About PhD Program,
GPN is a University-wide Ph.D. degree-granting program in neuroscience that unites the graduate training faculty present on our two campuses, the Charles River Campus (CRC) and the Medical Campus (BUMC).
The research of our training faculty covers virtually all areas of neuroscience and GPN serves as the community nexus point for all neuroscience training missions at BU.
An essential feature of our training mission is a set of core courses that are taken by all GPN students which are aimed at developing a community of thinkers, who move through their training together, building relationships that cross inter-departmental and inter-campus barriers, and foster cross disciplinary collaborations.
As members of the unified program, neuroscience faculty serve as thesis research mentors and/or knowledge facilitators, and work together to help students bridge the gap between their knowledge base of individual disciplines as well as their understanding of computational and experimental models.
Every effort is expended to provide an individually tailored mentorship and educational program for each student that builds upon their unique strengths and interests, while also recognizing areas that need enrichment via faculty guidance and curriculum choice.
It is our belief that with a coherent Educational Program that embraces multiple complementary attitudes and approaches to scientific inquiry – breath as well as depth, multi-disciplinary as well as traditional discipline, basic as well as clinical science, and experimental approaches as well as theoretical (computational)–there is the greatest opportunity to create a young generation of researchers with sufficient expertise and flexibility to be able to come together and address some of the “big problems” in Neuroscience.
Contact us for more information!
PhD Program Degree Eligibility with GPA,
GPN students are required to participate in laboratory rotations during their first year in graduate study. Past experience suggests that many students change their interests based on classes, lab rotations, seminars, etc. that are experienced during their first two semesters. For this reason we encourage most students to enter a lab the summer after they finish their first two semesters of coursework. Students can, however, petition the Graduate Education Committee if there is a unique case where they would like to form an agreement with a faculty member before entering the program, however, this does not mean that they are not required to carry out laboratory rotations. Often this situation occurs for international students and students who have already had extensive laboratory experience during previous graduate study as a Master’s student.
PhD Funding Coverage,
Boston University participates in the Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Program. Graduate students receive direct loans through this program, which has the same loan limits, interest rates and fees as the Federal Stafford Loan Program. Work-study and other financial aid opportunities are available through the Graduate Medical Sciences financial aid office.
Application Requirement,
- An UNOFFICIAL, English transcript of each college or university attended at the time of application. This should be uploaded to complete your application in the section “Supporting Information > Documents.” If you have multiple unofficial transcripts from the same college or university, combine them into one upload.
- GMS DOES NOTrequire official transcript (or WES evaluation) until you are admitted. Once admitted, Official Transcripts need to be sent directly from the previous institution where you graduated to our transcript department address below or emailed to gmscrpt@bu.edu. We do not accept transcripts directly from students or from third parties.
- Upon matriculation into the program, you must submit an official, finaltranscript to:
Graduate Medical Sciences ATTN: Admissions - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
72 East Concord St., Suite L-317
Boston, MA 02118 - Three letters of recommendation from faculty members, research advisors – or similar – in your proposed field. The software does not accept letter packets or Interfolio records.There is a section to provide the recommender’s name, email, personal note of request and deadline for submission which will be electronically sent to him/her with further instructions. No paper letters accepted. You can submit your application with pending letter submissions.
- A Personal Statement, minimum 200 words, that describes your qualifications and the objectives of your intended educational program.
- CV/Resume. Please note that the “Experiences” section is optional, since it may be redundant to your resume.
- General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). We no longer require GREs for some doctoral and masters programs. Please check here and/or your program’s website for specific admissions requirements pertaining to testing.
- If your program of interest does NOT require the GREs please check the box indicating “I will not be submitting any standardized test scores” in the testing section of your application.
- If your program requires the GREs please send the official results using BU Institution Code: 3087
- For Oral Health Sciences applicants, the DATis required (not the GRE)
- Note: Some program accept the MCATS. PiBS and PA programs do not accept English proficiency test Duolingo.
Application Deadline,
Dec 15, 2024
Application Fee,
There is a non-refundable application fee of $95.
