 speaking, 24 writing). Three letters of recommendation.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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