University of Washington Biostatistics

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The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington is consistently ranked as one of the top Biostatistics programs in the country.

The Graduate Program in Biostatistics offers Master of Science, Master of Public Health, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in quantitative methods applied to the medical and biological sciences.

The graduate program equips students to develop and apply the quantitative techniques of mathematics, statistics, and computing to scientific problems in medicine and biology. Our faculty are actively developing statistical methodology, and also collaborate with scientists in a diversity of research areas. Students in the graduate program receive a high quality education in both the theory and practice of biostatistics. Students for the M.S. and Ph.D. programs are recruited from undergraduate programs in mathematics, statistics, and biology and are selected on the basis of outstanding quantitative ability. (Note: potential M.P.H. students must hold a doctoral-level degree or be working concurrently towards such a degree to be considered for the M.P.H. program.) The Master degree takes an average of two-and-a-half years and the Doctor of Philosophy degree an average of five years to complete. (Note, the Ph.D. program does not require completion of an M.S. degree; the five year completion time is from Bachelors to Ph.D.)

All necessary information for those applying to the Graduate Program in Biostatistics can found on this website. Applicants should apply on-line according to the information presented in the “Application” section.

• Program Overview
• Program Prerequisites
• Application
• Application FAQs
• Diversity/Minority Information
• Financial Support
• Career Information
• Program Contacts
• Information for Non-Matriculated Students

If you have general questions about the application and admissions process, please refer to the “Application FAQs” section. Specific questions about your application and/or status can be submitted to: bioadmit@u.washington.edu.