Master of Health Science (MHS) degree

Yale School of Medicine has established the 2 year Master of Health Science (MHS) degree, for applicants with YSM resident, fellow, and faculty appointments in a department or program approved to award the MHS. Applicants must contact the MHS Director in the Department or Program they are applying before submitting an application.

A full-length original thesis, at the culmination of a two-year commitment to the program and based upon the required two-year research project, of approximately 50-60 pages in length and reviewed and approved by a three-person thesis committee. The applicant must indicate how the three-person MHS thesis committee will be arranged. One member must come from outside the department or program of the primary advisor. The advisor and applicant are required to accept persons proposed for this committee by the MHS Degree Advisory Committee. The final thesis must be presented to the three-person thesis committee in an open forum. After approval by student's MHS thesis committee & MHS Departmental Director, the final thesis must be submitted for review to the Office of Student Research by March 1 for degree conferral in May.

Yale School of Medicine is one of the world’s leading centers for biomedical research, advanced clinical care, and medical education. It ranks fourth among medical schools receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and eleventh in NIH dollars per faculty member. More than 1,500 Yale physicians provide care to patients from across the region and around the world. The Yale system of medical education, with its emphasis on critical thinking and independent student research, has produced leaders in every field of academic medicine.

The sixth-oldest medical school in the United States, it was chartered by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College, located first on Grove Street, then at 150 York Street. Since 1924, it has occupied the Sterling Hall of Medicine at 333 Cedar Street and surrounding buildings. It has been awarded 9,302 medical degrees since 1814. There are 5,629 living alumni with MD degrees, 5,274 with MPH degrees, 1,319 alumni of the Physician Associate Program with the PA-C certificate or MMSc degree, and 32 alumni of the Physician Assistant Online Program division.