Program Overview

University Program Information

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine offers various programs, including Medical Education, Physician Assistant Studies, and Speech Pathology Audiology.

Medical Education

• Dual Degree Programs
• Curriculum
• Scholarly Concentrations
  • Rural and Tribal
  • Global Health
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Culinary and Medical Nutrition
  • Family Medicine
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Interprofessional Education
  • Population Health
  • Wilderness Medicine
  • Medical Education
• MD Admissions Process
  • Application Requirements
  • Prerequisites and Requirements
  • Secondary Application
  • Review and Selection
  • Acceptance Process
  • Prospective Student Events
• Tuition Fees
• Post-Baccalaureate Pathway Program
  • Application Process
  • Prerequisite Requirements
  • Admissions Review Selection Process
  • Acceptance Process
• Scholarships

Physician Assistant Studies

• About the profession
• Curriculum
• Physician Assistant Studies Admissions
  • Selection factors
  • Technical standards
  • Licensure Requirements
• Tuition and Fees

Speech Pathology Audiology

• Speech Pathology Audiology programs
  • Bachelors Program
  • Masters Program
  • Doctoral Program
  • Pre-Professional Program
• Speech Pathology Audiology admissions
  • Disclosures
• Tuition and Fees

Residency Fellowship Programs

• Resident salary schedule and benefits
• Application Information
• Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Family Medicine Residency Program
• Pediatrics Residency Program
  • Curriculum
• Psychiatry Residency Program
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Residency Site Rotations
  • Psychiatry Residency Didactics
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
  • Child Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Sites Rotations
  • Fellowship Didactics
• Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Sports Medicine Fellowship
• Wilderness Medicine Fellowship
• Resident Resources
  • Resident Leadership Council
  • Wellness Resources
    • Suicide Prevention and Awareness
    • Fit for Duty Evaluation Policy
    • Mental Health Resources
    • Resident Reporting

Admissions and Aid

• Financial Aid

Student Success Support

• Student organizations
  • MD Student Organizations
  • Physician Assistant student organizations
  • MD student travel support
• Learning Wellness Support
  • Student Health Insurance
  • Disability Accommodations
• Career Advising
  • MD Year 1
  • MD Year 2
  • MD Year 3
  • MD Year 4
  • Match Day Resources
    • Residency Interviewing
      • Notes from the Interview Workshop
      • Sample Interview Questions
    • Letters of Recommendation
    • Personal Statements
    • Medical Student Performance Evaluations
      • Medical Student Performance Evaluation
      • Medical Student Performance Sample Evaluation
      • Noteworthy Characteristics
    • Military Match
    • Specialities
      • Anesthesiology
      • Dermatology
      • Emergency Medicine
      • Family Medicine
      • General Surgery
      • Internal Medicine
      • Med-Peds
      • Neurology
      • Neurosurgery
      • Obstetrics and Gynecology
      • Ophthalmology
      • Orthopaedic Surgery
      • Otolaryngology
      • Pathology
      • Pediatrics
      • Plastic Surgery
      • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
      • Psychiatry
      • Radiology
      • Urology
• Professional Licensure Program
• Honor Pledge

