Overview

School of Systems Biology / School of Systems Biology is located in Manassas, VA, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Professional Master of Science (PSM)
(Certificate)	Bioinformatics and computational biology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Biosciences
Master of Science (MS)	Bioinformatics management
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Bioinformatics and computational biology
Master of Science (MS)	Biology
Master of Science (MS)	Bioinformatics and computational biology

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	39
Doctoral Degrees	13
Other Advanced Degrees	1

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Comp Exam Required for some Research project or thesis
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

150

Applied

130

Accepted

84

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

80

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE
Master's Degree Requirements	Resume; 3 letters of recommendation; expanded goals statement; 2 copies of official transcripts; bachelor's degree in related field with minimum GPA of 3.0 in last 60 hours
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Self-assessment form; resume; 3 letters of recommendation; expanded goals statement; 2 copies of official transcripts; bachelor's degree in related field with minimum GPA of 3.0 in last 60 hours
Additional Entrance Requirements	Resume; 2 copies of official transcripts

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 575 TOEFL IBT score: 88
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	March 1
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Career or field-related internships Federal Work-Study Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

215

Total Graduate Students

16%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	7.91%
Black or African American	7.44%
White or Caucasian	45%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.47%
Asian	13.49%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	4.19%
Unknown	4.65%

Gender

Male (48%)

Female (51%)

Faculty

11

Total faculty

Full-time - 10

Part-time - 1

Male (8)

Female (3)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Functional genomics of chronic human diseases, ecology of vector-borne infectious diseases, neurogenetics, molecular biology, computational modeling, proteomics, chronic metabolic diseases, nanotechnology
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	766,416

Location & Contact

Address 10900 George Mason Drive, MSN 5B3
MSN 2F2
Manassas, VA  22030
United States

Contact Dr. Iosif Vaisman
Director
Email: ivaisman@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-8431
Fax: 703-993-8976

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