MD/MS Program

Current TTUHSC medical students admitted to the program complete the second or third year of medical school before taking a leave of absence from the School of Medicine to complete the M.S. program in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

MD/MS students are allowed to transfer up to 15 credit units from MS I and MS II coursework. In addition, they must also complete:

• the GSBS Responsible Conduct of Research course,
• at least two elective didactic courses (e.g. Biomedical Statistics; Bioinformatics, etc.), preferably one in the fall and one in the spring
• at least 12 hours of research
• Seminar (fall and spring) and
• 6 hours of MS thesis coursework (for thesis track).

Enrollment Pattern

• July/August – Summer: 6 hours
• August – Fall: 9 hours
• January – Spring: 9 hours
• Summer – 1 hour (must be registered in the semester of graduation)

Please refer to the catalog for specific details.

Current tuition costs can be seen at the links below or by contacting Student Business Services from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST at (806) 743-7867 for detailed fee information, including out-of-state tuition.

TTUHSC Student Business Services Main Page

TTUHSC Student Business Services Tuition Estimator

For more information on Program Guidelines please view our GSBS Catalog.