University of Central Florida Reviews of Master's in Biomedical Sciences

"UCF is a great school. Also, Winter Park (Orlando) is a really great city, so living there was really fun."

"It has a nice campus. It's very big and has a lot of students. The union has a large variety of restaurants, and hanging out on campus is nice."

"My program has some short comings. Such as the need for clarification to give incoming graduate students a better understanding of which professors have funding and what that means. However the best part of our program is the communication between coordinators and graduate student representatives (such as the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Association) that allows for direct and anonymous feedback from current students. This allows issues to be addressed promptly and the changing needs of the graduate population to be accommodated."

"Being in a graduate program is already stressful as it is. I am a grad sudent and work full time but the support and the drive this school has for their student is wonderful. Always try to do their best to help the students. the con that I have is the classes on when they offer these classes. I work so taking days off is not easy especially taking care of school and others. Overall UCF's mission and their value in the grad students is what I like most here at the University of Central Florida."

"The academic load for the biomedical programs is easy overall, with an emphasis on molecular biology and laboratory techniques. They provide free tuition to all students, as well as teaching assistantships for those who's labs do not provide research funds to graduate students. The major con is the low number of researchers/professors willing to take new students. This is mostly due to the lack of funding for many professors. Many labs are located in the new biomedical sciences facility located in the medical city at lake nona, which should provide many collaborations and networking opportunitities for students in the future."