MD/PhD in Bioengineering
Students interested in a career oriented towards bioengineering and medicine can pursue the combined M.D. /Ph.D. degree program. Stanford has two ways to do an M.D./PhD. US citizens and permanent residents can apply to the Medical Scientist Training Program (contact Lori Langdon, 723-6176) and can be accepted with funding from both MD and PhD with stipend/tuition. They can then select a bioengineering laboratory for their Ph.D. Students not admitted to the Medical Scientist Training Program must apply and be admitted separately to the M.D. program and the PhD program of their choice.
The Ph.D. degree is administered by the Department
of Bioengineering. To be formally admitted as a Ph.D. degree candidate
in this combined degree program, the student
must apply through normal departmental channels and must have earned or have
plans to earn an M.S. in bioengineering or other engineering discipline at
Stanford or another university. The M.S. requires 45 units of coursework
which consists
of core bioengineering courses, technical electives, seminars, and 6 unrestricted
units. In addition, students will be expected to pass the Department of Bioengineering
Ph.D. qualifying examination.
For students fulfilling the full M.D. requirements who earned their master's
level engineering degree at Stanford, the Department of Bioengineering will
waive its normal departmental requirement of the 15 units applied towards the
Ph.D.
degree (beyond the master's degree level) be formal course work. Consistent
with the University Ph.D. requirements, the department will instead accept
15 units
comprised of courses, research, or seminars that are approved by the student's
academic advisor and the department chair. Students not completing their MS
engineering degree at Stanford will be required to take 15 units of formal
course work in
engineering related areas, as determined by their academic advisor.
If you have any further questions, please contact Olgalydia Urbano, Student Services Manager at ourbano@stanford.edu.
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