The University of Akron, Kent State University, Youngstown State University, and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) offer, as a consortium, a six (or seven)-year B.S./M.D. program (www.neoucom.edu). The program consists of two Phases. Phase I is the undergraduate curriculum and Phase II is medical school at NEOUCOM. Each year the University of Akron admits 35 carefully selected students into its B.S./M.D. degree option. Only students with no college credit after graduation from high school are eligible. However, students with college credit taken as high school students are eligible.

Students selected for the program enter Phase I, the B.S. degree phase, and obtain the baccalaureate degree (BS-Natural Science BS/MD) in two (or three) years on the Akron campus (summers included). The course work during this period focuses chiefly on studies in the humanities, social studies, and all basic premedical sciences. (See Course Requirements or Frequently Asked Questions) Progress through Phase I is based on academic performance and development of personal maturity appropriate to assumption of professional responsibility. The Phase I Committee on Academic and Professional Progress (CAPP), including University and College of Medicine faculty, assess these factors and recommend the Phase I student for promotion and formal admission to Phase II, the medical school.

During Phase I, B.S./M.D. students usually pursue a Natural Sciences division major in the Buchtel College of Arts and Science, although other majors may be selected with the approval of The University of Akron's B.S./M.D. Program Academic Coordinator, Dr. Brian Bagatto, email: bagatto@uakron.edu - (Dr. Bagatto’s page).

Phase I students who successfully complete coursework requirements, maintain required grade point averages, achieve required scores on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), and meet all other standards of readiness for medical education are promoted directly to NEOUCOM for Phase II of the B.S./M.D. program. Phase II consists of a four-year medical school course study, at the NEOUCOM campus and at selected clinical campuses.

In Phase II, the first year of study is devoted primarily to the basic medical sciences, e.g. anatomy, physiology, microbiology, etc., and is conducted at the NEOUCOM campus in Rootstown, Ohio. In year two, three and four, the student develops competence in the clinical aspects of medicine through instruction provided principally at one or more of the associated community hospitals. Successful completion of the six (or seven)-year program leads to the award of the Bachelor of Science degree by the University of Akron and the Doctor of Medicine degree by the College of Medicine (NEOUCOM).

To apply to the program, complete the online application found at www.neoucom.edu; Prospective Students; Application Procedures for Doctor of Medicine (M.D.); High School Students. The application is generally posted around August 1st. If you have any questions about completing the online application, contact NEOUCOM at 330-325-6270.

For more information about The University of Akron's BS/MD Program, contact Shelley Martell, BS/MD Program Assistant, at sm34@uakron.edu or 330-972-5639. If you have further questions, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions.

Last modified: July 2009. All efforts are made to keep this information current. However, all information is subject to change without notice.