Admissions and Application:
Students are admitted via the MCB gateway program, as described below. After successful completion of the MCB year, students in good standing who have been accepted into the group of a participating thesis advisor are automatically admitted to the department Ph.D. program of that advisor.

Prerequisites:
The MCB curriculum is designed to teach students at the beginning of their graduate careers the necessary mathematical, computational, and biological knowledge for successful research at the interface between these disciplines. The needs of students with a variety of backgrounds can be met provided that they have had mathematical training comparable to a standard one-year university-level calculus course and a lower-division university course in elementary differential equations and linear algebra. Exceptional students not meeting these prerequisites may be admitted to the program on the condition that they fulfill these requirements during the first fall quarter of their graduate study or the summer preceding, and pass with a grade of B or better.

Admissions Information:
The MCB Executive Committee and Director act as the admissions committee. Following an initial screening of applications, the Executive Committee usually invites potential trainees for an interview at UCI. The Director makes final offers of admissions to applicants, based on the recommendations of the interviewing faculty and the Executive Committee.

A Note For Foreign Applicants:
Although the MCB program supports all first year graduate students with a stipend and reimbursement of education fees, foreign students are advised that additional tuition costs are incurred for which the MCB program or the relevant academic department cannot necessarily provide reimbursement during the subsequent years. Support for this additional tuition may be paid directly by the student or may be provided by one of our faculty members. Outstanding foreign applicants are encouraged to contact relevant faculty to determine if they can commit to supporting the student throughout their graduate career at UC Irvine.

Program Application:
Applications are made through the Office of Graduate Studies using the Online Application. Once logged in to the online application, the applicant will see that the graduate programs are organized by school. Please select: "School of Biological Sciences" from the "School/Department"l drop-down menu. Then select "Mathematical and Computational Biology Ph.D. " from the "Major/Degree" menu that listed under Biological Sciences.

Recruitment Visit Meeting:
Selected applicants will be invited for an interview and recruiting visit to UCI, most likely in February or early March. If selected, you will be asked to indicate the names of faculty with whom you would be interested in meeting.

All supporting material for applications (letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc) should be mailed directly to:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Mathematical and Computational Biology Program
Attention: Ann Detsch, Program Administrator
4213 McGaugh Hall
Irvine, California 92697-2300

For additional information or questions contact the MCB program administrator:

E-mail: mcsb@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-7927
Fax: (949) 824-1194