Preprofessional Studies

Overview

Science preprofessional, biological sciences, and arts and letters preprofessional are the most prevalent majors among those applying to advanced study in the health professions. Students from every major in the Colleges of Science, Arts and Letters, and Engineering apply to health professions schools. Recently a few students from the College of Business have decided to pursue medicine, as well, and the office provides advice and application support.

The Center, located in the Jordan Hall of Science, maintains a resource room with information about professional schools, including admissions requirements, and holds a series of training meetings to help Preprofessional Studies undergraduates navigate the process of applying to medical, dental, and other schools.

Mission

The University of Notre Dame is a Catholic academic community of higher learning, animated from its origins by the Congregation of Holy Cross. The University is dedicated to the pursuit and sharing of truth for its own sake. As a Catholic university, one of its distinctive goals is to provide a forum where, through free inquiry and open discussion, the various lines of Catholic thought may intersect with all the forms of knowledge found in the arts, sciences, professions, and every other area of human scholarship and creativity.