Admissions Requirements

Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine is now accepting application for the class entering Fall 2025. To apply, you must meet the following criteria.

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident in order to be considered for an interview.
• 90 undergraduate hours at an accredited university in the United States or Canada
• All pre-medical requirements listed below must have been completed at a United States or Canadian University. Courses that do not conform to this requirement will not be accepted, even if transferred credit has been given for them by a U.S. or Canadian school.
• Advanced placement credit is accepted only if the school granting the credit lists the specific course(s) and number of units granted per course on an official transcript.
• MCAT is required. The test must be taken by September of the application year, and scores cannot be more than 5 years old.
• While there is no minimum GPA required for application, the UH College of Medicine will consider applicants for admission who have demonstrated academic excellence.

Prerequisite Coursework for Admission

Required

• General Biology (8 credit hours, 2 hours must be lab)
• Advanced Biology (3 credit hours, Junior level or higher)
• General (Inorganic) Chemistry (8 credit hours, 2 hours must be lab)
• Organic Chemistry (8 credit hours, 2 hours must be lab)
• Biochemistry (3 credit hours)
• Physics, for science majors (8 credit hours, 2 hours must be lab)
• Statistics, taught in math/statistics/psychology departments (3 credit hours)
• English Composition (6 credit hours)

Recommended

• Foreign language
• Other biology courses: molecular, genetics, human physiology, immunology