The Queens College Health Professions Advisory Services Office provides advice to students who plan to apply to one of the following health professional schools: medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, veterinary medicine. These professional schools require a Queens College Application Committee Letter. With frequent student meetings between Advisor and student, the Health Advisor is better able to write your Application Committee Letter.
To become a practitioner in any health profession, a student usually completes pre-professional studies at a four-year college or university, and then applies for admission to an accredited professional school. The length of professional training varies according to profession and degree of specialization.
The health careers listed above currently require that a student demonstrate a strong academic foundation, a baccalaureate degree, and proficiency on a standard test as the minimum prerequisites for admission. Please see Academic Prerequisites.
Other Health-Related Careers—Transfer Application Required
Pharmacy
Queens College does not offer a direct route from undergraduate study to a pharmacy program:
- Two years of chemistry at Queens College and then
- Transfer as a third-year (junior) student at a Pharm D College.
Students interested in pharmacy should visit these web pages:
We encourage students to meet with an admissions advisor at the pharmacy institution to which they are planning to apply.
The Queens College Health Professions Advisory Service Office is available for assistance.
Nursing
Queens College does not offer a direct route from undergraduate study to a nursing program.
Please review the CUNY website to identify undergraduate nursing degree programs.
The Queens College Health Professions Advisory Service Office is available for assistance.
