The HST M.D. Program

Established in 1970, the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) has an impressive track record of producing physician-scientists who become leaders and pioneers in socially-responsive, interdisciplinary medical research.

Drawing on the extensive resources of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the HST program offers a rigorous research and clinical curriculum that attracts some of the world’s most talented engineering, physics, biology, and chemistry majors. It is an exclusive group—only 30 students are admitted to the HST program every year.

The HST curriculum offers many distinct benefits, including:

• a rigorous quantitative approach that allows you to develop a strong foundation in molecular biology, biotechnology, physical sciences, and engineering
• access to courses—as well as to the unique faculty of physicians, scientists, and engineers—offered on both the Harvard and MIT campuses
• Research Assistantships that often last through the program, allowing you to become substantially involved in, and receive funding through, original and often critical faculty research projects
• the opportunity to explore a specific medical problem in depth through clinical investigation, laboratory research, and theoretical analysis, and write a thesis which may become the basis for further doctoral study
• the ability to pursue your own individual areas of interest and create your own individual program tracks to earn an M.D.-Ph.D., or one of the other joint degrees available at Harvard Medical School.

As an HST graduate, you will work at the very frontiers of human medicine, always pushing the boundaries and often achieving breakthroughs that will shape the future of health care for generations to come.

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