General Information 

When filling out your application, please ensure that your first name, last name, and email address information is consistent with the profile information you use in setting up your account. If you are an international applicant, please provide your name as printed on your passport. If you are a U.S. applicant, please provide your official name as printed on government-issued documents. It is important to keep your email address up-to-date in your profile, as this is how we will communicate with you regarding the status of your application. The CMTI and Department of Biomedical Engineering are housed under the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Tuition

CMTI MS students receive a partial tuition waiver. Students are also able to transfer up to 10 graduate level credits

For further information on tuition, please visit the Office of the Bursar’s website and consult the graduate tuition rates, under “Arts and Sciences & Hajim”; note that our MS have 30 credit hours. For further information on financial aid and scholarships, please visit the Financial Aid Office’s website.

How to Apply

The CMTI accepts applications on a rolling basis. Application fee – $70

In order to complete the online application, you will need the following:

1. 1. Personal Statement
   2. Two to three letters of recommendation
   3. Official transcripts
   4. Resume
   5. Optional Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
   6. TOEFL (or IELTS) test scores should be uploaded to the application and official copies should be mailed to the University for verification

Graduate Record Examination testing information

Application to our graduate program does not require the GRE!

If you take the GRE and want to include it with your application, you must submit official results to the university through the GRE website. The GRE institutional code for the University of Rochester is 2928. You must use the exact same spelling of your name on both your application and the test score report. 

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All international students whose native language is not English are required to provide proof of English language proficiency through the submission of official test scores from one of the following exams. Scores more than two years old from the application deadline are not valid.

1. 1. IELTS
   2. TOEFL or TOEFL iBT Home Edition
   3. Duolingo

Please use the following address for IELTS scores:

University of Rochester
Graduate Studies-AS&E
500 Joseph C. Wilson Blvd
P.O. Box 270401
Rochester NY 14627 

TOEFL scores can be submitted using the code 2928 (A department code is not needed).

Waiver Policy

The English proficiency test requirement is waived for citizens of the following countries whose native language is English:

Australia, Canada, Commonwealth Caribbean Nations, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, United Kingdom, or Virgin Islands.

The requirement may also be waived if a student has completed at least three years of full time and in-person postsecondary study in one of the countries listed above of the United States. We reserve the right to require further demonstration of English proficiency, even if you have received your degree from one of the above-mentioned countries. If you would like to be granted a waiver for these exams, please email graduate.admissions@rochester.edu.