University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Scaife Hall, home of the Pitt School of Medicine.
TypeState-related[1]
EstablishedJune 4, 1883; 141 years ago (June 4, 1883)
DeanAnantha Shekhar, MD, PhD
Academic staff
2,264[2]
Location, ,
United States
CampusUrban
MD Students591[3]
Websitehttp://www.medschool.pitt.edu/

40°26′35″N 79°57′41″W / 40.443111°N 79.961343°W / 40.443111; -79.961343 The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is a medical school of the University of Pittsburgh, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The School of Medicine, also known as Pitt Med, encompasses both a medical program, offering the doctor of medicine, and graduate programs, offering doctor of philosophy and master's degrees in several areas of biomedical science, clinical research, medical education, and medical informatics.

In 2023, Pitt Med had an incoming class profile with a median score of 514 on the MCAT with a median GPA of 3.79; 8,782 people applied, and 1020 were interviewed for 148 positions in the medical school's entering class.[4]

The School of Medicine is closely affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).[5]

The School of Medicine is one of sixteen schools that comprise the University of Pittsburgh and is located in the Oakland neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh.

  1. ^ "PA Higher/Adult Ed.: State-Related Universities". Pennsylvania Department of Education. April 3, 2008. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  2. ^ "University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Fact Book 2017-18, page 3" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ "University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Fact Book 2017-18, page 3" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ^ www.medadmissions.pitt.edu https://www.medadmissions.pitt.edu/admissions/who-we-are/class-profile. Retrieved 2024-03-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Levine, Arthur S; Detre, Thomas P.; McDonald, Margaret; Roth, Loren H.; Huber, Jeffrey A.; Brignano, Mary Germann; Danoff, Sandra N.; Farner, David M.; et al. (September 2008). "The relationship between the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center--a profile in synergy". Academic Medicine. 83 (9). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: 815–826. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e318181d1a8. ISSN 1040-2446. PMID 18728434.