Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is $6,666/course.

This tuition prices do not include extra fees. More information can be found on the Tuition & Fees Page or by visiting the program page. 

We are proud to offer a number of partial-tuition, merit-based scholarships. Scholarship consideration is part of the standard program application and no additional scholarship application is required. The average award is roughly 20% of tuition.

Our Master’s programs are offered in-person. We do not currently offer any Master’s degrees online. 

We do not accept transfer credits from other universities. However, at the discretion of the Program Director, students who have taken similar courses elsewhere may be able to waive a required course and identify an elective to take instead. Students who complete courses in the program curriculum in the University of Chicago’s Graduate-Student-At-Large program prior to matriculating into the graduate program may transfer up to two credits, with the approval of the Program Director, provided the courses did not count toward the completion of another degree.

For information on doctoral programs in the Biological Sciences Division, please visit biosciences.uchicago.edu or email bsdadmissions@uchicago.edu. 

Interviews are generally not conducted as part of the application process. 

Each program has different application deadlines. For the 2024-2025 application cycle, the deadlines are as follows: 

MPH:

• November 15: Priority deadline for scholarship consideration and early notification
• January 15: Recommended deadline for applicants that will require a F-1 visa
• May 1: Final deadline

MS Biomedical Sciences and MS in Precision Health:

• January 15 for a decision in February. This is the priority deadline for receiving merit-based scholarship.
• March 19 for a decision in April

Applications submitted after March 19 may be accepted depending on space.  Applicants are encouraged to apply early for priority decision. 

All application materials, including letters of recommendation and application fee, are due by the deadline. Applicants are encouraged to submit reference information early and verify that they are able to submit their letter by the application deadline. 

In order to request an application fee waiver, you must first submit an application. Once an application is submitted, your application status portal will display the option to request a fee waiver by filling out a short form and providing documentation, if required. If you are submitting multiple applications, you will need to ensure you are on the status page of the correct application; a separate waiver request must be submitted for each application.

Application fees are non-refundable. If you intend to submit a fee waiver request, do not pay the application fee until you receive a decision about your request. If you pay the application fee, and later have your waiver request approved, the fee will not be refunded.

Fee Waiver Categories and General Eligibility Criteria

• University of Chicago degree program students and alumni

This waiver category is available in most programs to any applicant who has received or expects to receive a degree from another UChicago program.

• Current or recent participants in qualifying programs

This waiver category is available if you have participated in one of the following:

• CIC Applicants
• Fulbright/IIE Fellowship Recipient
• Gates Millennium Scholars
• Leadership Alliance Summer Research Early Identification Program
• Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC)
• McNair Scholars Program
• Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
• Project 1000
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• U.S. armed forces or uniformed services: currently serving (active duty or reserves) or honorably discharged
• Current undergraduates receiving need-based aid from a U.S. institution

Waiver Criteria

English has been a primary language of communication and schooling for you since childhood; or you were enrolled for at least one academic year in full-time status in a course of study at an accredited English-medium post-secondary institution in one of the following countries or territories within the past ten years: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States.

Education in English-medium institutions in other countries or territories does not qualify for the exemption.

Please Note

High school or secondary school does not qualify an applicant for exemption; nor do part-time or research-based programs that did not involve full time coursework in English.

TOEFL: 100 total, with no less than 26 in Reading, Writing, and Listening, and no less than 22 in Speaking.

IELTS: 7.0 overall, with no less than 7.0 on each section

 All students must have completed a minimum of a Bachelors degree by the time they matriculate into any program. Program-specific prerequisites are outlined on each program page.