MEng in Bioengineering

Unofficial transcripts may be uploaded into the application form, but formal transcripts will be required once admitted.

3 letters of recommendation. Must be on a letterhead and signed by the recommender.

All applicants are presented with a series of short-answer personal statement essay questions. Each essay has a 250 word maximum. Questions 1-2 are required from all applicants, while questions 3-4 are optional (your response is voluntary and not answering these questions will not affect your admissions decision). Question #1: Please describe pivotal experiences, opportunities, and/or challenges (including any financial or access barriers) that have influenced your educational and professional development. Question #2: At Illinois, we value a student’s ability to contribute to a community of inclusion, belonging, and respect where our graduate students can learn and collaborate productively and positively. Please provide an example of how you contributed to or engaged with a community of students or colleagues with different perspectives, abilities, and experiences to achieve a positive outcome, and reflect on what you learned from this experience. Question #3: If you believe that your academic record does not demonstrate your true capabilities, please explain why. You may also discuss any gaps in your academic and professional experience. Question #4: If there is something that you would like to share with the admissions committee that you have yet to discuss in other areas of the application, please do so here. If needed, you may also use this space to expand upon the topics discussed in the above essays.

Please write an academic statement that answers the following questions (1,000 words max): How has your academic and professional background, including any professional training, prepared you for graduate study? How will our program help you achieve your intellectual and professional goals? What are your academic interests, and why do you wish to pursue graduate studies in this specific program?

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