UT Southwestern Medical Center offers a number of non-degree-related programs for high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students interested in health and science careers, as well as community members interested in health and science education.

Discover or re-ignite your passion for science and medicine at UT Southwestern. Benefits of non-degree programs include:

• College credit
• Exploring a new interest
• Inspiring your students
• Setting you apart from your peers
• Working side-by-side with some of the nation’s top clinicians and laboratory scientists

You can also learn more about the types of community service activities that UT Southwestern faculty, staff, and students participate in throughout the year.

For High School Students

• Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP)
• STARS Summer Research Program

For Undergraduate Students

• Dr. Emmett Conrad Leadership Program
• Green Fellowships
• Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP)
• Parkland Collegiate Fellowship Program
• Quantitative and Physical Sciences – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (QP-SURF)
• Research and Health Careers Conference
• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF)

For Medical Students

• Medical Student Research

Other Programs

• Disease-Oriented Clinical Scholars
• Endowed Scholars
• Ethics in Science and Medicine
• KL2 Scholar Program
• NIH FIRST
• Physician Scientist Training Program
• Postbaccalaureate to Ph.D. (PB2PHD)
• Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholars Program