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MD/MBA Program

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Combining Healthcare and Business Acumen

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In the five-year Penn State MD/MBA program, students spend the first three years on coursework within the College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Students begin Smeal College of Business MBA coursework at the University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania, in year four, before concluding with a combination of MD and MBA coursework at Smeal and clinical rotations in year five.

How to Apply

Students interested in the MD/MBA program must apply to both Penn State College of Medicine and the Penn State Smeal MBA Program separately, and must meet each program’s admissions requirements.

Students already enrolled in the MD program may apply to Smeal to enroll in the MD/MBA during their first three years of study.

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More About Penn State College of Medicine

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Student Resources

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Penn State College of Medicine strives to create the best culture of respect and inclusion for our students. A number of programs, services and facilities are available.

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Dr. Inginia Genao, right, Penn State College of Medicine’s vice dean of diversity, equity and belonging, meets with a student on the College of Medicine campus.
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Student Housing

Housing is available to Penn State College of Medicine students, residents and postdocs in University Manor East and West apartment complexes. One of the complexes is pictured as seen from a higher floor of a nearby building, with a road and trees framing it in the background.
Housing in University Manor apartments is available to Penn State College of Medicine students.

Penn State College of Medicine offers housing in its University Manor East or University Manor West apartments to full-time students, residents, postdoctoral scholars and visiting scholars.

Read more about on-campus housing.

Life in Hershey, PA

Penn State College of Medicine is in Hershey, PA, a town known as the home of the HersheyPark amusement park and the Hershey Chocolate Factory. Two banners depicting cartoon candy characters are seen on a light pole in downtown Hershey, PA, in summer 2016, with a brick building with large glass windows in the background.
Hershey, Pa., is known as "The Sweetest Place on Earth."

Penn State College of Medicine's primary campus is located in Hershey, Pa. The area provides numerous diverse and delicious dining experiences, sports, concerts and entertainment, and is a short drive away from the Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, metro areas.

Read more about life in Hershey.