卡耐基梅隆大学（Carnegie MellonUniversity），简称CMU，坐落在美国宾夕法尼亚州的匹兹堡(Pittsburgh)，是一所拥有13,600名在校学生和1,423名教职及科研人员的世界著名学府。
该校拥有享誉全球的计算机学院和戏剧学院，其艺术学院，商学院，工程院以及公共管理学院等也都在全美名列前茅。卡梅的School of Computer Science下方有七个学院，计算生物学硕士项目在计算生物学院下方。
项目介绍
CMU MSCB是CBD系和生物系的合办项目，该项目应用现代计算机科学、统计、数学知识去探索解决生物和生物医学问题，主要是个性化医疗，微生物基因组预测、基因治疗进展、营养改善等。
该项目持续一年半到两年，包含3到4学期。课程包括计算机科学、机器学习、数学、统计学、生物学、化学、生物医学工程和信息管理等学科。学生可以选择在课业之外进行深入的研究，并鼓励在第一年之后进行实习。
详细课程设置：
Foundation courses
02-601: Programming forScientists
02-613: Algorithms and AdvancedData Structures
03-709: Applied Cell andMolecular Biology
Breadth courses
02-710 or 03-711: Genomics
03-712: Computational Methodsfor Biological Modeling and Simulation
02-750: Automation ofBiological Research: Robotics and Machine Learning
实习机会：
Studentswho are interested in doing an internship in industry or at a research lab notat CMU can take 03-601R, Computational BiologyInternship, for 3 units of credit.
Internationalstudents who secure paid internships outside of Carnegie Mellon must registerfor both 03-601R and Curricular PracticalTraining (CPT). The Office of International Education (OIE) oversees CPTregistration. Students will need the offer letter spelling out dates ofemployment, hours to be worked, and wages or stipend (if any). Note that,during the summer, tuition for 03-601R will not be assessed.
Itis advisable to contact the Assistant Director (Internship and Job Placement)and/or the Assistant Department Head for Graduate Affairs during the fallsemester to begin seeking and preparing for an internship (i.e. resumes, coverletters and making contacts).
录取要求：
该项目喜欢招收想在工业上直接工作的学生，或者在不攻读博士学位的情况下探索计算生物学的学生。同时欢迎职场人士在这个跨学科领域中回炉重造。对于申请者的背景没有特定的要求，数学，生物，计算机背景的学生都可以申请。但是如果申请者在细胞&分子生物学、计算机编程、线性代数、概率论这4个领域中有2-3个很擅长，则会更加利于申请。
大多数的学生都有编程经验，如果没有编程经验则会被要求选修相应的编程课程。大多数申请者有生物相关的背景，如果没有，则会要求选修生物相关的课程。
同时对于没有生物背景的学生，学校强烈建议在个人陈述中国解释你为什么要选择计算生物学。申请者的GRE分数要求是316（157+159）以上。托福分数84+（S18），90%录取的学生口语达到20，总分为96分或者更高。雅思分数6.4（S6.0）。
PS要求：
Your statement of purpose should be a 1-2 page essaydescribing:
yourmotivation to enter the field of Computational Biology,any previousresearch experience you have (including your role in those projects), and, ifapplicable, any publications.
your primaryareas of interest within Computational Biology,your reasonsfor considering the MSCB program for graduate work.
Your statement must be written in your own words. Weuse software to detect plagiarism in personal statements. Any applicant thatsubmits a personal statement determined to contain plagiarised material will berejected immediately, without notice.
项目就业数据：
毕业生的就业行业很广泛，比如从事著名学术研究的研究、教学和行政工作。大约60%的毕业生去了工厂工作，40%的学生继续攻读博士或者硕士。
最近的毕业生在CMU、哈佛、Cornell、UCLA攻读计算生物学或者生物学相关博士学位。每年20个学生左右，学生就业领域广泛，包括生物科技和制药公司，政府，大学任教。
Recent graduates have been employed atcompanies and institutes such as the J. Craig Venter Institute, Thermo FisherScientific, Philips Research, and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, to name afew.
Studentsare allowed to work for wages on projects separate from theirresearch-for-credit projects (03-700 & 02-700), provided academic progressis not compromised.
For students who desire to earn wages, there are limitedemployment opportunities in faculty research groups; students are responsiblefor seeking out such opportunities. It is strongly advised that students waituntil their second semester to begin work.
Thenumber of hours worked will not exceed 12 hours per week; the pay scale willordinarily range from $10 to $16 per hour.
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