Background
Baylor College of Medicine ranks first among Texas medical schools and third among all the state's universities in research and development funding. For the College to fulfill its vision of preeminence in biomedical science, the institution continues to recruit the best possible faculty and students and to provide strong and reliable support for education and research housed in modern, well-equipped facilities. Learn more about Baylor in the early days.
Students and Faculty
In preparing men and women for the profession of medicine, graduate study, and research, or allied health disciplines, the goals of the College are:
- To render to the public what is best in humane and scientific scholarship.
- To be in the forefront of the conquest of disease; and
- To promote health through research, education, and patient care
In pursuit of these goals, the faculty provides students with a sound academic foundation responsive to an ever-changing, multi-cultural society. Some 3,325 full-time, part-time, emeritus, and voluntary faculty instruct 664 medical students, 1,782 resident/fellow physicians in 21 medical specialties, 582 students enrolled in the 12 Ph.D. programs, 91 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, 15 students in the M.D/M.B.A. Program (with Rice University) and 139 students in two allied health fields (M.S. programs in Physician Assistant and Nurse Anesthesia).