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MD Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University

Columbia University, United States

Programme overview

The MD programme at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons aims to produce physicians with compassion, a sense of self and grit. It includes the selective Columbia-Bassett track and dual-degree options with biomedical sciences, public health or business administration.

Faculty: Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Curricular threads include Medical Decision-Making, Public Health, Biomedical Informatics, and Systems, Leadership, Integration and Management. Options include the selective Columbia-Bassett track and MD dual degrees with a master's in biomedical sciences, public health or business administration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Three full academic years at a regionally accredited US or Canadian college at application and a bachelor's degree before matriculation. Prerequisites: one year English or writing-intensive courses; one year biology with labs; one year physics with one semester lab; two years chemistry with labs including organic; one semester biochemistry. MCAT within three years. Three letters required (one from a science faculty member or research mentor). AMCAS plus VP&S secondary application with $110 fee. Premedical training must be at a US institution.

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