Future Medical Students
Opening the Door to Medical School
Fulfilling the dream of a medical school education can be challenging, but the UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences can help. The program provides a unique entrance to UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine towards teh goal of expanding and diversifying the region's physician workforce, improve health care delivery programs and improve the health of medically underserved populations.
Who is Eligible?
The program is open to UCR students who have completed at least two years (six academic quarters) of undergraduate time at UCR. Regardless of whether you enrolled at UCR as a freshman, transferred in later, or already have your degree, you may apply to the program.
What's the Advantage?
The Haider program guarantees 24 UCR students admission into the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. With some 200-250 annual applicants, that is a 10-to-1 ratio of applicants to seats, compared to a 45 or 50-to-1 ratio for students applying for the remaining 121 seats at the school.
How Does it Work?
Students in the Haider program complete their first two years of education at UCR. The courses are identical to those taken by students at UCLA. After two years, Haider students move to UCLA and complete the rest of their education there, receiving their M.D. from the Geffen School of Medicine.
Preparation Programs for Future UCR Medical School and Health Career Students
Great Preparation Programs
UC Riverside offers several programs that help open the door to students for a career in medicine.
Faststart - An intensive, five-week program for incoming UCR freshmen from disadvantaged backgrounds who aspire to medical and other science based careers.
Medical Scholars Program - The Medical Scholars Program is made up of highly motivated and talented students seeking careers in the health sciences and who work to support each other's goals of completing a bachelor's degree and enrolling in a postgraduate school.
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program - The Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program assists educationally and/or socio-economically disadvantaged applicants in gaining acceptance to medical school towards the goal of increasing the number of physicians who practice in underserved areas.
Health Science Partnership Program - The Health Science Partnership Program partners UCR science majors as mentors to high school students in an effort to enhance the pathway for students who seek and are prepared for medical careers.
