Discover the future of medicine

To apply, visit gradadm.usc.edu.

Applications for the 2025/2026 academic year will be accepted starting October 14, 2024; the deadline to apply is March 1st, 2025. 

All courses will be held in person. For other questions, e-mail us at scrm@usc.edu or call (323) 865 1266.

The Master of Science degree program invites you to chart the course for the medicine of the future—regenerative medicine. This is one of the first master’s programs in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine in the United States.

Our one-year program offers courses in cutting-edge biomedical science, including developmental biology, human embryology, regenerative medicine, and the translational and therapeutic aspects of stem cell technology. The program also provides practical hands-on laboratory experience with the growth and differentiation of stem cells. Although not required, students are encouraged to engage in laboratory research during the year, with one of the 80+ lab groups that constitute USC Stem Cell. At the completion of the first year, students may informally continue to conduct research in their labs after receiving the MS diploma, or can petition to continue research with a guided and structured second research year culminating in a capstone thesis project.

After completing this program, you will be poised to apply to medical or PhD programs, enter the growing stem cell pharmaceutical domain, or engage in other academic, clinical or business efforts. You will possess a unique understanding of how the body’s own developmental and repair mechanisms can restore damaged cells, tissues and organs—providing new opportunities to treat conditions ranging from blindness to cancer, from organ failure to HIV/AIDS.