Before You Apply

The MD-PhD Program seeks students with a deep passion and commitment to a dual physician-scientist career. Our admissions process assesses the potential of our applicants to become physician-scientist leaders who are committed to both providing compassionate, cutting-edge patient care and expanding the boundaries of biomedical knowledge in order to make research breakthroughs in the basic, social, and translational sciences that benefit our communities, country and globe.

The MD-PhD Program seeks to recruit and nurture a community of students who represent the broad spectrum of diversity. Please visit the HMS Admissions "Commitment to Diversity" page to learn more.

Harvard Medical School does not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry or any other protected classification.