Albert Einstein College of Medicine Biomedical Sciences X https://www.einstein.yu.edu/education/phd/prospective-students/admissions.aspx
Brandeis University Molecular and Cell Biology X http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/grad/mcb/mcb_phd_rev.html Brandeis University Neuroscience X http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/grad/neuro/neuro_phd.html California State University Dominguez Hills Biology X https://www.csudh.edu/gsr/graduate-studies/graduate-admission/# California State University Sacramento Master's of Stem Cel Biology X https://www.csus.edu/bios/graduate%20program/ma-stemcell.html Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Sciences Training Program X https://case.edu/med/BSTP/apply.html City University of New York Biology X https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Prospective-Current-Students/Prospective-Students/Admissions#! Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory PhD Program X https://www.cshl.edu/education/phd-program/how-to-apply/ Cornell University Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology X https://bmcb.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Genetics, Genomics, and Development X https://gendev.cornell.edu/ DePaul University Biological Sciences (MS) X https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/biological-sciences/graduate/biological-sciences-ms/Pages/default.aspx Emory University Biological and Biomedical Sciences (except Population Bio) X http://www.biomed.emory.edu/ Georgetown School of Medicine Pharmacology and Physiology X https://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/phd_applying Gerstner Sloan Kettering Biomedical Sciences X https://www.sloankettering.edu/gerstner/admissions/apply Harvard University Biological and Biomedical Sciences X http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/bbs/ Harvard University Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine X https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-of-study/all/biological-sciences-dental-medicine Harvard University Biological Sciences in Public Health X https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/biological-sciences/ Harvard University Biological Sciences in Public Health X https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/biological-sciences/ Harvard University Biophysics X https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-of-study/all/biophysics Harvard University Chemical Biology X http://chembiophd.harvard.edu/ Harvard University Immunology X http://dms.hms.harvard.edu/immunology/index.html Harvard University Molecular and Cellular Biology X https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-of-study/all/molecular-and-cellular-biology Harvard University Neuroscience X http://dms.hms.harvard.edu/neuroscience/index.html Harvard University Organismic & Evolutionary Biology X https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-of-study/all/organismic-and-evolutionary-biology Harvard University Systems Biology X http://sysbiophd.harvard.edu/prospective-students/admissions Harvard University Virology X http://dms.hms.harvard.edu/virology/index.html Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Biomedical Science, Neuroscience X http://icahn.mssm.edu/education/phd Indiana University Biology X https://www.bio.indiana.edu/ Indiana University School of Medicine Biomedical X https://medicine.iu.edu/education/graduate-degrees/phd/admissions/ Iowa State University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://www.eeb.iastate.edu/admissions Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology X http://bcmb.bs.jhmi.edu/ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program X http://cmm.jhmi.edu/index.php/application-information/ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Molecular Biophysics X http://pmb.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neuroscience X http://neuroscience.jhu.edu/graduate/apply Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biology X https://biology.mit.edu/graduate/prospective-students/application-process/ Medical University of South Carolina Biomedical Sciences X www.musc.edu/grad Michigan Tech Biological Sciences X http://www.mtu.edu/gradschool/programs/degrees/biological-sciences/ New York University Biology X https://as.nyu.edu/biology/programs/phd.html New York University Sackler Institute Biomedical Sciences X https://med.nyu.edu/research/sackler-institute-graduate-biomedical-sciences/ NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program X https://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/ Northwestern University Life Sciences X http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/dgp/prospective-students/phd-program/admissions.html Ohio State University Biochemistry X https://osbp.osu.edu/admissions Purdue University Chemistry X https://www.chem.purdue.edu/faq/index.php#gre Rockefeller University Graduate Program X https://graduateapplication.rockefeller.edu/ Rutgers University Biochemistry (Molecular Biosciences) X https://molbiosci.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University Cell and Developmental Biology (Molecular Biosciences) X https://molbiosci.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (Molecular Biosciences) X https://molbiosci.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University Neuroscience X http://rwjms.rutgers.edu/gsbs/programs/neuroscience/index.html Rutgers University Pharmacology, Cellular & Molecular (Molecular Biosciences) X https://molbiosci.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University Physiology & Integrative Biology (Molecular Biosciences) X https://molbiosci.