Are you in college and interested in one or several of our health care undergraduate or accelerated programs?
With some college experience under your belt, we are here to help you get where you want to go in the health care field. SHRS programs are diverse but interrelated! We offer an array of popular programs to prepare students for a wide variety of health professions that are in high demand but might be unfamiliar to students early in their college careers. We encourage you to explore all your options and see which one best matches your interests.
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is an upper-division school.
First, students must apply to Pitt. Once accepted, students follow a plan of study that prepares them to apply to one or more SHRS programs during their sophomore year of college, after completing roughly 45 credits. Students must complete and have a minimum of 60 college credits before entering our undergraduate or accelerated programs.
Students typically spend their first two years at Pitt in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences taking prerequisite or “intro to SHRS” courses and preparing to apply to one or more of our undergraduate or accelerated programs.
Apply to the following SHRS undergraduate and accelerated programs through the ULTA application. Learn more about each program’s specific requirements.
Our programs require specific prerequisite courses to be completed in your first and second years of college. General Education (Gen Ed) courses are required for all students who attend the University, see more details about these courses below.
Writing and Communication
One course (minimum 3 credits) from each category.
Algebra and Quantitative and Formal Reasoning
One course (minimum 3 credits) from each category.
Diversity
Diversity* courses focus centrally and intensively on issues of diversity and do so in a manner that promotes understanding of difference. They provide students with analytical skills to better understand structural inequities and the knowledge to be able to participate more effectively in our increasingly diverse and multicultural society. Courses may address, though not be limited to, such issues as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religious difference, ability difference and/or economic disparity.
Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences
One course (minimum 3 credits) from each category.
Global Awareness and Cultural Understanding
*Course numbers included above are courses offered on the Pittsburgh campus. For requirements noted with an asterisk(*), see the DSAS Catalog for a list of all approved courses on the Pittsburgh campus. Pitt Regional campus and external transfer students should reach out to admissions@shrs.pitt.edu for assistance.
Check out the admissions pages of your programs of interest to review their additional, specific prerequisite requirements and available worksheets and be sure to fit those classes into your schedule.
As part of the ULTA application, these programs have other specific required documents or materials. Details for each program can be found on their admissions pages.
The application is open for select programs.
Application reviews begin for the upcoming fall.
ULTA Application Deadline
Select programs have extended their deadline.
Applicants who applied by March 1 notified of admissions status.
NOTE: The Emergency Medicine Degree Completion program, for currently certified paramedics, has rolling admission for both the spring and fall term entry. Students with a completed application will receive admissions notification on a rolling basis.
You don’t have to be a current SHRS student to get involved in our activities and programs. These activities will best prepare you for the opportunities that await you in SHRS!
SHRS is always looking for students with diverse backgrounds and experiences to enrich and learn from one another. We encourage you to get involved in a field that interests you. Shadowing, volunteering or working while in school, in any of these fields or related areas is encouraged and may be necessary for your future application! Check out your program of interest to learn more about its application requirements.
Don’t wait until your junior year to get started. Take an SHRS introductory course from one of the many listed below. These Pitt courses are available to first- and second-year students. View offerings and course details by searching for them in the University of Pittsburgh Course Catalog.