Resources

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• FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

  Answers to common questions providing information about: addresses, housing, appointments, budget, health insurance, weather, and doctorate degree issues.

  Biophysics Academic Timeline

  Following the timeline below will assist you in completing all coursework requirements in a timely manner.

  1st Year

  Fall	Spring	Summer
  BIOP 401 BIOP 581, 582, 583 BIOP 595A BIOP 595B Elective science course OR 500-level BIOP course	1st attempt of Biophysics Qualifying Exam (BQE) BIOP 595A BIOP 590 with advisor Elective science course OR 500-level BIOP course	Completion of 32 hours of coursework BIOP 590 or 599 with advisor

  2nd Year

  Fall	Spring	Summer
  MCB 580 (ethics course) BIOP 595A BIOP 590 or 599 with advisor Elective science course OR 500-level BIOP course	2nd attempt of BQE (if needed) BIOP 595A BIOP 590 or 599 with advisor Elective science course OR 500-level BIOP course	BIOP 599 with advisor

  3rd Year

  Fall	Spring	Summer
  BIOP 599 with advisor BIOP 586 (8-week tutorial) Elective science course OR 500-level BIOP course	Preliminary Examination due Completion of 32 hours of requirements BIOP 599 with advisor BIOP 586 (8-week tutorial)	BIOP 599 with advisor

  4th Year

  Fall	Spring	Summer
  BIOP 599 with advisor	BIOP 599 with advisor	BIOP 599 with advisor

  5th Year

  Fall	Spring	Summer
  BIOP 599 with advisor	Final Examination due BIOP 599 with advisor	BIOP 599 with advisor (if needed)

  6th-7th Year

  Fall	Spring	Summer
  BIOP 599 with advisor (if needed)	BIOP 599 with advisor (if needed)	BIOP 599 with advisor (if needed)

  Elective science course or 500-level BIOP course can also meet the experimental or computational biology course requirement
  Required TAship can be taken at any time, but should be completed by the end of the 3rd year.

Current Student Resources

• Learn@Illinois

  Forums and chats for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology students, as well as the link to the BIOP 595A seminar course blog.

• BQE Tests

  Sample test questions from past BQE Exams. Requires Active Directory login/password.

• Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Graduate Concentration

  Biophysics students may register to obtain a Computational Science and Engineering Graduate Concentration by completing additional requirements. Completion of the program will result in a notation on your transcript. See CSE website for details.

  Student Handbook

  The student handbook includes sections on Requirements, Registration, Support, Miscellaneous Information and Safety Precautions. For more information, please read the Biophysics Graduate Student Handbook (pdf). 

  Research Facilities

  • Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
  • Blue Waters Sustained Petascale Computing
  • National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  • Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
  • NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling & Bioinformatics
  • School of Chemical Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab
  • Biomedical Imaging Center
  • Technology Services at Illinois
  • Roy J Carver Biotechnology Center

  Seminars and Events

  Links to Campus Seminars

  • Beckman Institute Seminars
  • Biochemistry Departmental Seminars
  • School of Chemical Sciences Weekly Seminar and Announcement Bulletins
  • The Institute for Genomic Biology Seminars
  • School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Seminars
  • Physics Seminars
  • Theoretical & Computational Biophysics Group Seminars
  • Bioengineering Seminars
  • Computational Science and Engineering Seminars

Illinois Biophysics Society

The Illinois Biophysics Society is a student-run organization comprised of University of Illinois students interested in biophysics and related fields.