How to Apply
PhD in Pharmacology & Physiology
2022 Application is now CLOSED.
For 2023 admissions, we will begin information sessions in September 2022. RSVP for an invitation.
Application deadline is December 1st every year. For full consideration by our admissions committee, all materials must be received by December 1st. Applications missing required materials after December 1st will be reviewed at the discretion of the admissions committee.
Please note: This degree program does not lead to a PharmD and will not allow you to be a practicing pharmacist.
Admissions Timeline
- August: PhD Application Opens
- December 1st: PhD Application Deadline
- January – March: PhD Interviews*
- April: Final PhD Admissions Decisions
- July 1st: PhD Program Starts
GU/NIH Partnership
The PhD in Pharmacology & Physiology at Georgetown participates in the NIH Graduate Partnership Program (GPP). Interested candidates should apply through the NIH.
If you wish to be considered for both the NIH partnership and as a regular applicant, you must submit one regular application through Georgetown and one GPP application through NIH.
Questions?
Eligibility information and thorough application instructions are provided in the sections below.
For all questions that aren’t answered by the information below, please contact us.
* Applicants selected for interview living in the contiguous 48 US states will be flown to Washington DC for in-person interview; most travel expenses, including airfare and hotel, will be reimbursed by our department. Applicants selected for interview who live outside the contiguous 48 US states will be interviewed by Zoom.
Eligibility & Application Requirements
At a minimum, applicants should have a Bachelors degree in a science field (e.g. chemistry, biology, pharmacy, neuroscience, physiological psychology) and a GPA of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale). Our most competitive applicants will have GPAs 3.5 or higher.
[Prospective students with GPAs below 3.3 may want to consider our George Squared graduate certificate program in Advanced Biomedical Sciences (ABS) as a precursor to doctoral study. Students admitted to our PhD program after successfully completing the George Squared ABS program can be exempted from some of the first-year coursework; credits can also be transferred to our Masters in Pharmacology program.]
Research experience in the sciences is required, however direct research experience in pharmacology or physiology, while highly valued, is not required.
The PhD Program in Pharmacology & Physiology requires an online application to be submitted to the Biomedical Graduate Education through the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences application portal that includes all of the materials on the application checklist. See below for important guidelines and instructions for these materials.
We expect all application materials to be submitted and received by the December 1st deadline, including all transcripts, letters of recommendation, TOEFL/IELTS score reports (when applicable) and WES evaluations (for all international degree transcripts). International applicants are especially encouraged to start the application process early to allow plenty of time for transcript evaluation by WES; these evaluations are required as part of the application.
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Transcripts for degrees earned in the US
WES evaluations for degrees earned outside the US are required at the time of application. (Please select “Biomedical Graduate Education” as recipient.)
TOEFL/IELTS Score (if applicable) Georgetown Code: 5244
Non-Refundable Application Fee
Note: GRE scores are not accepted for the application. Please do not include or send GRE scores for your application.