Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (short KGI) is a specialized graduate school in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1997 through a startup grant of $50 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation. KGI is the newest and 7th member of The Claremont Colleges.
KGI offers a portfolio of programs including two Professional Science Masters degrees: the Master of Bioscience (MBS) and the Postdoctoral Professional Masters in Bioscience Management (PPM). In addition, KGI offers a PhD in Applied Life Sciences which is built upon the MBS degree, a separate PhD in Computational and Systems Biology, and a Postbaccalaureate Premedical Certificate (PPC) Program.
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