Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/ Doctor of Medicine

Medical school can be a stressful and dispiriting experience, but it doesnt have to be. At Saint Louis University, weve made a number of changes to the curriculum that are consistent with the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person mind, body, heart, and spirit including:

Changing from a tiered grading system to pass/fail grading in the first two years.
Instituting longitudinal electives that span the first two years. On average, one full day every two weeks is set aside for electives.
Developing learning communities in service and advocacy, research, global health, wellness, and medical education.
Instituting a required resilience and mindfulness curriculum for first-year students.
Expanding extracurricular events to promote wellness.
These curricular changes have resulted in the substantially improved mental health of our students.

Doctor of Medicine 52 Credits
Doctor of Philosophy 90 Credits
Total 142 Credits

Doctor of Medicine

Specific academic requirements include a minimum of 90 semester credits (135 quarter credits) in undergraduate arts and sciences courses. Virtually all accepted applicants complete a baccalaureate degree of at least 120 semester credits (180 quarter credits) from an accredited college or university. In all cases, the committee on admissions is more concerned with the quality of the applicant's education than with the number of credits or years of pre-medical training. Students who have received their education at a foreign school must complete at least one academic year of science course work in an accredited North American college or university prior to making application

Course requirements include (credits in parentheses):

• General Biology or Zoology (8)†
• Inorganic Chemistry (8)†
• Organic Chemistry (8)†
• Physics (8)†
• English (6)
• Other Humanities and Behavioral Sciences (12)

† A laboratory course is required in these sciences.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Equivalent of an undergraduate major in chemistry, biology or a related subject.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

To ensure a successful academic experience at Saint Louis University, we require international applicants to demonstrate they are proficient in the English language by submitting scores from any one of the following standardized tests:

IELTS minimum score of 6.5; Internet-based TOEFL (IBT) minimum score of 80; Paper-based TOEFL (PBT) minimum score of 550; PTE minimum score of 54; Duolingo minimum score of 125.