coterminal program
(Stanford undergradUates only)

Description

All degree candidates should note that the BMI program emphasizes research to develop and apply novel computational methods that can advance biomedicine. Students receive training in the investigation of new approaches to conceptual modeling and to development of new algorithms that address challenging problems in the biological sciences and clinical medicine. Students who seek graduate work in biology emphasizing computation and who wish to use computational methods in their pursuit of research questions in the natural sciences will be better suited for Stanford's graduate programs in the biosciences, including departments such as Genetics, Structural Biology, and Developmental Biology.

The coterminal degree program allows undergraduates to study for a master’s degree while completing their bachelor’s degree(s) in the same or a different department. Stanford undergraduates are eligible to apply for the co-terminal program. Students typically apply in the fall quarter and if admitted, may matriculate in the following winter or spring quarter.

Students must have completed 105 units (or eight quarters) and must matriculate to this program before the 11th quarter of undergraduate study. Students should apply at least four quarters in advance of the anticipated conferral of the co-terminal M.S. degree.

The general GRE test is encouraged, but not required.