Scholastic Requirements

• GPA of 3.0 or greater (on a 4.0 scale) for undergraduate courses. Applicants with a professional degree should also have a GPA of 3.0 or greater for courses taken during the first two years of the professional curriculum.
• Submission of GRE scores from the general test (verbal, quantitative and analytical).
• The application deadline for international students is March 1. International students who have not studied at an institution where English was the language of instruction must obtain a score of 550 (written), 213 (computer-based), or 68 (iBT, internet-based) or more on the TOEFL before applying for admission.

  For information on being admitted as a graduate student, see Graduate Admission Information.

To apply for admission, see the GGCP Application Process.

Undergraduate Preparation for Admission

For applicants without a professional degree, a strong background in the biological sciences is essential. Applicants must have completed course work in the areas of physical and organic chemistry, physics, biochemistry and zoology, as well as one or more upper division course(s) in morphology (anatomy - histology - embryology) and microbiology/immunology (bacteriology - virology - parasitology - immunology). It is expected that applicants will have taken additional biomedical courses (e.g., hematology, microbiology, immunology).

Potential comparative pathology students who do not have a medical degree will be notified by the Master Adviser of any prerequisites to be taken before they are eligible to enroll in the required core courses. They may be accepted into the program provided their limited deficiencies can be corrected during the first year.