Pre-Health Advising

At The University of Kansas, being Pre-Health indicates your intent to be admitted to a healthcare focused educational program that culminates in licensure and your goal of pursuing career opportunities that are often in a clinical setting. Pre-Health pathways include undergraduate programs as well as graduate-level healthcare and medical programs. During your time as a Pre-Health student, you will work toward completing admission requirements, such as pre-requisite courses and taking entrance exams like the MCAT or GRE, and find support from dedicated Pre-Health advisors.  

Undergraduate pathways indicate that you are planning to earn a bachelor’s degree in the designated major once admitted. A few current undergraduate pathways include:
 Pre-Clinical Laboratory Sciences
 Pre-Health Information Management
 Pre-Nursing
 Pre-Respiratory Care

Graduate pathways indicate that upon earning a bachelor’s degree of some kind, you plan to pursue graduate-level education. If you have an interest in a program that is not currently offered while you're a student, the Pre-Health Academic Advisors will be available to help you explore programs and support your application plans. A few current graduate-level pathways include:
 Pre-Athletic Training
 Pre-Dentistry
 Pre-Medicine
 Pre-Occupational Therapy
 Pre-Optometry
 Pre-Physical Therapy
 Pre-Physician Assistant
 Pre-Veterinary

The Pre-Pharmacy pathway uniquely straddles both undergraduate and graduate level education. If you’re interested in becoming a pharmacist, you will typically be admitted and start in the School of Pharmacy as an undergraduate student and will earn both a Bachelor’s in Pharmaceutical Studies and a Doctor of Pharmacy when you complete the program. 

Whether you are interested in an undergraduate program or in graduate-level program, KU offers a team of full-time Pre-Health Academic Advisors to help you learn about your options, program admissions, and working in clinical vs. non-clinical settings. For more information on the many of the possible pathways, visit Jayhawk Pre-Health Advising or email prehealth@ku.edu.

Preveterinary Medicine

Preveterinary medicine is a career interest, usually developed together with completing a bachelor's degree and major. Students prepare by taking courses to meet veterinary school admission requirements, studying to learn concepts and perform well academically, shadowing or working in veterinary practices, and volunteering to help people and other animals in need. They take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and apply for admission to veterinary schools, usually in the summer between the junior and senior year.

Veterinary schooling is four years of graduate-level, professional education and training. The only veterinary school in Kansas is the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine.

The Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine requires:

For more information, visit the website.