The Pre-Health Professions Advising Program supports students and recent alumni preparing to apply for admission to medical, dental, optometry, physician assistant, and other health profession training programs at the doctoral or masters level.
Housed within the University’s Honors Program our program is open to all students and recent alumni. You’ll major in what you want and complete the required course and relevant activities for your intended profession.
The URI difference
Prestigious Awards
Pre-health students who work with the Office of National Fellowships are competitive in highly prestigious national scholarship competitions.
Unique opportunities
The Early Identification Program with Brown University’s Alpert School of Medicine is open to RI juniors who show exceptional promise.
Special pathway
Johnson and Wales University interviews qualified URI applicants to the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.
News and events
What is Podiatric Medicine? - A virtual presentation sponsored by the NY College of Podiatric Medicine
URI-JWU PA Linkage Info Session - URI has a special agreement with the JWU PA program through which qualified URI students may be granted an automatic interview for admission.
Essay Writing Workshops - For applicants in the 2024 admission cycle
URI Grad Tells Current Students How she Got to Med School - Lizzy Tutu, ’16 of Loyola-Strtich Medical School shares her insights about her path from URI to a career in medicine
A Unique Path to Med School - Pre-health student Julia Santini will attend Brown-Alpert medical school via the early contingent admission route.