Thinking About Graduate School in
Medicine, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy or Related Fields?

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NHS' mission -- to improve the health and well-being of all people -- is demonstrated in NHS' undergraduate majors that focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Our health programs focus on the human which is unique among the undergraduate programs at Georgetown. This may lead to career choices in public health, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medicine, dentistry, advanced practice nursing, osteopathy, among many others.

Students are able to take these graduate school prerequisites as part of any of the four NHS majors.

Typical requirements (including for pre-med, pre-dent, and pre-PT) are below. The year in which they are usually taken are in parentheses.

• 1 year of Biology (First Year)
• 1 year of General Chemistry (First Year)
• 1 year of Organic Chemistry (Sophomore Year)
• 1 year of Physics (Junior Year)
• 1 year of Math (First Year or Sophomore Year)
  • 1 semester of Calculus
  • 1 semester of Statistics

Each student in NHS has two academic advisors during all four years which helps students stay on track: an Academic Advisor and a Faculty Advisor. In addition, we also have a pre-health professional advisement system which allows for even more personalized attention as students prepare for and apply to graduate school.

More Information

• View the Pre-Health Brochure
• Early Assurance to Georgetown University Medical School