Graduate education has three components: coursework, teaching, and research.

• Course Program: Below is the coursework schedule for PhD and MS degrees in Chemical and Biological Engineering (presented as Biotechnology or Chemical Engineering tracks). Our Graduate Student Handbook contains further information on the course scheduling and other graduate policies.
  • Doctorate Program
  • Master's Program

  At the Masters level, the Chemical and Biological Engineering department offers a new program track in Bioengineering: Cell and Bioprocess Engineering. This interdisciplinary program replaces the current Biotechnology Engineering program. An overview of the Masters in Bioengineering program can be found here.
  
  For additional information about the Cell and Bioprocess Engineering track, please contact the program coordinator, Prof. Kyongbum Lee.
  

• Research
• Professional Development
• Student Profiles
• Sci-Tech Society
• Online Application
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Applicants must have higher TOEFL scores than the following minimums.
  • Minimum on Paper Test: 600
  • Minimum on Computer Test: 250
  • Minimum on Internet Test: 90
• Average GRE scores for graduate applicants accepted to Tufts by degree program:
  
  Please note: average GRE scores vary from year to year based on the strengths of each unique applicant pool. These averages are intended as guidelines only and should not be taken as definitive minimum scores for acceptance to Tufts.
   

  	M.E.
  	2008	2007	2006
  Average Verbal Score	470	451	n/a
  Average Quantitative Score	640	663	n/a
  Average Analytical Score*	4	4	n/a
  	M.S.
  	2008	2007	2006
  Average Verbal Score	536	570	n/a
  Average Quantitative Score	735	775	n/a
  Average Analytical Score*	4	4.5	n/a
  	Ph.D.
  	2008	2007	2006
  Average Verbal Score	517	556	504
  Average Quantitative Score	753	766	724
  Average Analytical Score*	4,5	5	5
  *Analytical score averages have been rounded to the nearest half point.