Applications for students enrolling for the Fall 2025 term are due May 1st, 2025.
Eligibility
Applicants must have a bachelor's level degree
Applicants must have a minimum of two years--three years preferred--of relevant experience (e.g., Regulatory Specialist, Research Project Manager, Clinical Research Coordinator, FDA Scientific Reviewer)
Deadline
Applications for each fall semester are due May 1st.
Application Support
We welcome an opportunity to connect with interested applicants. Through an initial meeting, program faculty or staff can discuss how the program may align with your career goals, connect to current students or faculty for additional insight, or answer questions about the application process.
Contact us and a member of the team will reach out.
Application Form
Applicants must submit a full application which includes:
Online Form
Resume
Transcripts
Upload unofficial undergraduate and graduate, if applicable, transcripts into the application system
For students whose undergraduate degree was awarded outside of the U.S., you will need to complete a degree verification process via Certifile (embedded in the application) or WES
Personal statement
Please submit a personal statement that responds to the following two prompts. Each response should be 400 words or less. You may need to combine the two prompt responses into one document to upload.
What are your career goals, and how does the MRA program help you meet your goals?
Discuss a significant contribution you have made in your current or former position. What did you set out to achieve? What was the result?
Three letters of recommendation
The online application system supports electronic submission of the letters by the recommender
Recommenders may be faculty or employers
Letters should address the following:
The suitability of the MRA program for the student's stated career goals
English Language Proficiency are required for applicants who received an undergraduate degree from any institution that does not use English as the language of instruction (e.g. TOEFL score)
GRE scores are not required
Student Resources
Please review our Student Resources page for a full list of policies and information before applying.
The federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, as amended, requires colleges and universities to provide information related to security policies and procedures and specific statistics for criminal incidents, arrests, and disciplinary referrals to students and employees, and to make the information and statistics available to prospective students and employees upon request. The Campus SaVE Act of 2013 expanded these requirements to include information on and resources related to crimes of interpersonal violence, including dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault. Federal law also requires institutions with on-campus housing to share an annual fire report with the campus community.
In addition, the Uniform Crime Reporting Act requires Pennsylvania colleges and universities to provide information related to security policies and procedures to students, employees and applicants; to provide certain crime statistics to students and employees; and to make those statistics available to applicants and prospective employees upon request.
You may request a paper copy of the report by calling the Office of the Vice President for Public Safety and Superintendent of Penn Police at 215-898-7515 or by emailing vp@publicsafety.upenn.edu.
Recognizing the challenges of teaching, learning, and assessing academic performance during the global COVID-19 pandemic, Penn’s admissions committees for graduate and professional programs will take the significant disruptions of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 into account when reviewing students’ transcripts and other admissions materials as part of their regular practice of performing individualized, holistic reviews of each applicant. In particular, as we review applications now and in the future, we will respect decisions regarding the adoption of Pass/Fail and other grading options during the period of COVID-19 disruptions. An applicant will not be adversely affected in the admissions process if their academic institution implemented a mandatory pass/fail (or similar) system for the term or if the applicant chose to participate in an optional pass/fail (or similar) system for the term. Penn’s longstanding commitment remains to admit graduate and professional student cohorts composed of outstanding individuals who demonstrate the resilience and aptitude to succeed in their academic pursuits.
The Master of Regulatory Affairs and Regulatory Affairs Certificate degree programs are offered by the University of Pennsylvania, an institution of higher education authorized to confer degrees and certificates conferring academic credit under applicable laws of the United States. Students who are interested in participating in the program from countries other than the United States are advised that each jurisdiction may have its own laws and regulations governing online educational programs, and some jurisdictions may not recognize course credit or an online degree awarded by the University as satisfying local requirements for professional licensure, employment qualification, or other purposes. Before enrolling in this program, prospective students should investigate their jurisdiction’s treatment of foreign online programs to ensure that participation in this program will meet their objectives.
The Master of Regulatory Affairs and the Regulatory Affairs Certificate are both STEM OPT extension eligible programs for holders of F-1 visas.
If you have additional questions about the format of the program or its ability to fit your schedule, access, etc. please contact program staff.
The University of Pennsylvania is accredited, but there is no separate accreditation for regulatory affairs programs.
