he George Washington University and its Medical Center are located in downtown Washington, the nation's capital. There is much of historical note and many cultural and educational opportunities lie within easy reach. Of particular interest to students in the health sciences is the University's proximity to the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, the Library of Congress, the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. The medical schools of Georgetown, Howard and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences are also nearby.

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is one of six Basic Biomedical Science departments within the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Department offers several MS programs as well as a Ph.D. program. For more information on all these programs, please click on the academic programs button.

Classes at The George Washington University Medical Center are taught in Ross Hall, at the corner of 23rd and I streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. It is easily accessible by Metro (100 ft from the Foggy Bottom-GWU Station) and there is a visitor's garage within a block as well as street parking. The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library is located in Ross Hall, and other facilities of The George Washington Unviersity (e.g., the Marvin Center cafeterias, the Gelman Library and the Smith Center for Physical Education and Athletics are within one or two blocks.