Department of Biology

HOW TO APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

• Complete the online application
  
  In the on-line application, please make sure you complete all sections. This includes the Personal Statement, Departmental Question, and Recommendations sections. It is helpful to include your name on all typed, uploaded documents.
  
  In the Educational Objective Section, you must select: Academic Objectives: Biology (Purdue University)
  
  For the Personal Statement: Provide a statement (approximately 750 words) that identifies your academic goals, career objectives, why you are applying to this program, and the qualifications you have that make you a strong candidate for this program.
  (On the application, ignore the statment that says "check the department page for more specific information". The statement provided above is sufficient for the writing your personal statement.)
  
  In the Departmental Question section, you must specify which program you are pursuing. The choices are as follows: Pre-Professional Non-Thesis, MS non-thesis, MS thesis, and PhD. Simply write a sentence saying "I am applying for the .... program." and upload it.
  
  The last step before submitting an on-line application is the application fee. You must pay this fee in order to submit your application.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: An email will be sent to you when our department receives your application. If you do not receive an application submission email within 1-3 days, please email or call to verify that we have it. We have several students who mistakenly select the wrong Academic Objective and their application goes to another department. It is important to check your email to verify we received your application. If your application is mis-directed, it can be easily switched over to our department.
  
  
  
  

• Arrange to have three (3) letters of recommendation sent to the Biology Department
  
  The preferred method is using the on-line section within the application. If you have a person who does not wish to fill out the recommendation on-line, he or she may write a standard letter and mail it to the department. They can also include an optional recommendation form, but it is NOT required (click here to print the form). Or, you may call the Department of Biology at (317) 274-0577, or e-mail biograd@iupui.edu, with your address to have the optional form mailed to you. We also accept "committee packets" that universities put together for their students.

• Send 2 official copies of all transcripts directly to the Biology Department
  
  Transcripts from all attended institutions must be sent, INCLUDING an IU campus (IUB, IUPUI, IUPUC, etc.).

IUPUI Biology Department
ATTN: Graduate secretary
723 West Michigan Street, SL 306
Indianapolis, IN 46202

• Send official GRE and TOEFL scores from ETS
  
  (TOEFL scores are for international students only) The GRE general test is required and CANNOT be substituted with other test scores. You only need to take the general test, do not take a subject test. To find testing sites or to send scores, visit the ETS website at www.ets.org

  GRE and TOEFL codes: IUPUI = 1325, Biology Department = 0203

REMEMBER: ALL MATERIALS MUST BE SUMBITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE GRADUATE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW YOUR FILE.

To apply, start with the link below:

http://www.iupui.edu/~gradoff/admissions/onlineapp.html