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University (Newark) Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology (Newark) X https://njms-web.njms.rutgers.edu/gsbs/multidisciplinary/multidisciplinary_mbgc.php Rutgers University (Newark) Immunity and Inflammation (Newark) X https://njms-web.njms.rutgers.edu/gsbs/multidisciplinary/multidisciplinary_i3.php Rutgers University (Newark) Molecular Biology Genetics and Cancer (Newark) X https://njms-web.njms.rutgers.edu/gsbs/multidisciplinary/multidisciplinary_cbnp2.php San Francisco State University Biology (Master's) X http://biology.sfsu.edu/content/applying-sfsu-biology-graduate-programs Stanford University Biosciences Varies by program https://biosciences.stanford.edu/prospective-students/how-to-apply/ Stowers Institute for Medical Research Graduate Program X http://www.stowers.org/gradschool/admissions Thomas Jefferson University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences X https://www.jefferson.edu/university/life-sciences.html University of Alabama Birmingham Biomedical Sciences X http://www.uab.edu/gbs/home/admissions University of Buffalo Microbiology and Immunology X http://medicine.buffalo.edu/departments/micro/education/phd.html University of California Berkeley Integrative Biology (IB) X http://ib.berkeley.edu/ University of California Berkeley Microbiology X http://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/graduate-program-microbiology University of California Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology X https://mcb.berkeley.edu/grad/prospective-graduates/admissions-and-recruitment University of California Berkeley Plant Biology X http://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/plant-biology-0 University of California Davis Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology * http://bmcdb.ucdavis.edu/admissions/index.html University of California Los Angeles Ecology and Evoltionary Biology X https://www.eeb.ucla.edu/grad_phd.php University of California San Diego Biomedical Sciences X http://biomedsci.ucsd.edu/how-to-apply/index.html University of California San Francisco Biomedical Sciences X https://bms.ucsf.edu/ University of California San Francisco Chemistry and Chemical Biology X https://ccb.ucsf.edu/admissions University of California San Francisco Developmental and Stem Cell Biology X https://dscb.ucsf.edu/ University of California San Francisco Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology X https://ipqb.ucsf.edu/ University of California San Francisco Neuroscience X http://neurograd.ucsf.edu/about-neuroscience-graduate-program University of California San Francisco Oral and Craniofacial Sciences X https://dentistry.ucsf.edu/programs/oral-cranio-phd University of California San Francisco Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics X https://pspg.ucsf.edu/ University of California San Francisco Rehabilitation Science X https://ptrehab.ucsf.edu/rehabilitation-science-phd University of California San Francisco Tetrad X https://tetrad.ucsf.edu/admissions University of California Santa Cruz Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology X https://pbse.ucsc.edu/mcd/index.html University of Chicago Bioisciences Programs X https://biosciences.uchicago.edu/programs University of Chicago Ecology and Evolution X https://pondside.uchicago.edu/ee/index.html University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Cancer Biology X http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/Graduate-School/academic-programs/cancerbiology/pages/admissions.aspx University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development X http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/programs/CSD/Pages/home.aspx University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Molecular Biology X http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/programs/Molbio/Pages/home.aspx University of Colorado at Boulder Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://www.colorado.edu/ebio/ University of Connecticut Molecular and Cell Biology X https://mcb.uconn.edu/graduate-application-aid/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Molecular and Cellular Biology X https://mcb.illinois.edu/graduate/gradprospect/ University of Iowa Neuroscience X https://neuroscience.grad.uiowa.edu/ University of Kansas Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://eeb.ku.edu/how-apply University of Kansas Molecular Biosciences X https://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/ University of Kansas Medical Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences X http://www.kumc.edu/igpbs.html University of Massachusetts Amherst Molecular and Cellular Biology X http://gpls.cns.umass.edu/mcb University of Massachusetts Amherst Neuroscience and Behavior X http://gpls.cns.umass.edu/nsb University of Massachusetts Amherst Plant Biology X http://gpls.cns.umass.edu/pb University of Massachusetts Medical School Biomedical Sciences X https://www.umassmed.edu/gsbs/ University of Michigan Biophysics X https://lsa.umich.edu/biophysics/graduates/admissions.html University of Michigan Chemical Biology X http://www.chembio.umich.edu/ University of Michigan Program in Biomedical Science X https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/sites/medicine.umich.edu.medschool/files/assets/PIBS_GRE_POLICY_2018.pdf University of Minnesota Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://cbs.umn.edu/academics/departments/eeb/graduate/graduate-admissions University of Minnesota Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics X https://www.med.umn.edu/education-training/graduate-programs University of Minnesota Integrative Biology and Physiology X https://www.physiology.umn.edu/degrees-and-programs/graduate-program University of Minnesota Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology X http://www.micab.umn.edu/ Institution Program GRE Not Required Program Link University of Minnesota Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics X https://www.med.umn.edu/education-training/graduate-programs University of Minnesota Pharmacology X https://www.med.umn.edu/education-training/graduate-programs University of Missouri Division of Biological Sciences X http://biology.missouri.edu/graduate-studies/apply/ University of Montana Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Evolution X http://hs.umt.edu/dbs/grad-programs/OBE/default.php University of Nebraska Medical Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences X https://www.unmc.edu/gradstudies/programs/phd/interdisciplinary-biomedical-sciences.html University of New Mexico Biology X http://biology.unm.edu/graduate/graduate-admissions.shtml University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program X http://bbsp.unc.edu/admissions/ University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences X