Bachelor of Arts in Biophysics

As one of the first biophysics programs in the nation, we have a long tradition of excellence in research and teaching, and of developing leaders in the scientific community. We train our students to become thinkers who will have the quantitative skills and technical abilities to address any biological problem at hand.
As a student, youll use the ideas, instrumentation, and computational models of physics to understand living things. From the molecules within cells to the creation of medical technologies, biophysics has an enormous impact on our daily life.
Biophysics is the application of the laws of physics to biological problems. It uses the languages of math and computation in seeking to describe biology in quantitative terms. Biophysicists use the ideas, instrumentation, and computational models of physics to understand living things. From the molecules within cells to the creation of medical technologies, biophysics has an enormous impact on our daily life.
The undergraduate major in biophysics is a great choice for students who enjoy math and physics but are interested in problems related to biology or medicine.
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.