Pre-Health Professions Track
Start your path to becoming a compassionate leader in health care through this highly personalized program.
The Pre-Health Professions Institute supports you as you prepare for professional study in medicine, dentistry, physician assistant studies, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, certified anesthesiologist assistant studies, genetic counseling and podiatry — no matter your undergraduate major. You’ll have access to comprehensive advising, opportunities for clinical and service experience, and structured preparation for your professional school applications.
Pre-health students consistently demonstrate strong outcomes, including a medical school acceptance rate more than twice the state and national averages. While the majority of pre-health students major in biology or another major in the Louise Dilworth Davis College of Science & Engineering, pre-health students hail from more than 40 different majors across the university.
Through a number of opportunities in medical humanities, global health and bioethics, the Pre-Health Professions Institute helps you become a well-rounded future health care leader.
Contact
- Email Department
- 817-257-7196
Programs Offered
Sample Courses
- Introduction to Pre-Health
- Topics in Medicine: Becoming a Great Applicant
- Pre-Health Professional Development
- Oncology and Community Health
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Special Admission Requirements
There are no special admissions requirements for this program.
Our Faculty
The faculty advisors of the Health Professions Advisory Committee are caring teacher-scholars
from five departments with expertise ranging from the medical humanities to traditional
science disciplines. They have decades of experience working with Pre-Health students,
and several faculty advisors have been recognized among the university’s best mentors
and teachers.
You’ll have access to faculty through weekly walk-in advising and formal one-on-one
advising each semester ensure you get the advice and mentoring you need.
What Sets Us Apart
Our institute boasts 90 percent acceptance rate to medical school — twice the state and national average — and acceptance rates of 80 percent or higher to other health professions schools.
We’ve created a rigorous science curriculum designed with your goals in mind, helping you excel on admission exams and in professional school.
A clinical observations program allows you to engage in short-term shadowing opportunities beginning your first year.
We facilitate health-related internships in emergency medicine, oncology, community health and fetal medicine, as well as volunteer opportunities with health-related organizations within the community, so you can get hands-on experience early and often.
Career Prospects
Our students matriculate to medical, dental, veterinary medicine, physician assistant, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry and public health professional programs. Over the past 30 years, approximately 1,000 pre-health alumni have been accepted to professional schools around the country, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, New York University and every medical and dental school in Texas. We support any student wishing to apply to professional school, regardless of GPA and standardized test score.
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Exceed your own expectations. Incoming and current undergraduate students of every major may apply. Unique classes are offered which connects students with a varied curriculum that is stimulating, supportive and cross-disciplinary.