UNC Greensboro offers courses required for admission to medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, occupational therapy or physical therapy schools, or as needed for entrance into law school. A suggested two-year pre-engineering curriculum prepares students to transfer to schools with engineering programs.

At UNC Greensboro, Preprofessional Programs are not majors in which degrees can be earned nor do they prescribe courses required for graduation.  Rather, these “Programs” are meant to identify students with an interest in applying to a post-graduate professional school in the health sciences, engineering, or law. Therefore, students who choose to designate an interest track must still select an academic area of study as their major.

Students elect to become associated with the Preprofessional Programs by selecting an interest track which matches their future career aspirations. Making this election through a form provided on the SpartanConnect website then allows UNC Greensboro to provide targeted advising and support to assist students in preparing for application to their post-graduate schools of choice. The election form can be accessed via the following link: https://spartancentral.uncg.edu/forms/pre-professional-interest-tracks

Students interested in designating a preprofessional interest track are urged to seek advising early in their academic careers.

Health Sciences

UNC Greensboro provides individualized, one-on-one support for students planning for a career in a health-related field through the Health Careers Advisory Committee, a group of faculty and professional advisors who are trained and experienced in helping students successfully navigate the path towards creating a competitive application to these graduate programs after completing a degree at UNC Greensboro. The committee can meet with prospective students before they arrive at UNC Greensboro, they provide assistance while students are at UNC Greensboro, and then also guide UNC Greensboro alumni for as long as needed.

We offer the rigorous courses required for admission to medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, physician assistant, optometry, occupational therapy or physical therapy schools, and most other health-related professional schools.

Health Sciences Interest Tracks

• Pre Medicine (M.D. or D.O.)
• Pre Physician Assistant
• Pre Dentistry
• Pre Physical Therapy
• Pre Occupational Therapy
• Pre Pharmacy
• Pre Veterinary Medicine