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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 the 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. The HST program is an exclusive group—only 30 students are admitted every year. The HST curriculum offers many distinct benefits, including:
- a rigorous, quantitative approach that allows students 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 students 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 to write a thesis, which may become the basis for further doctoral study;
- the ability to pursue a student’s 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.
HST graduates 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.
For detailed information about the HST Curriculum, click here.
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