Tufts University School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Our rigorous four-year MD program offers students the academic foundation and clinical experience they need to move confidently to the next step in their educations and careers.

Our Curriculum

Our curriculum is integrated horizontally and vertically, which means you'll always be using what you've learned. Our problem-based learning approach emphasizes critical thinking and clinical application. We also use a comprehensive student and peer course evaluation process to continually improve curriculum and teaching.

Clinical Opportunity

Patient contact begins the first semester, and continues throughout all four years. We offer clinical education through an extensive and diverse network of health care sites. Our major affiliated hospitals include:
  • Tufts Medical Center
  • Maine Medical Center
  • Baystate Medical Center
  • Lahey Clinic Medical Center
  • St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  • Faulkner Hospital

Combined MD Degrees

An MD is only the beginning, a gateway to a broad range of career options in healthcare. Our combined programs include an M.D. and a second degree.

  • MD Degrees: M.D.; M.D./Ph.D.(MSTP); M.D./M.A. in Int'l Relations; Ph.D./M.S. in Public Health
  • Biomedical Sciences Graduate Degree Programs: Ph.D.; M.S. or Ph.D. in Clinical Research

Expansive Research

Medical education at Tufts would not be complete without its vital--and growing--research community. Faculties from Tufts' Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, as well as clinical faculty, have earned international attention and respect in their fields. But Tufts Medicine also is known, especially among biomedical scientists, for fostering an atmosphere of collegiality and collaboration across specialties and even across institutions.

City of Boston

Last, but not least, Boston has a symphony, a Pops orchestra, ballet, professional sports, an aquarium, history, parks, museums, a zoo, and incredible restaurants, and there are more students per square mile than probably any city on earth.