Students must meet coursework and clerkship requirements of Feinberg. MSTP students may receive 12 weeks of credit towards the MD elective requirements from their PhD dissertation research.

 

The PhD degree requirements of the graduate program in which the student is enrolled (Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program, Neuroscience Institute Graduate Program, Biomedical Engineering), generally involving three or more years of research training and dissertation preparation, must be met. With approval of The Graduate School, up to six quarters of transfer credit may be awarded toward fulfillment of the doctoral residency requirement upon receipt of a student's transcript from Feinberg showing successful completion of two years of coursework. MSTP students are required to take at least three graduate-level courses for a grade during their enrollment in The Graduate School.