These programs, offered through the Division of Life Sciences in collaboration with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, allow for specially selected premedical students early in their college career to begin medical or dental school courses while completing undergraduate courses and degrees. Students may apply to these programs in their sophomore year, and are selected and granted provisional admission into the medical or dental school at the conclusion of their fourth semester, with a second review of the student's credentials during the fourth year of the program.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick offers a joint bachelor/M.D. degree program. This program is designed for high-achieving premedical students and gives them the opportunity to incorporate medical school courses into their undergraduate program of study in their junior and senior years. This program does not require students to take the MCAT exam.
The New Jersey Medical School in Newark offers a seven- or eight-year bachelor/M.D. program. This program is designed for high-achieving premedical students and gives them the opportunity to incorporate medical school courses into their undergraduate program of study in their senior year.
The New Jersey Dental School (Newark) offers a joint bachelor/D.M.D. program. This combined degree permits highly qualified students to complete the required courses for both baccalaureate and dental degrees in a seven-year sequence. It consists of three years of undergraduate study at Rutgers and four years of study in the doctor of dental medicine degree program.
For further information students may contact Dean Carol Andrew (andrew@aesop.rutgers.edu) in the Office of Academic Programs in Martin Hall, second floor, and visit the following website: http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/prehealth/7year.htm.
