When and How to Apply

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When and How to Apply for the Master or PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering

WHEN TO APPLY

The Biomedical Engineering IDP considers applications for the Fall Quarter only. The 1) UCLA on-line Application for Graduate Admissions, the 2) Department Application Acrobat PDF Interactive / WORD doc, and 3) all additional required application materials must be submitted and received no later than December 15. Applicants anticipating to take the GRE, TOEFL, and/or TSE in the near future that would disallow the reporting date to meet our December 15 deadline, or soon thereafter, should consider applying for the following academic year.


HOW TO APPLY

To apply to UCLA and to the Biomedical Engineering Program for the Master or PhD degree.:

1) Complete the on-line Application for Graduate Admissions at the following link (this application goes to the UCLA Graduate Admissions Office (GAO):
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gasaa/admissions/admisinfo.html

2) Complete the Department Application. Download either the:

Acrobat PDF Interactive or the

WORD doc form.

This form is a fillable Microsoft WORD document. When you open it, it will open in Microsoft WORD. Just click on each section and you will be able to add your answers. After you fill it out, you can save it to your desktop. When you are done, attach the saved document and email it back to:

nadeau@ea.ucla.edu

PLEASE NOTE: It is absolutely mandatory that all those applying to the BME Program complete the Department Application. Applications will not be processed until the highly important Department Application is received.

IMPORTANT - Please do not confuse the departmental supplement linked to the UCLA Graduate Admissions Office (GAO) with the Department Application. These are two very different applications.

Applicants must file a UCLA Application for Graduate Admission with a personal check, money order, bank draft, or by credit card (on-line payment), for $60.00 (US Citizens and Permanent Residents) $80.00 (all other applicants), made payable to the Regents of the University of California. Please be advised that applicants who submit a completed application to the department but fail to pay the Graduate Admissions Office the $60.00 or $80.00 fee will jeopardize having their application processed.

3) Take me to the Requirements page that lists all of the additional required materials that I need to submit to apply for a Master or a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.

CHECK APPLICATION STATUS (top of page)

Checking for materials received and those not received

The status of an application is only available on-line. Applicants are urged to follow-up the receipt of documentation frequently at the Graduate Admissions' (GAO) website at the following URL: https://www.gradadmissions.ucla.edu/newapp/.

PLEASE NOTE:

The status of an application is updated as soon as documentation is received and appears on the on-line Application Status Screen two to three business days after the application fee has been remitted. However, because of the enormity of application materials received as the deadline approaches, i.e., between December 1 - 15, it becomes impossible to perform on-line entry of materials being received immediately during this period. We therefore urge you to do all you can to make certain materials are sent to us before this time period which will assist us greatly with update entry and allow you to view updated entry as documentation is being received. However, for application materials being sent between December 1 -15, please check on the status of these materials no sooner than January 10th, on-line, at the URL mentioned above. Since each piece is stamp dated, they will not be considered as received after the deadline. If after January 10th the on-line application status screen continues to show documentation not received, this indicates that the Department still did not receive the material(s) and it should be sent again; such documentation will not be considered as being received late. Do not call the Department for the status of an application.


CHECK DECISION STATUS (top of page)

Checking the result of your application

All applicants are guaranteed an admission decision on their application no later than the national deadline to inform applicants on admission status which is April 1st. The BME IDP program no longer sends paper decision letters through the US post; all decisions are forwarded via email. In addition, applicants can check the decision result of their application through the online decision release service located at the following URL: https://www.gradadmissions.ucla.edu/newapp/ Applicants can begin checking their application decision result at this site starting March 1st. The deadline to respond to admission and award offers as published by the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States is April 15th of each year. The BME IDP program upholds to this deadline date.

PLEASE NOTE: The decision status on an application is not given over the phone nor through an email inquiry to the BME IDP Program.