Admissions Information

All prerequisite courses, transfer course credits, and degrees (where applicable) from US higher education institutions must be awarded from an institution accredited by one of the following accreditors:

• Higher Learning Commission
• Middle States Commission on Higher Education
• New England Commission of Higher Education
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
• Southern Association of Colleges and School, Commission on Colleges
• WASC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
• WASC Senior Colleges and University Commission

All prerequisite courses, transfer course credits, and degrees (where applicable) from international institutions must be evaluated by an approved equivalency agency.

To view the admissions requirements for the college or program of your choice, please visit the Degrees, Majors, and Concentrations Offered webpage, select the interested program, then click on the “Admission and Selection” link provided on the page.

The application must be submitted on or before the application deadline for the program of interest. The specific application for each program can be found on the Apply page. 

Official Transcripts from all colleges attended must be sent directly to the application system for the program. International applicants must have transcripts evaluated by a NACES professional transcript evaluation services prior to application review. See International Applicants.

Each college is responsible for developing program-specific, admission requirements, including prerequisite course and other requirements. It is the responsibility of the Office of Admissions to administer the admission requirements developed by individual UTHSC colleges and programs. General admission requirements for all UTHSC colleges include:

• Previously earned grades of "D" or below in prerequisite courses are not accepted as fulfilling admission standards and are not considered transferable to the institution.
• All required prerequisite courses in science must include a lab concurrent with the science courses to fulfill the course requirement.
• One or two-semester hour courses in physical education, seminar, music, military science, remedial and developmental, research, and non-theory courses are not counted toward total credit hours earned and are not used in computing the overall, UTHSC Common Grade Point Average (CGPA).
• All required prerequisite courses in science must include a lab concurrent with the science courses to fulfill the course requirement.
• Correspondence coursework must be approved by appropriate college administrators and the UTHSC Director of Admissions to before inclusion.
• Advanced Placement credit, CLEP, or other non-traditional credit in required science prerequisite courses awarded by the applicant's regionally-accredited college may be honored for fulfilling prerequisite course requirements provided that the applicant has successfully completed an equal number of semester hours in the same discipline in a traditional classroom setting.

Note: Some UTHSC colleges and programs do not accept CLEP credit in required science prerequisite coursework. Coursework credit awarded via General CLEP tests is not accepted by the UTHSC. One credit unit in high school or six semester hours of college-level credit in American history must be completed prior to the beginning of the second term of a student's baccalaureate program at UTHSC.

View all programs offered at UTHSC

Dual degree programs represent the only exception to the one-active-application policy. Four UTHSC colleges host dual-degree programs.

• Dentistry (DDS/PhD)
• Medicine (MD/PhD)
• Nursing (DNP/PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD/MHIM)

To be considered for a dual degree, an applicant must first be accepted into a professional doctorate program, including DDS, MD, DNP, or PharmD. Once accepted, the applicant should contact the program director of the program to which he or she has been accepted. After discussing the possibilities with the college's program director, the applicant may complete a separate application for entry into the dual degree program.

Note: Applicants must meet the admission requirements for both colleges and be accepted by both colleges and begin studies as a dual degree student.

Some opportunities for qualified individuals to take courses as non-degree students are available. These opportunities are for individuals who are not currently seeking admission to a degree program. Please contact the program of interest directly regarding the possibility of taking courses for credit as a non-degree student.

The non-degree application must be completed and submitted six weeks prior to enrollment.

As a part of our mission, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center gives preference to applicants who reside in Tennessee. UTHSC academic programs reserve a small number of seats to highly competitive applicants who reside outside Tennessee. Applicants who wish to discuss their residency status may contact the UTHSC Office of Academic Records & Registrar. Policies regarding residency classification can be found online.

Information regarding program-specific enrollment fees can be found here.

The UTHSC receives many more applications from highly qualified applicants than we are able to admit each year. If you wish to apply to any UTHSC for the next academic year, you must submit a new application and new supporting documents.

If you are accepted for admission, you may be able to defer program enrollment for one (1) year, with a guaranteed position in the program for the next academic year. All deferral decisions are made by the program.

In October 2010 the U.S. Department of Education adopted regulations indicating that states were responsible for all education offered to residents within their state boundaries, regardless of where this education originated. The 2010 federal regulations, referred to commonly as “State Regulatory Authorization,” applies to all types of postsecondary education for which students qualified for federal student assistance, regardless of the sector or level of higher education. Additionally, federal law now requires each institution offering education in other states to demonstrate that it has approval to serve students in these other states. These regulations encompass educational and clinical experiences for UTHSC students served in other states via distance education, practical experiences, or face-to-face instruction. Therefore, UTHSC is expected to obtain approval before enrolling students, advertising, marketing, or performing other regulated activities in other states.

Please see the UT System States with a Physical Presence Trigger that outlines our progress with state authorization.

State Regulatory Authorization 

In compliance with the "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Jeanne Clery Act)," the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is required, by federal law, to disclose certain timely and annual information about campus crime and security policies. In an effort to ensure we meet and maintain the standards and requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act, UTHSC has incorporated, on our website, links and required information for both our campus community and prospective students and prospective employees. This information is published annually in the "Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report", and includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by the University, and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters.

If a paper copy is preferred of these reports, please contact Campus Police at 901.448.5679, email cleryact@uthsc.edu, or visit the Campus Police Department at 740 Court Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163.