BS Medical Laboratory Sciences at Purdue University

Programme overview

The BS in Medical Laboratory Sciences teaches students to perform and interpret clinical diagnostic tests and prepares them for national board certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist. Graduates may also pursue further study in medicine, biochemistry or toxicology.

Faculty: College of Health and Human Sciences | Duration: 3+1 structure: three years of campus study and a final year of clinical training at a medical affiliate site | Study mode: full-time | Location: West Lafayette, IN, United States

What you will study

Three years of interdisciplinary science, then clinical training in hematology, microbiology and immunohematology (blood bank).

Career pathways

Medical or clinical laboratory scientist/technologist, blood bank technologist, hematology technologist, microbiology technologist, biomedical research laboratory scientist, laboratory supervisor or project manager.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to the university/college (not specific to this major). Minimum high school coursework: Math – 4 years; English – 4 years; Lab science – 3 years; Social studies – 3 years; World language – 2 years.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year entry terms: Fall (Early Action and Regular Decision) and Spring (check the Closed Programs page, as some majors do not start in spring). Transfer entry terms: Spring, Summer and Fall.

First-year application opens Aug. 1 and closes Jan. 15 (Regular Decision). Early Action deadline is Nov. 1 (also the merit scholarship and John Martinson Honors College deadline, and the priority deadline for engineering, computer science, flight, nursing and veterinary technology). Early Action decisions release Jan. 15; Regular Decision decisions by March 31. The nonrefundable application fee is $60. Apply using the Common App.

Transfer applications: spring term opens Sept. 1 and closes Nov. 1; summer and fall applications open Jan. 15; summer deadline April 1; fall deadline June 1 for most majors (priority deadline for engineering March 31; veterinary technology March 1, fall only). The nonrefundable application fee is $60. Applicants use the Purdue transfer application.

Purdue accepts SAT, ACT and CLT scores, with no preference among them; scores are evaluated if provided and must be from within the past five years.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.purdue.edu/apply/

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