MD/PhD Medicine, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities at University of Chicago

Programme overview

MeSH is a combined MD-PhD pathway in medicine, the social sciences and the humanities. Accepted students join the Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS), which offers interdisciplinary workshops and courses and mentorship teams of 3-4 faculty throughout medical school and the PhD. Former students have completed PhDs in anthropology, economics, public policy and philosophy.

Faculty: Pritzker School of Medicine | Department: Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) | Duration: Total time varies by PhD programme | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Students usually complete about two years of graduate school, then three years of medical school, then return to graduate school to finish the PhD and the final year of medical school.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must be admitted to both Pritzker and a University of Chicago PhD programme in the social sciences or humanities (or related programmes such as Public Health Sciences). Apply through AMCAS selecting Combined Medical Degree/PhD, with two additional MeSH essays; Pritzker secondary application as MeSH applicant. Priority consideration November 1; final deadline December 1, 11:59 p.m. CST. Six letters in total, three for the MD and three for the PhD, also submitted directly to each PhD programme. Many social science PhD programmes also require the GRE in addition to the MCAT. Shortlisted applicants interview in January over two days.

Duration: Total time varies by PhD programme

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