Students applying to the integrated program must:
Provide the name of a research advisor (selected from a specified list of faculty and researchers provided by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) and two additional ASU tenure track faculty members or Researchers from the approved list who will oversee your research during your senior year in the B.S. program and continue through the awarding of the M.S. Degree. A co-advisor may be added with approval from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Write a Personal Statement which includes your research goals and how they relate to medicinal chemistry, please copy and paste to the text box
List graduate-level coursework to be taken during the senior year of the B.S. program that are to be used as shared credit toward the M.S. degree (up to 9 credit hours) please enter the courses one by one, click on More Courses to enter more courses ,click on Submit when you finish
In order to complete the pre-application process, you need to request three letters of recommendation from academic/research faculty verifying the applicant’s readiness and probable success in completing the program. One of the letters must be from the student’s current B.S. degree program advisor. Letters are requested and submitted electronically. Applicants begin the process by completing an on-line form at: https://chemistry.asu.edu/recommendation/appLogin.asp. Email addresses are used to track the letters, so applicants must be sure to enter the correct email address for each person listed.
We also requst unofficial transcripts and Program of Study form to be submitted to the Graduate Programs Coordinator for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Physical Sciences Building – D Wing – Room 102. You will receive notification of your admission status by email. If accepted to the program, you will need to complete an on-line application to the Graduate College for the Master’s Program in Biochemistry with a Concentration in Medicinal Chemistry. International students must provide proof of English proficiency or be exempt from this requirement by completing a least 90 undergraduate semester credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher at a regionally accredited institution in the United States. GRE in not required for the Integrated B.S./M.S. Program
There is no application fee for the Pre-Application and the Department of Chemistry pays the fee for the application to the Graduate College for the M.S. Program.
