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MS Clinical and Translational Science at University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Chicago, United States

Programme overview

The School of Public Health offers work leading to the Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science. The degree is intended to train clinicians, primarily postdoctoral or postresidency fellows and junior faculty, to become leaders in clinical research. In addition, the school participates with the College of Medicine in offering the MD/MS-CTS joint degree program.

Faculty: School of Public Health  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Minimum 48 semester hours required. 16 hours of required mentored research ( Required courses include Informatics for the Clinical Investigator; Biostatistics I; Biostatistics II; Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods; Scientific Integrity and Responsible Research; Empirical Methods for Health Research II.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Prior degree: Baccalaureate degree required. Prior degree: An applicant must also have (1) a postbaccalaureate graduate or professional degree at the doctoral level, OR (2) a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. or Canadian school with concurrent enrollment in a clinical degree program. GPA: 3.00/4.00 for the final 60 hours of undergraduate study and for all cumulative graduate work previously taken. Tests: MS applicants with a graduate or professional degree at the doctoral level (e.g., PhD, ScD, MD, DMD, DNP, DO, DPT, DVM, PharmD) from an accredited U.S. or Canadian school or who are licensed to practice in the United States are exempt from the GRE requirement, but must instead submit scores for the appropriate exams in their profession such as the USMLE for physicians, NBDE Part I for dentists, and NPTE for physical therapists. (For example, current medical residents would submit scores for Part I and Part II of the USMLE. Medical fellows must submit scores for Part I, Part II, and Part III of the USMLE.). Letters of recommendation: Three required. One of the letters of recommendation must be from the applicant’s immediate supervisor or clinical program academic advisor

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.

Graduate and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both. Applications are made through the UIC graduate application or a centralized application service for some professional programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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