About KGI
Keck Graduate Institute’s two-year program in applied life sciences culminates in the professional Master of Bioscience degree. Designed to educate leaders for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare product and bioagricultural (biosciences) industries, Keck Graduate Institute’s interdisciplinary curriculum integrates biological systems, computational biology and bioengineering with management, finance and bioethics. KGI’s applied research programs focus on commercializing new discoveries in the life sciences to create products and processes beneficial to society. Keck Graduate Institute also offers a PhD in Applied Life Sciences to graduates of the Master of Bioscience (MBS) program. The mission of KGI’s new PhD program is to endow a select group of students with expertise in research areas relevant to applied bioscience, with the ability to use interdisciplinary tools and approaches to solve problems, and with the motivation to translate knowledge to beneficial applications to advance new horizons in the applied biosciences. Today the most exciting work in the life sciences, engineering, and management is happening in the biosciences industry. To translate new discoveries into applications that improve the human condition, industry demands a new kind of professional - scientifically proficient and managerially savvy. Keck Graduate Institute, in partnership with industry leaders, responds to this challenge with a pioneering graduate degree: the Master of Bioscience. Designed to prepare the future generation of bioscience leaders, KGI breaks down and transforms traditional boundaries between the academic and corporate worlds. Our degree and research programs are singularly focused on the unique and specific demands of the biosciences industry, drawing widely on the guidance of a world-class advisory council that includes leaders in industry, science, and higher education. Recognizing that the solution of practical, real-world challenges requires close teamwork, creative problem-solving skills, and cross-functional fluency, our curriculum is fundamentally interdisciplinary, incorporating an intensive technical component and a broad management and policy component, as well as innovative approaches to developing leadership skills. As a result, our students graduate with a practical understanding of the results-oriented, collaborative culture in which scientists, engineers, and managers operate. KGI Background
Founded in 1997, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (KGI) is the only American graduate institution devoted solely to bioscience education and discovery. The Institute is the seventh and newest member of the Claremont Colleges consortium.
KGI features the innovative Masters of Bioscience (MBS) degree, a graduate program designed to educate scientists and engineers to be the bioscience business leaders of the 21st Century. A unique professional degree, the MBS emphasizes interdisciplinary and team-based active learning and is rapidly becoming the premier degree for individuals entering the biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical development, and modern agricultural industries. With the support of key industry partners, the MBS program has recently expanded to include a distinctive educational opportunity in bioprocessing. In addition to the MBS-PhD in Applied Life Sciences, KGI collaborates with Claremont Graduate University to offer a doctoral degree in Computational and Systems Biology. KGI Mission
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is dedicated to education and research aimed at translating into practice the power and potential of the life sciences for the benefit of society.
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