Institution Program GRE Not Required Program Link

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Biomedical Sciences X https://www.einstein.yu.edu/education/phd/prospective-students/admissions.aspx

Cal State University Dominguez Hills Biology X https://www.csudh.edu/gsr/graduate-studies/graduate-admission/#
Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Sciences Training Program * https://case.edu/med/BSTP/apply.html
City University of New York Biology X https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Prospective-Current-Students/Prospective-Students/Admissions#!
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory PhD Program X https://www.cshl.edu/education/phd-program/how-to-apply/
Cornell University Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology X https://bmcb.cornell.edu/
Georgetown School of Medicine Pharmacology and Physiology X https://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/phd_applying
Harvard University Systems Biology X http://sysbiophd.harvard.edu/prospective-students/admissions
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Biomedical Science, Neuroscience X http://icahn.mssm.edu/education/phd
Indiana University School of Medicine Biomedical X https://medicine.iu.edu/education/graduate-degrees/phd/admissions/
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program X http://cmm.jhmi.edu/index.php/application-information/
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Cross Disciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences X http://neuroscience.jhu.edu/graduate/apply
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neuroscience X http://neuroscience.jhu.edu/graduate/apply
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biology X https://biology.mit.edu/graduate/prospective-students/application-process/
New York University Sackler Institute Biomedical Sciences X https://med.nyu.edu/research/sackler-institute-graduate-biomedical-sciences/
Northwestern University Life Sciences X http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/dgp/prospective-students/phd-program/admissions.html
Purdue University Chemistry X https://www.chem.purdue.edu/faq/index.php#gre
Rockefeller University Graduate Program X https://graduateapplication.rockefeller.edu/
San Francisco State University Biology (Master's) X http://biology.sfsu.edu/content/applying-sfsu-biology-graduate-programs
Stanford University Biology X https://biology.stanford.edu/academics/phd-program
Stowers Institute for Medical Research Graduate Program X http://www.stowers.org/gradschool/admissions
University of Alabama Birmingham Biomedical Sciences X http://www.uab.edu/gbs/home/admissions
University of Buffalo Microbiology and Immunology X http://medicine.buffalo.edu/departments/micro/education/phd.html
University of California Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology X https://mcb.berkeley.edu/grad/prospective-graduates/admissions-and-recruitment
University of California Davis Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology X http://bmcdb.ucdavis.edu/admissions/index.html
University of California San Diego Biomedical Sciences X http://biomedsci.ucsd.edu/how-to-apply/index.html
University of California San Francisco Tetrad X https://tetrad.ucsf.edu/admissions
University of California San Francisco Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology X https://ipqb.ucsf.edu/
University of California San Francisco Biomedical Sciences X https://bms.ucsf.edu/
University of California San Francisco Chemistry and Chemical Biology X https://ccb.ucsf.edu/admissions
University of California San Francisco Developmental and Stem Cell Biology X https://dscb.ucsf.edu/
University of California San Francisco Neuroscience X http://neurograd.ucsf.edu/about-neuroscience-graduate-program
University of California San Francisco Oral and Craniofacial Sciences X https://dentistry.ucsf.edu/programs/oral-cranio-phd
University of California San Francisco Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics X https://pspg.ucsf.edu/
University of California San Francisco Rehabilitation Science X https://ptrehab.ucsf.edu/rehabilitation-science-phd
University of California Santa Cruz Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology X https://pbse.ucsc.edu/mcd/index.html
University of Colorado at Boulder Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://www.colorado.edu/ebio/
University of Kansas Ecology and Evolutionary Biology X https://eeb.ku.edu/how-apply
University of Michigan Program in Biomedical Science X https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/sites/medicine.umich.edu.medschool/files/assets/PIBS_GRE_POLICY_2018.pdf
University of Michigan Biophysics X https://lsa.umich.edu/biophysics/graduates/admissions.html
University of Minnesota Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics X https://www.med.umn.edu/education-training/graduate-programs
University of Minnesota Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics X https://www.med.umn.edu/education-training/graduate-programs
University of Minnesota Pharmacology X https://www.med.umn.edu/education-training/graduate-programs
University of Missouri Division of Biological Sciences X http://biology.missouri.edu/graduate-studies/apply/
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program ** http://bbsp.unc.edu/admissions/
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences X http://graduate.ouhsc.edu/GraduatePrograms/PhDPrograms/GraduatePrograminBiomedicalSciences.aspx
University of Oregon Biology X https://biology.uoregon.edu/graduate-studies/apply/
University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies X http://www.med.upenn.edu/bgs/
University of Pittsburgh Biological Sciences X http://www.biology.pitt.edu/graduate/how-apply
University of South Dakota School of Medicine
Basic Biomedical Sciences X https://www.usd.edu/medicine/basic-biomedical-sciences
University of Vermont Biology X https://www.uvm.edu/cas/biology/application-finances-support
University of Virginia Biomedical Sciences X http://bims.virginia.edu/
University of Washington Biology X https://www.biology.washington.edu/programs/graduate/admissions
University of Wisconsin-Madison Cell and Molecular Biology X http://www.cmb.wisc.edu/how_to_apply
University of Wisconsin-Madison Microbiology X https://microbiology.wisc.edu/ps_apply.php
University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacology X https://www.med.wisc.edu/education/graduate-programs/biomedical-graduate-program-consortium/application-checklist/
University of Wisconsin-Madison Endocrinology X https://www.med.wisc.edu/education/graduate-programs/biomedical-graduate-program-consortium/application-checklist/
University of Wisconsin-Madison Nutritional Sciences X https://nutrisci.wisc.edu/graduate/
University of Wisconsin-Madison Neuroscience X https://ntp.neuroscience.wisc.edu/
UT Southwestern Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences X http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/graduate-school/application-and-admissions/
Vanderbilt University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program X https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/igp/
Washington State University Biological Systems Engineering X https://bsyse.wsu.edu/graduate-program/how-to-apply/
* - still require the GRE but score will not be shown to admissions committee
** - pending, petitioning Graduate School to drop GRE requirement
Updated July 12, 2018
Please email Joshua Hall ([email protected]) or tweet to @jdhallphd for additions or corrections to this list.
References
The Limitations of the GRE in Predicting Success in Biomedical Graduate School PLOS One 2017
Predictors of Student Productivity in Biomedical Graduate School Applications PLOS One 2017
A test that fails Nature 2014
How should we be selecting our graduate students? MBoC 2013