Welcome to McGovern Medical School's Admissions!

Located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, the school was established by the Texas Legislature in 1969 to address the shortages of physicians and the then-untapped resources for medical education in Houston.

The first class of 19 entered the Medical School 1970, and by 1979, class sizes of 200, legislatively supported through state formula funding, were the norm. Today, McGovern Medical School accepts classes of 240 per year to meet the growing demand of physicians throughout the state of Texas. 

With nearly 1,000 medical students and a similar number of residents and fellows in training each year, McGovern Medical School provides access to the latest technology and teaches with an emphasis on humanities, ethics, patient centered care, and safety.

McGovern Medical School is affiliated with several inpatient hospitals and outpatient facilities, providing a broad range of clinical services.  Our primary teaching hospital, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, is a 1000 bed quaternary referral center and is consistently rated as one of the top teaching hospitals in the nation.  Patients come from across the country and around the world to receive care here. Within environments like this, our students are exposed to a large and diverse patient population, with an appropriate balance of common and rare diseases. 

McGovern Medical School students have access to a rich collaborative environment that includes not only the UTHealth schools of dentistry, nursing, bioinformatics, biomedical sciences, and public health, but all of the institutions of the vibrant Texas Medical Center.

Contact Us:

Office of Admissions and Student Affairs
  MSB G400
Phone: 713-500-5116
     [email protected]