Admissions and How to Apply
October 20, 2009: The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) & Cell and Developmental
Biology (CDB) graduate programs are consolidating into one group. It is anticipated,
pending official approval, that BMB and CDB will operate as a newly merged program
effective Fall 2010. Applicants may apply to either program and applications will
be pooled for review.
How to Apply
Admissions Requirements
Applicants for admission to BMCDB must meet the University of California minimum
GPA requirement for admission (3.0 overall). Other requirements for admission include:
- A Bachelor's degree: An undergraduate major in biology or chemistry is typical for
BMCDB graduate students, but is not required.
- Graduate Record Examination (General Test)
- English proficiency examination for international applicants who have not studied
at an English speaking University: TOEFL or other University approved examination.
International applicants must meet the Office of Graduate Studies minimum TOEFL
score requirement (or equivalent for other University-approved examination).
- Three letters of recommendation.
Applications
Applications are accepted for fall quarter admission only, and should be made as
early as possible. Applications must be completed by December 15.
- The 2009 application will be available at the end of August. Please use the following
link to access the Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology application:
http://apply.embark.com/grad/ucdavis.
(Note: Applicants may apply to either the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(BMB) or the Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) and applications will be pooled
for review for fall 2010.)
- The application fee is $70 for the domestic application and $90 for the international.
The fee may be paid by credit card or e-check. The fee must be paid before the application
will be considered as complete, and the fee must be paid for each application submitted.
- Letters of Recommendation must be submitted electronically through the online application.
Do not have recommenders send letters in hard copy as they will not be reviewed.
- Please wait to submit your transcripts only after you have marked your applications
complete and submitted them. This allows for more efficient and effective matching
of transcripts to applicants.
- Submit only one transcript for each university or college you have attended. That
transcript will be made available to faculty in each graduate program to which the
applicant has applied, as well as for the review of the fellowship application.
- Have your transcripts sent directly to the graduate program you have selected to
apply to; in the case of multiple applications, applicants should send only one
transcript to their first choice of graduate programs or to the first completed
graduate program application.
- You may upload required curriculum vitae, resume and/or writing sample via the online
application web site.
- Please use these codes for reporting electronic scores from the Graduate Record
Examination General Test. Institution Code: 4834 and Department code: 0206.
- TOEFL or IELTS scores are required for international students. Institution code:
4834 and Department code: 74.
The graduate group cannot review an application until all of the above components
are received. Inquiries concerning application procedures or any other
aspects of the program and requests for forms for admission to graduate study should
be directed to:
Angelina B. Kuo, J.D.
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Group
Graduate Group Complex, 306 Life Sciences Addition
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530.752.9091
Fax: 530.752.8822
Email: bmcdb@biosci.ucdavis.edu
