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How Does the BIMS System Work?
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Entering students are admitted to The University of Virginia as members of the BIMS Graduate Program Group to which they initially applied. The total number of students admitted each year is approximately 45-55 with between five and fifteen being admitted to any one Group, depending on the interests and quality of the applicant pool. With the advice of their Group Advisory Committee, first year students generally take courses and perform at least three three-month laboratory rotations, during which time they may elect to change Graduate Groups.
At the end of the first year students will generally select a thesis adviser and also a department or academic program from which they will take a Ph.D. qualifying examination (in year two) and eventually be awarded a Ph.D. degree. Graduate advisers can be any approved full-time or affiliated University of Virginia faculty member, regardless of their department or the student’s graduate group. |