Application Information: Graduate Admissions 2009-10

Brief Overview: Facts and Figures

The joint Biomedical Engineering program between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University will be launching its sixth year of operation with the entrance of graduate applicants in Fall, 2008. The school officially began in the fall of 2003 with 18 graduate students -- 5 in the M.S. and 13 in the Ph.D. programs. There are currently 69 students in the full degree-seeking program: 57 in the Ph.D. or combination degree (MD/PhD, DVM/PhD) program, and 12 pursuing the M.S. degree. Of these twenty-four are on the Wake Forest campus and forty-five are in Blacksburg at Virginia Tech. Fourteen of the 69 are international students. There is a Biomedical Option program on the Tech campus which is offered to students seeking graduate degrees in other engineering programs

Here is a brief summary of program and application-specific facts.

DEGREE PROGRAMS:

ADMITTANCE TERMS:

Fall only (We do not accept/process applications for Spring semesters)

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

January 15, 2009

TESTS REQUIREMENTS:

TOEFL:

Institution Code: 5859
Dept. Code: None required
Scores: = or < 2 yrs. old
Minimum score required:
Paper-based: 600
Computer-based: 250
Internet-based: 100

GRE:

Institution Code: 5859
Dept. Code: None required
Scores: = or < 5 yrs. old
All three general tests required (Verbal,
Quantitative, Analytical Writing or old-style Analytical)
No subject test required

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must be accepted by both graduate schools in order to be admitted. All application materials should be sent to the Blacksburg location for processing. Those wishing to apply for the joint M.D. / Ph.D. degree must apply directly to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Those wishing to pursue the combination D.V.M. / Ph.D. degree should apply directly to the VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine on the Blacksburg campus. A Biomedical Option program is available only to students at Virginia Tech pursuing graduate degrees in other engineering majors.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Wake Forest Campus:

Graduate Admissions: Attn. Beth Whitsett
Wake Forest Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Graduate School Registrar: (Wake Forest Campus)
Susan Pierce (spierce@wfubmc.edu)
336-716-4303

Virginia Tech Campus:

Graduate Admissions: Attn: Tess Sentelle
School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
114 V Randolph - VA Tech Campus (0298)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

SBES Graduate Coordinator: (Tech Campus)
tsentell@vt.edu Tess Sentelle (edu)
540-231-8532

Application to SBES at either campus is through the graduate school at VA Tech. See this website:
http://www.grads.vt.edu/admissions/applying/index.html

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