Pre-Health
Academics / Departments & Programs / Pre-Professional Health
Gain the knowledge and hands-on experience you need to live out your faith boldly as a caregiver.
At Calvin, you can pursue any major while completing the prerequisites for graduate school in a health profession of your choice. Our graduates have the opportunity to develop life experiences through off-campus programs all over the world, and research and clinical experiences through opportunities at Calvin and the surrounding Grand Rapids medical community.
You'll do all this while taking advantage of many different opportunities at Calvin, like a partnership between Calvin and the University of Michigan Medical School that provides one full-tuition scholarship each year to an incoming Calvin student, and early medical school admission opportunities at Michigan State College of Human Medicine and Wayne State University School of Medicine.
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HONORS
Looking to stretch yourself further? Find even more collaboration and academic depth in one of Calvin’s two distinct honors programs.
Learn more about the Honors Scholars and Collegiate Scholars programs.
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This program is part of a family of health science programs, many of which share a common course foundation. Learn about other options in the health sciences »
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