• The Hopkins major in biophysics has always been a rigorous and challenging major that attracts students interested in biology as well as mathematics, physics, and computation. The goal of the major is to achieve true integration among biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computation, and our majors become competent in all five areas.
  • However, interdisciplinary education is not just a matter of taking courses in different departments. The strength of our major is that we integrate all these scientific areas. This integration is accomplished through courses in biophysics, the advanced laboratory course, and the independent research requirement. Our courses emphasize concepts and problem solving over memorization. We train our students to become thinkers who will have the quantitative skills and technical abilities to address any biological problem at hand.