http://graduate.ouhsc.edu/GraduatePrograms/PhDPrograms/GraduatePrograminBiomedicalSciences.aspx University of Oregon Biology X https://biology.uoregon.edu/graduate-studies/apply/ University of Pennsylvania Biology X https://www.bio.upenn.edu/graduate/ University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies X http://www.med.upenn.edu/bgs/ University of Pittsburgh Biological Sciences X http://www.biology.pitt.edu/graduate/how-apply University of Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics X https://www.dbmi.pitt.edu/content/doctoral-degree-0 University of Pittsburgh Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology X http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/programs/cell-biology-and-molecular-physiology University of Pittsburgh Cellular and Molecular Pathology X http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/programs/cellular-molecular-pathology University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science X http://www.icre.pitt.edu/phd/index.html University of Pittsburgh Computational Biology X http://www.compbio.cmu.edu/ University of Pittsburgh Integrative Systems Biology X https://www.isb.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh Microbiology and Immunology X http://pmi.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology X http://www.mbsb.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh Molecular Genetics & Developmental Biology X http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/programs/molecular-genetics-development-biology University of Pittsburgh Molecular Pharmacology X http://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/programs/molecular-pharmacology University of Pittsburgh Neurobiology X http://cnup.pitt.edu/training/graduate-program/phd-overview University of South Dakota School of Medicine Basic Biomedical Sciences X https://www.usd.edu/medicine/basic-biomedical-sciences University of Tennessee Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://eeb.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee Microbiology X https://micro.utk.edu/ University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences X http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/graduate-school/application-and-admissions/ University of Vermont Biology X https://www.uvm.edu/cas/biology/application-finances-support University of Vermont Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences X https://www.uvm.edu/cmb University of Virginia Biomedical Sciences X http://bims.virginia.edu/ University of Virginia Biology X http://bio.as.virginia.edu University of Virginia Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X http://eeb.virginia.edu University of Washington Biology X https://www.biology.washington.edu/programs/graduate/admissions University of Washington Genome Sciences X https://www.gs.washington.edu/academics/gradprogram/index.htm University of Washington Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease X http://www.pathology.washington.edu/academics/mmtp/phd-program/ University of Washington Molecular and Cellular Biology X https://depts.washington.edu/mcb/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Cell and Molecular Biology X https://cmb.wisc.edu/admissions/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Endocrinology X https://www.med.wisc.edu/education/graduate-programs/biomedical-graduate-program-consortium/application-checklist/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Integrated Program in Biochemistry X https://ipib.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Microbiology X https://microbiology.wisc.edu/ps_apply.php University of Wisconsin-Madison Neuroscience X https://ntp.neuroscience.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Nutritional Sciences X https://nutrisci.wisc.edu/graduate/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacology X https://www.med.wisc.edu/education/graduate-programs/biomedical-graduate-program-consortium/application-checklist/ Vanderbilt University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program X https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/igp/ Washington State University Biological Systems Engineering X https://bsyse.wsu.edu/graduate-program/how-to-apply/ Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Developmental, Regenerative & Stem Cell Biology X http://www.dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/devbio/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology X http://www.dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/eepb/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Human & Statistical Genetics X http://dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/hsg/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Molecular Genetics & Genomics X http://www.dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/genetics/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis X http://www.dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/micro/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Neurosciences X http://dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/neuro/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DBBS - Plant & Microbial Biosciences X http://dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/PlantMicroBioSci/Pages/default.aspx Washington University in St. Louis DDBS - Molecular Cell Biology X http://www.dbbs.wustl.edu/divprograms/cellbio/Pages/default.aspx Weill Cornell Medicine All biomedical programs except Pharmacology X https://gradschool.weill.cornell.edu/admissions/apply-online * - still require the GRE but score will not be shown to admissions committee
Updated May 8, 2019
Please email Joshua Hall (jdhall@unc.edu) or tweet to @jdhallphd for additions or corrections to this list. References The GRE Over the Entire Range of Scores Lacks Predictive Ability for PhD Outcomes in the Biomedical Sciences bioRxiv 2018 The Limitations of the GRE in Predicting Success in Biomedical Graduate School PLOS One 2017 Predictors of Student Productivity in Biomedical Graduate School Applications PLOS One 2017 A test that fails Nature 2014 How should we be selecting our graduate students? MBoC 2013 Multi-institutional study of GRE scores as predictors of STEM PhD degree completion: GRE gets a low mark PLOS One 2018