Academic & GPA Requirements: A First Class Honours degree or a strong Second Class Honours (2.1 equivalent) in a quantitative discipline—such as mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, computational biology, or electronic/computer/biomedical engineering. Indian grade equivalent: ~60–65% or higher, or ≥ 6.5–7.0 CGPA/10, or ~3.3–3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale depending on your university. In at least six lines: Strong background in statistics, biology, programming, machine learning, data analytics, and computational biology is expected.