See UCLA's minimum requirements for all graduate program applicants.

In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit the departmental application available on the departmental website (in addition to the online application for graduate admission), a clear and realistic statement of purpose, and a resume.

Applicants whose native language is not English must score at least 600 on the paper and pencil Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 250 on the computer-based TOEFL, or 100 on the internet-based TOEFL, or receive an overall band score of 8.0 on the International English Testing System (IELTS) examination to be considered for admission.

M.S.: The statement of purpose should relate reasons for seeking admission. Applicants should have a B.S. degree or its equivalent in engineering, life science, or physical science.

Ph.D.: Applicants should have a B.S. degree or its equivalent, with a grade point average in the final two years of not less than 3.00, in engineering, life science, or physical science.Admission to the Ph.D. program is granted to a small group each year, according to the following criteria: (1) Evidence of capacity for original scholarship and research in the field of Biomedical Engineering through publications; (2) outstanding GRE scores and references; and (3) demonstration of adequate communication skills, particularly in writing, in the work submitted.

Neuroengineering

Applicants who wish to enter the field of neuroengineering apply to either the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science or to the Ph.D. program in Neuroscience in the School of Medicine. Applicants to neuroengineering must have an undergraduate degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, or one of the life sciences (for example, biology, microbiology and molecular genetics, molecular, cell, and developmental biology, neuroscience, physiology or psychology). Engineering students must have taken at least one undergraduate course in biology, one course in chemistry, and a year of physics. Students from non-engineering backgrounds are required to have taken courses in undergraduate calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra, in addition to at least a year of undergraduate courses in each of the following: organic chemistry and biochemistry, physics, and biology. Students lacking one or more prerequisite courses may be admitted and provided with appropriate coursework or tutorials during the summer before matriculation.