Admissions

Join Us in Spring or Fall 2025!

Spring/Fall Early Application: October 15
Spring Final Deadline: November 1
Fall Final Deadline: July 1

Apply to the Clinical and Translational Research master’s or certificate program by submitting an online application through the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts & Sciences portal.

Want to learn more about our programs and the application process? Please attend one of our information sessions, contact us, or fill out our Request for Information form.

Deadlines – Fall Start

October 15

Early Application

Apply early to waive the application fee. You must submit a fee waiver request form and wait for it to be processed before you submit your program application.

July 1

Application Deadline

Applications are reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis. We encourage you to review our available scholarships and consider applying.

Deadlines – Spring Start

Spring Start is for the Master of Science only.

October 15

Early Application

Apply early to waive the application fee. You must submit a fee waiver request form and wait for it to be processed before you submit your program application.

November 1

Application Deadline

Applications are reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis. We encourage you to review our available scholarships and consider applying.

Application Requirements

Applicants are to submit all required credentials and supporting documentation no later than the application deadline. Applications are reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis.

Non-U.S. citizens: Due to the nature of the fully online master’s and certificate programs, non-U.S. citizens need to do all coursework from outside the United States, or be here in the U.S. under a non-student visa that allows incidental study. For more information, please email internationalservices@georgetown.edu.

You will designate your preferred area of concentration in the Program tab of the application:

Our fully online master’s and certificate programs can admit domestic and international applicants. 

Georgetown University does not currently accept applications or enrollment requests for online programs from residents of the following countries:

  • Cuba
  • Iran
  • North Korea
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Ukraine (Crimea and the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) within Ukraine)
  • Belarus
  • Russia
  • China
  • Taiwan

Georgetown University does not currently accept applications or enrollment requests for online programs from non-U.S. citizens who are residents of the following countries:

  • Canada (Exception: Online format is available for residents of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec)
  • Germany
  • Kenya
  • Spain

Non-U.S. citizens: Due to the nature of the fully online master’s and certificate programs, non-U.S. citizens need to do all coursework from outside the United States, or be here in the U.S. under a non-student visa that allows incidental study. For more information, please email internationalservices@georgetown.edu.

Applicants must be in the last semester of undergraduate study or hold a 4-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university. A GPA of 3.0 or higher (across all undergraduate coursework and/or institutions attended) is required.

List your postsecondary institutions in your application, and upload a transcript for each institution.

WES  or NACES  credential evaluation services are required for international transcripts.

Follow the transcript instructions in Admissions FAQ  to ensure you upload proper documentation.

List your relevant professional and academic experiences.

Recommendation letters may be from previous professors, research mentors, or employers in a position to appraise your potential for graduate study.

The statement of purpose allows you to highlight areas of your background or interests that may not be clear in other areas of your application.

The application fee is nonrefundable, but application fee waivers may be available. View information about the application fee and fee waivers .

Applicants to any Georgetown program may choose to submit an Optional Statement that addresses diversity, personal background and contributions to community. A detailed prompt for the statement can be found in the application.

We encourage you to consider applying for the Hoyas for Science Scholarship , offered through Georgetown Biomedical Graduate Education. Please note that the scholarship has a similar prompt to the Optional Statement, and you can incorporate your Optional Statement text into your essay for this scholarship application.

All applicants are required to demonstrate a level of proficiency in the English language sufficient to meet the admission requirement of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Follow the TOEFL/IELTS instructions in Admissions FAQ  to determine whether you need to send us test scores to prove your English language proficiency.

Tuition & Scholarships

Please visit our Master’s Degree Plans or Certificate Program Plan page for tuition and fees information.

Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE) offers scholarships to incoming master’s and certificate students based on merit and service. (Note that some scholarships are only for master’s students.) Scholarship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and awarded subject to funding availability, so we recommend that you apply as soon as possible after submitting your program application. BGE also offers merit-based scholarships to a limited number of Master of Science students based on programs’ recommendations.

Financial Aid

Students may wish to apply for federal loans, private loans or outside scholarships. It is recommended that you begin the process of applying for federal financial aid as soon as possible after applying for admission. You may use the Estimated Cost of Attendance information in determining loan amounts; this program falls under Biomedical Graduate Education > Biomedical Graduate Programs.

For more information or to obtain financial aid forms, please contact osfsgradfinaid@georgetown.edu.

Career Advancement

Our students benefit from the services of the Biomedical Graduate Education career office, including one-on-one advising, skills workshops, leadership programs and more.