A 2-2.5 year program focusing on one of 5 areas:
Bioprocessing
Business of Bioscience
Clinical & Regulatory Affairs
Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Pharmaceutical Discover & Development
Masters of Bioscience (MBS)
KGI’s Masters of Bioscience (MBS) program challenges you to move
past compartmentalized subject matter to unlock the relationships
between business, engineering, and science. It takes two intense
years of cross-disciplinary study and real-world projects with
leaders in the bioscience industry. The program includes a hands-on
internship experience and a capstone Team Master’s Project. The
degree proves to be as dynamic as is the experience of obtaining
it. The focus tracks include: Business of Bioscience,
Pharmaceutical Discovery and Development, Bioprocessing, Medical
Devices and Diagnostics, and Clinical Regulatory Affairs.
Application Fee = $75. If an Advisor refers a student to the program, then the application fee can be waived for the student. Advisors should contact Ms. Amanda Wirtz, Assistant Director of Recruiting, via email: amanda_wirtz@kgi.edu to assist students with this waiver.
Fellowships are available for the MBS program.
In lieu of a master's thesis, students must complete a Team Master's Project in which they solve a research problem given by a sponsoring company. Each team will interact with a Faculty Advisor and one or more Corporate Liaisons. Participating companies are part of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, government, and medical device industries.
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Certificate (PPC, in operation for 1 year)
A 1-year program to help students who did not get into medical school develop their skills and strengthen their application before re-applying to medical school.
Post-Doctoral Professional Masters (PPM)
Keck Graduate Institute’s (KGI) Postdoctoral Professional Masters
(PPM) is a groundbreaking professional Masters program for post- doctoral fellows with backgrounds in science and engineering. This
accredited Masters degree helps PhD scientists and Engineers acquire
the business and management skills needed to pursue senior
management positions within the life sciences industry or embark on
entrepreneurial ventures that are intended to commercialize
technologies developed in laboratories. The program curriculum
focuses on the unique business environment within the life sciences.
Courses combine traditional training in issues such as competitive
strategy and marketing with specialized topics such as the role of
regulation and medical reimbursement in determining the viability of
life science market opportunities.
Postbaccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate
The Postbaccalaureate Premedical Certificate (PPC) program is for
candidates with an undergraduate degree in science or engineering,
who may have applied to medical school and were denied, as well as
those ready to apply. The flexible curriculum gives students time
to improve MCAT scores and augment their undergraduate curriculum
with graduate level science courses, plus providing the experience
of a business school. Keck Graduate Institute’s strong ties with
the biosciences industry will help set the candidates apart from
other medical school applicants. KGI will work with the students to
design a program that fits their needs, including helping assemble
their portfolio of recommendations, editing personal statements and
application essays, identifying health profession volunteer
experiences, as well as developing and practicing interviewing
skills. The PPC program requires completion of 8 courses over a
year of study. The curriculum is highly customized and the
applicants will work with the Faculty Director to create a
personalized schedule of courses to best position them for admission
to medical school.
No funding is available for the PPC program. Cost ~ $20K.