Community Programs

• Our Partners
  • Renown Health
• Office of Statewide Initiatives
  • Nevada Area Health Education Center
  • Nevada Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program
  • Nevada Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  • Nevada Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program
  • Nevada State Office of Rural Health
    • Rural Nevada Annual EMS Conference
  • Nevada Health Workforce Research
    • Nevada Instant Atlas
      • Data Sources
      • Nevada Instant Atlas Map Views
  • Pacific AIDS Education
  • Nevada Organ Donor Program
  • Project ECHO Nevada
    • Project ECHO Programs
      • Community Health Workers
      • Developmental Pediatrics
      • Diabetes Primary Care
      • Diabetes Self Management
      • Early Serious Mental Illness & First-Episode Psychosis
      • First Responders Managing Individuals in Crisis
      • Heart Failure in Primary Care
      • Psychotherapy for Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
      • Nursing Home Office Hours
      • Nutrition Education to Combat Diabetes
      • School-Based Mental Health
      • Sports Medicine
      • Syphilis & HIV in Primary Care
      • Weight Management
    • Project ECHO News & Publications
    • Case Reviews and Specialty Consultations
• Anatomical Donation Program
• Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
  • Mission and impact
  • Research and innovation
  • Newborn screening
    • Newborn Screening FAQ
    • Do's and Don'ts for Parents
    • Newborn Screening Disorders
    • Disorders Screened
      • Amino Acid Metabolic Disorders
      • Biotinidase Deficiency
      • About Cystic Fibrosis
      • Endocrine Disorders: Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
      • Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders
      • Galactosemias
      • Organic Acid Metabolic Disorders
      • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
      • Basic Facts About Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
      • Basic Facts About Sickle Cell Trait (SCT)
      • Thalassemia Disease and Trait
    • Newborn Screening for Premature and Sick Infants
    • Informed Consent Information Education Material
    • Letter to Practitioners
    • Do's and Don'ts for Practitioners
    • Nevada Newborn Screening Panel
    • Newborn Screening Early Hearing Detection
  • Disease characteristics
    • Bacterial
    • Parasitic
    • Viral
  • Directory of Services
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Environmental public health
  • Serving Nevada
  • Careers at the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
  • Bioinformatics and data science
• Speech Pathology Audiology Clinics
  • UCAN
    • About Autism
• SOAR Program
• Student Outreach Clinic
  • About
    • FAQ
  • Services
  • Upcoming clinics
    • General and Pediatrics Clinic
    • Geriatrics and Dermatology Clinic
    • Women's Clinic
    • Rural Outreach Clinic
    • Street Medicine Clinic
  • Volunteer
  • Clinic locations
• Sanford Center
  • Health Services Sanford Center
    • Wellness Assessment
    • Medication Review Management
    • Wellness Programs
    • Transportation Companionship
    • Program evaluation services and research
  • Gerontology Academic Program
    • Gerontology Academic Program Scholarships
  • Volunteer Sanford Center
    • Volunteer Sanford Center form
  • Donate Sanford Center
  • Learning opportunities
    • Nevada Geriatric Education Center
    • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Research

• Research Areas and Initiatives
• Core Facilities and Centers
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • HSTI Core
    • High Spatial Temporal Resolution Imaging
      • Leica Stellaris 8
      • Leica Stellaris 5
      • Leica Stellaris DIVE
      • Olympus-Based Spinning Disk
      • Olympus TIRF system
      • Leica GSD-3D
      • 3i Lattice LightSheet Microscope
      • Olympus-based full-color imaging system
      • Imaris Software
    • Consumables Sample Preparation
  • Transgenic Genotyping
  • Cell Analysis
• Research Training
  • Graduate Research
  • Undergraduate Research
    • International Undergraduate Research Program
  • Medical Student Research Opportunities
• Clinical Research
  • Clinical Data Science

Faculty

• Faculty Affairs
  • Promotion Tenure
• Faculty Council
• Faculty Development
• Why teach at UNR Med?

Frequently Asked Questions

General Program Information

• The program does not offer transcript reviews, individual meetings, or campus tours.
• The program does not utilize rolling admissions.
• The program only accepts letter grades for required prerequisite courses.
• There is no supplemental application or additional fee beyond the CASPA application.

Prerequisites and Program Requirements

• All requirements and prerequisites must be completed and submitted by the September 1 deadline.
• The program requires a bachelor's degree but does not specify a preferred major.
• Neither the GRE nor the MCAT is required.
• Foreign degrees, even with equivalency evaluations, do not meet the academic prerequisites.
• Online courses from regionally accredited institutions are accepted for most prerequisites, but in-person labs are required for anatomy and physiology.

CASPA Application

• The application deadline is September 1 (11:59 p.m. EST/8:59 p.m. PST).
• Applications must be completed and verified by this deadline to be considered.
• Please enter healthcare experience hours accurately as of the date of application submission; updates are not accepted.