The University of Harvard is in top five ranking universities of the world. To check what makes it so special, popular and high-ranked, check the review on this link. Havard Medical School is an important part of the mentioned University. This educational institution by itself stands at an
impressive position among world's medical schools – right at the top, at the very
first place, leaving behind Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford and UCLA. This medical
school, established in late 18th century, actively participates not only in
educating young people but in improvement of medicine as well. Most of the
accomplishments and contribution are also mentioned in the institution's
magazine called Harvard Medicine, which articles are available on-line
at its official sites. The School also has its own newsletter so anyone can keep
up with the newest information regarding HMS.
Harvard
Medical School's mission is to fight against diseases and it welcomes with open
arms every individual with the same motivation. The institution proudly
emphasizes the fact that 15 researchers have so far won Nobel prizes while working over there. Such a
high standard of education given to the students would not be as possible
without the generous patrons who have given approximately 86 million dollars
for funding researches and promising students in 2013.
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The
application starts with applying to AMCAS – The American Medical College
Application Service. After that an application to Harvard Medical School is
required; everyone who has chosen HSM while applying to AMCAS will be given a link
for this further application. Application filling fee is $100. After a couple of months, selected
potential students are called for an interview. If a student is selected, the
information will be given in a few months as well. The process usually starts
in October and ends in March. First application should be done latest by mid
October. All applicants must submit their MCAT scores (The Medical College
Admission Test) with their AMCAS applications. Scores should not be older more
than 3 years though – as it is emphasized on official sites of Harvard Medical
School.
A
terminal degree given to those who graduate from such medical institutions is Doctor
of Medicine, M.D. in short. In European Union and some other countries, this
degree is often an equivalent to a Ph.D. Master of Medical Sciences Programs at HMS are Biomedical Informatics, Global Health Delivery, Immunology, Master’s
Program in Clinical and Translational Investigation and Medical Education. PhD
Programs are Biophysics, Chemical Biology and Systems Biology. PhD program can also be studied in interdisciplinary form. In that case, one can also study
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics,
Immunology, Neuroscience, Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology and
Virology. As Harvard Medical School offers MD and PhD programs, applicants should be aware of what these abbreviations stand for in other countries
as well so that there would not be any confusion while applying.
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| HMS is connected with many hospitals in order to offer first-hand experience to the students |
Harvard
Medical School will be offering a new kind of MD program from 2015. This
program is five years long while the regular one is supposed to be finished in four
years. What makes it different is basically that students are allowed to take a
year off from their studies if they want to get another degree, spend some time
on scholarly project or formal coursework. If students are already pursuing
another degree, this option is not available. Moreover, any misusage of this
option will be charged full tuitions. The program is available to prospective
and promising students who wish to engage themselves in more medical research
and gain knowledge outside the classrooms.
If
you are more interested in interdisciplinary approach to medicine, it might be
a better option to check out Harvard School of Public Health which is dedicated
to educating people about preventing diseases and living long and healthy
lives.
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Sources: HMS
