Undergraduate Pre-Medical and Health Professions Programs
Preparation for medical, dental, and other health professional school can start as early as your freshman year by enrolling in our undergraduate Pre-Medical and Health Professions Program (UG-PMHPP). We are here to help you every step of the way from your first introduction to pre-requisite coursework through the application and interview process.
The UG-PMHPP is not an academic major or degree program, but rather a multi-track post-secondary certificate program, pursued at the same time as your academic major degree program. We will provide you with opportunities that make you stand out such as:
- Exceptional, personalized, ongoing advisement in cooperation with your major advisor
- Hand-tailored curriculum planning and tracking consistent with professional goals
- Application assistance to prepare for medical, dental, and other health professional schools
- In addition to pre-requisite curriculum, 7 specialized pre-health courses with "0" additional credit load
- Learn basic patient assessment and health and safety skills, including entry-level clinical skills
- Introductions to collaborative practice, inter-professional education, and medical terminology
- Instruction in basic anatomy and pathophysiology
- Instruction, guidance and assistance through the complex medical and health professional school application process
Program Information
A certificate program that can be taken alongside a major to prepare a student to apply to medical and health professional schools.
Degree
Certificate
The practice of medicine, regardless of discipline, requires exceptional knowledge,
skills, abilities and personal attributes. A component of almost every professional
school application is that the student is able to document not only academic success
and exam scores, but also: While each discipline and program varies on which of these activities bears the greatest
importance, all admissions committees will be considering your submission of these
types of experiences as part of the application process. This is why every application
and/or interview required during the application process requires students to not
only relate those experiences or opportunties, but also describe specifically what
was learned or the value of those experiences in preparing the student to be qualified
to enter professional school. Gaining admission to a medical, dental or other health professional school is dependent
on a variety of factors, unique to each disciplined and institution, that generally
include meeting or exceeding the following standard criteria: You may apply and be admitted directly into the PMHPP when you apply to the University
through one of the online applications. Prospective first-year students must meet
the following requirements to be accepted for fall 2023: Note: It cannot be guaranteed that students choosing to apply to Duquesne via the No Exam Option will be evaluated in the same manner as students taking the exam(s) when applying
to professional school in the future. If you meet our qualifications, then you must check the Pre-Medical and Health Professions Program box as part of the online undergraduate application when applying to the University to
be reviewed for admission into the program. If you do not currently meet the first-year admission standards, don't worry, you
may apply later, after at least one semester of enrollment, through the Secondary
Admission process. Secondary Admission applications are accepted at the end of each semester. If you are a student at Duquesne, you should
talk to your Student Success Coach about your interest and intent to apply. Undergraduate student retention standards are the same for all students in the PMHPP
regardless of pathway for admission. A full description of this policy may be found
in the PMHPP Student Handbook. Early Assurance and Preferred Admission Review Programs These programs are applied to after the student is enrolled at Duquesne University
and a student enrolled in the PMHPP, and are not freshman admit programs. More information
is available through the PMHPP. Admission requirements are subject to change at the discretion of medical programs
listed above and are outside the control of the Pre-Medical and Health Professions
Programs. These are competitive programs, and an interview and/or acceptance cannot be guaranteed.
Final acceptance to these programs are at the sole discretion of the medical or health
professional program. **While Duquesne University is in the process of developing an osteopathic medical school,
at the present time, there is no linkage or early assurance program with the PMHPP
for the Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Applying to Medical, Dental or other Health Professional School
Undergraduate Admission Requirements
Early Application Options
For our current PMHPP students, Duquesne has one Early Assurance Program, and one
Preferred Admissions Review Program with: