General Admission Requirements for Graduate School
To be admitted to the Graduate School, a United States equivalent bachelor's degree
is required, with a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
Students must present evidence that such a degree will be awarded by the time they
start graduate school.
To be considered for admission, all students must complete and submit the following:
A letter of introduction describing the student’s educational and career goals.
You will be prompted online for the names and email addresses of your recommenders
and they will automatically be sent requests to submit their letters of recommendation
using a secure server.
Two official copies of all previous college transcripts, sent by your university or
college, as well as, uploaded to the online system. Transcript requirements
A non-refundable application fee of $100 (paid online).
These scores must be sent to Stony Brook University for final matriculation and are
considered during the review process.
After acceptance, each student is required to file with the Student Health Service
a completed and satisfactory health history and physical examination form. Transfer
students may submit copies of their health forms from their former schools provided
they contain the information required by the Student Health Service and are less than
two years old.
Admission Requirements for the Program in Biomedical Engineering
Recommended
It is highly recommended for applicants to the doctoral program (and even applicants
to the master's program) to identify and engage with potential faculty mentors. It
is higly recommended to join a CV to your application; it provides a clear picture
of your previous accomplishments.
Should I apply to the Master’s or Doctoral Program?
All new doctoral students (i.e., those with only an undergraduate degree) will get
a M.S. degree as part of their course of study towards their Ph.D. degree.
Hence, you should not apply to the Master’s Program if your ultimate degree is a Ph.D.
Doctoral students receive a tuition scholarship (good for the duration of their studies,
as long as they are in “good academic standing” and maintain employment) and a competitive
stipend for work as a teaching assistant (TA) or research assistant (RA).
You should only apply for Advanced Standing if you have already obtained a commitment
of financial support (i.e., a paid Research Assistant position) from a specific BME
faculty laboratory.
Your application will not be considered until such time as you receive such a commitment.
It is up to you to directly contact and interview with BME faculty to determine whether
your background and skills would be a good match with a given laboratory.
You should obtain this commitment in advance of the January 1st application deadline
and make sure that the BME faculty member has submitted a statement of support to
the Admission Committee. Relevant M.S. degrees would be considered as those in the
same disciplines as are considered pre-requisites for regular admission.
Then you must apply as a regular 1st-year doctoral student. You should make an explicit
statement to this effect in your application.
Applications for admission with advanced standing without a financial commitment from
a BME faculty will not be processed.
The M.S. degree can be obtained with or without a thesis. The latter is designed for
those students who see themselves involved in research and development (R&D) as part
of their career.
Master’s students are not guaranteed financial support during their studies, though
they are eligible to obtain paid research assistant (RA) positions from BME laboratories.
Master’s students are also eligible for paid industrial internships in BME companies.
M.S. students at the conclusion of their master’s studies may apply to matriculate
into the doctoral program. Such applications are given favorable consideration as
long as the student is in “good academic standing” and they obtain a commitment of
a RA position in a BME faculty laboratory that is good for the duration of their doctoral
studies. Generally, it takes about 3 years after a M.S. degree to obtain a Ph.D. degree
in BME.
