Pre-Medical Studies

The Biomedical Sciences major at Marquette is powerful preparation for students planning to study medicine. The opportunity to study distinctively human medical sciences courses at the undergraduate level is exceedingly rare. In fact, the Marquette biomedical sciences curriculum, taught by faculty scientists, is unique.

Students in this program pursue coursework in the anatomical sciences (including gross anatomy), biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology and molecular genetics, all taught from a clinical, human perspective.

The coursework provides students with the opportunity to acquire the concepts, principals, facts and terminology fundamental to medicine, and indeed, all healthcare professions and related fields.

The program boasts exceptionally high acceptance rates to medical schools, and tremendous success among graduates competing for medical residencies following medical school. Our graduates have gone on to study medicine at numerous institutions across the nation, including: