Program Contact
Lisa Redding
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Biological Sciences
Engineered Biosystems Bldg., Rm 2009
950 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332-2230
Phone
Application Deadlines
Master's
- Fall - March 1
- Most students are admitted for fall semester.
PhD
- Deadlines are determined by home schools.
- Most students are admitted for fall semester, with application deadlines in December.
Admittance Terms
Fall
Degree Programs
Master's
- Bioinformatics
Doctoral
- Bioinformatics — BIOL
- Bioinformatics — BMED
- Bioinformatics — CHEM
- Bioinformatics — COC
- Bioinformatics — ISYE
- Bioinformatics — MATH
Areas of Research
- Algorithm & Software Development
- Cancer Genomics
- Drug Discovery & Development
- Epigenomics
- Human Clinical & Personalized Genomics
- High Performance Computing & Big Data
- Metagenomics
- Microbial Genomics
- Molecular Evolution
- Structural Biology
- Synthetic Biology
- Systems Biology
Interdisciplinary Programs
The PhD in Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary program which spans six academic units:
Standardized Tests
IELTS Academic Requirements
- ≥ 7 (minimum band score for Reading, Listening, and Speaking is 6.5; minimum band score for Writing is 5.5)
TOEFL Requirements
- Institute Code: 5248
- Department Code: Not required
- Minimum Score Required:
- Internet-based: 100 with minimum section scores of 19
GRE Requirements
- Varies based on home school
Application Requirements
- Three Letters of Recommendation
- Statement of Purpose
Program Costs
- Go to "View Tuition Costs by Semester," and select the semester you plan to start. Graduate-level programs are divided into sections: Graduate Rates–Atlanta Campus, Study Abroad, Specialty Graduate Programs, Executive Education Programs
- Find the degree and program you are interested in and click to access the program's tuition and fees by credit hour PDF.
- In the first column, determine the number of hours (or credits) you intend to take for your first semester.
- Determine if you will pay in-state or out-of-state tuition. Learn more about the difference here. For example, if you are an in-state resident and planning to take six credits for the Master of Architecture degree, the tuition cost will be $4,518.
- The middle section of the document lists all mandatory Institute fees. To see your total tuition plus mandatory fees, refer to the last two columns of the PDF.
- Return to the "Tuition and Fees per Semester" PDF.
Program Costs
- Go to "View Tuition Costs by Semester," and select the semester you plan to start. Graduate-level programs are divided into sections: Graduate Rates–Atlanta Campus, Study Abroad, Specialty Graduate Programs, Executive Education Programs
- Find the degree and program you are interested in and click to access the program's tuition and fees by credit hour PDF.
- In the first column, determine the number of hours (or credits) you intend to take for your first semester.
- Determine if you will pay in-state or out-of-state tuition. Learn more about the difference here. For example, if you are an in-state resident and planning to take six credits for the Master of Architecture degree, the tuition cost will be $4,518.
- The middle section of the document lists all mandatory Institute fees. To see your total tuition plus mandatory fees, refer to the last two columns of the PDF.
- Return to the "Tuition and Fees per Semester" PDF.