About Our Program

The Tufts program is uniquely positioned to offer an immersive academic experience, enrolling our students in our rigorous daytime classes, that prepare them for a variety of health-related career goals. Students work with a health professions advisor to develop an individualized program of study chosen from a wide range of course offerings. This flexibility allows our students to pursue careers in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, osteopathic medicine, optometry, podiatry, or as a physician assistant or advanced nurse practitioner.

Tufts also provides a variety of workshops specifically for Post-bacc Premed students — applying and interviewing for graduate programs, mock interviews, options for financing your education, and strategies for studying science. Students are totally integrated into the undergraduate campus and have access to all resources and programs. In addition, they may attend public lectures at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, and the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (all located in Boston), and at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (on our Grafton campus).

Once a student completes the prerequisite courses, the Tufts Health Professions Recommendation Committee will prepare a composite letter of recommendation for their application. A certificate is also awarded to all who complete the program. 

Typically, there are two types of post-bacc programs: career-changer programs and academic enhancement programs. Career-changer programs are for students who already have an undergraduate degree but need to take pre-requisite coursework for the first time to be eligible to apply to health professions schools. Academic enhancement programs are for students who have already taken the majority of their pre-health prerequisite coursework as an undergraduate student but need to improve their science GPA. Tufts is a career-changer program and ideal for students who have not already taken most of their prerequisite coursework.

Our Mission and Values

Our mission is to support and encourage students as they explore the health professions and prepare competitive applications to apply to graduate professional school. We work holistically with students to assist with self-assessment and research into healthcare professions; foster self-directed learning; encourage both curricular and extracurricular growth and development; and stress the importance of integrity, responsibility, and professionalism.

We value each student as an individual and strive to help them develop their own personal plan of action. We also value and model respect and professionalism, and we encourage a collaborative learning environment that thrives on celebrating diversity and fostering inclusion.