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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 Arts, Sciences and Engineering.
We can’t wait to see your application and welcome you to the CMTI program!
Tuition
CMTI MS students receive a 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 32 credit hours. For further information on financial aid and scholarships, please visit the Financial Aid Office’s website.
How to Apply
CMTI accepts application on a rolling basis.
Application fee – $70
- In addition to completing the online application, that includes a personal statement and a diversity statement, the following materials must be uploaded to the application:
- Two to three letters of recommendation (uploaded to the application per instructions)
- Official transcripts (minimum GPA is 3.0)
- Curriculum vitae
- Optional Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- TOEFL (or IELTS) test scores should be uploaded to the application and official copies should be mailed to the University for verification
- Other than the test scores, documents that are uploaded do not need to be mailed to the department
GRE Testing info - Application to our graduate program does not require GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
If you take the GRE and want to include it on 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. Be sure to use the exact same spelling of your name on both your application and test score report.
English proficiency test info
English Language Proficiency Requirement
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.
-IELTS
-TOEFL or TOEFL iBT Home Edition
-Duolingo
To send in IELTS scores please use the following address:
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 necessary).
Duolingo scores can be sent directly to the University of Rochester at no cost.
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
- 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.
Non-discrimination policy
The University of Rochester values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity for persons regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by law. Further, the University complies with all applicable non-discrimination laws in the administration of its policies, admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities.
Questions on compliance should be directed to the particular school or department and/or to the University’s Equal Opportunity Coordinator, University of Rochester, P.O. Box 270039, Rochester, NY 14627-0039. Phone: (585) 275-9125.
Department graduate coordinator
Graduate Administrator
Mahllet Beyene
mahllet.beyene@rochester.edu
(585) 273-2353