Location:

Bethesda, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Epidemiology

Program Overview

Program Description:

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) offers tuition free graduate programs in the biomedical sciences as well as an MPH and other degrees in Preventive Medicine. The program is primarily for active duty military health professionals. Although only a limited number of acceptances are offered to non-DoD applicants, if accepted, civilian students incur no service obligation to the United States government after completion of their program. Stipends are provided to qualified doctoral students. Our on-site program is conducted in modern educational facilities on the USU campus, located in Bethesda, MD.

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

The University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and the Medical School is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. The Department of Defense, the USU Board of Regents, the President of USU, and the Dean of the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, actively support and encourage graduate education in the basic medical sciences at USU.

Requirements:

Applicants are accepted as full-time students to the USUHS Ph.D. program and must devote full-time effort to the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. All applicants must satisfy the University requirements for admission. Each applicant must complete a baccalaureate degree from an accredited academic institution before matriculation at USUHS. We recognize that neuroscience students come from a wide variety of backgrounds. A strong undergraduate training in science with completion of courses in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, physiology and psychology is desirable.

International Requirements:

Each applicant must complete a baccalaureate degree from an United States accredited academic institution before matriculation at USUHS.