Preferred Program of Study
| Year | Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer |
| YEAR 1 | Medicine Pre-Clinical 1 5 courses, 21 hours 17 weeks, August to December | Medicine Pre-Clinical 2 4 courses, 20hours 18 weeks, January to May | Choose from: MECO (clinical experience at an Iowa hospital) Research fellowship Global experience Free summer |
| YEAR 2 | Medicine Pre-Clinical 3 4 courses, 20 hours 17 weeks, August to December | Medicine Core Clinical 1 1 week Transition to Clerkships 24 weeks Core Clerkships January to June | |
| YEAR 3 | Medicine Core Clinical 2 24 weeks Core Clerkships July to December | Medicine Advanced Clinical 1 4 weeks USMLE Step 1 up to 26 weeks of clerkships possibly one or both parts of USMLE Step 2 January to August | |
| **Apply to the MBA program** | |||
| YEAR 4 | MBA courses August to December | MBA courses January to May | Up to 12 weeks clerkships Mid-May to August |
| YEAR 5 | Complete remaining MBA courses - August to October Final Medicine Advanced Clinical Year remaining clinical clerkships October to May possibly one or both parts of USMLE Step 2 MD and MBA degrees conferred mid-May | Begin medical residency training July 1 | |
Tuition Requirements
MD/MBA students will be assessed the MD tuition rate for all semesters, excluding semesters with the majority of coursework in the College of Business. During those semesters, MD/MBA students will be assessed the MBA rate for tuition. Students must also pay a minimum of 8 full time semesters of MD tuition.
Graduation Requirements
Tippie College of Business – 45 hours plus 15 hours awarded for MD work = 60 semester hours required for the MBA
Contact the Tippie School of Management at 319-335-1042
College of Medicine – 154 semester hours plus 12 semester hours awarded for MBA work = 166 semester hours required for the MD
Contact Matthew Edwards, Carver College of Medicine, 319-335-8046, matthew-c-edwards@uiowa.edu