Medicine M.D.

Become a competent, caring and compassionate physician at one of the top community-based medical schools in the country.

The M.D. program prepares you to serve the people and communities of North Dakota through a curriculum that promotes self-directed learning, problem solving and team building.

Program type:: Medical Degree
Format:: On Campus
Est. time to complete:: 4 years
Credit hours:

Why earn a medical doctor degree?

Application Deadlines

AMCAS App.:: Oct. 18
Transcripts:: Oct. 31
Secondary App.:: Nov. 1
All Materials:: Nov. 1

If you're an international student, refer to the international application process for deadlines.

When you study Medicine (M.D.) at UND's School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), you'll join a community of current and future health professionals. You'll study in a state-of-the-art building designed to encourage collaboration, promote interprofessionalism and foster active learning.

We admit 78 medical students each year. Detailed information on applicant eligibility and residency preferences can be found on the SMHS Student Affairs and Admissions website.

All students spend their first 20 months of the program on the Grand Forks campus studying basic sciences and clinical skills. The remainder of second year through fourth year is spent completing clinical training in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, or Minot.

Students pursing the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) may concurrently work toward the Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences. Completing both degrees takes about seven years and you first need to be admitted to the M.D. Program at the SHMS.

You can also work to earn your Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Master or Public Health (M.P.H.) degrees simultaeneoulsy. The full process takes five years.

Affordable Medical Degree

We’ve driven the cost to attend (in-state medical students) down to the 10^th percentile compared with all other medical schools, a critical factor in retaining students for practice in-state.
Thanks to our generous donors, we’ve been able to reduce medical student debt from about the 75^th percentile a decade ago to down to around the 30^th percentile in 2020.

UND's Medical Degree

Ranked among Top 10 Rural Medicine Programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
Simulation training at UND's state-of-the-art Simulation Center for health care providers.
The Indians into Medicine (INMED) program has trained approximately 20 percent of all American Indian physicians in the U.S.
A nationally recognized integrated, problem-based curriculum.
Ranked in the top quarter of community-based medical schools in external funding for sponsored projects.
UND is an LCME Accredited Medical School.

What can I do with a medical degree?

50%

Percent of all practicing patient-care physicians in North Dakota are graduates of the SMHS or UND residency program

Missions Management Tool 2022 AAMC

41%

Percent of the 2022 class successfully matched in the traditional primary care specialties of family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, and pediatrics

Missions Management Tool 2022 AAMC

Our growing and aging population creates an increased demand for health care services and, in turn, an increased demand for doctors. Choosing a specialty is a significant decision and UND helps students map out the road to residency and beyond. When compared to other U.S. medical schools, UND medical students practice in the following specialized areas:

Rural medicine – 98^th percentile
Primary care – 99^th percentile
Family medicine – 92^th percentile
American Indian medicine – 100^th percentile

An Medicine degree gives you the strategic skills you need, including:

Clinical Research
Medical Education
eClinicalWorks (ECW)
Public Health
Radiology
Biology

Medicine M.D. Alumni

Medicine alumni have gone on to a variety of successful careers with:

Rural clinics and hospitals
Sanford Health
Mayo Clinic
Accessibility, Inc.

Leader in Medicine

Miriah Forness grew up in a service-orientated family and, through medicine, wants to help patients stuggling through challenging times in their lives.

Hear MIRIAH'S STORY

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