Additional Educational Opportunities
Enrolling at The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at BCM opens doors to educational opportunities both within the College and with other outstanding institutions and allows our students to customize their training to fit their individual career goals.
Teaching Experience
Although teaching assistantships are not required of our graduate students, those who are interested in teaching can take advantage of opportunities to teach graduate courses at BCM.
Internship Programs
To help our students explore different career paths, internship opportunities are available to provide practical experience in fields such as:
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Intellectual property law
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Biotechnology
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Education
Working with Young Students
Graduate students have opportunities to make a difference in the lives of young students through programs such as:
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Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education, which pairs graduate students with K-12 teachers to assist with biology needs for disadvantaged and underrepresented students
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Judging student science fair projects
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Mentoring undergraduates in the SMART Summer Research Program
Courses at Other Institutions
To enhance our students' classroom and laboratory experiences, BCM has established arrangements with several outstanding institutions that allow our full-time students to enroll--for full credit and with no tuition or registration fees--in courses that apply to their degree program:
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Rice University
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The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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The University of Texas School of Public Health
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The University of Houston
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Texas A&M University
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The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
M.D./Ph.D. Program
Baylor College of Medicine is one of only 39 institutions awarded a competitive Medical Scientist Training Program grant supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the NIH. The program provides integrated scientific and medical training leading to the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree to highly motivated students with outstanding research and academic potential. The program's goal is to prepare its graduates to function independently in both basic research and clinical investigation.