NEOUCOM’s Integrated Steps Curriculum is designed to develop the characteristics that people say they want to see in their doctors: competence, communication, caring, character and community. NEOUCOM offers several routes to admission for those seeking a doctor of medicine degree: B.S./M.D., direct entry or transfer admission.

NEOUCOM’s combined B.S./M.D. program is one of the largest B.S./M.D. programs in the country. High school students admitted to the B.S./M.D. program receive a reserved seat in medical school while completing their undergraduate requirements at one of the partner universities that make up the NEOUCOM consortium: The University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University. Students then transition to NEOUCOM and complete four years of medical school. Undergraduate requirements can often be completed in two years, allowing students to complete their medical degrees in as few as six years.

NEOUCOM also offers a direct entry route to medical school for students who have completed their premedical studies at another college or university. Typically, 20 percent of our first-year medical school students are admitted to the College of Medicine through direct entry. Transfer students from other medical schools are considered for admission on a space available basis.

Please visit the Office of Admissions website to learn more about admission to the doctor of medicine degree. Please visit the Office of Health Professions Education website to learn about the College of Medicine’s Integrated Steps Curriculum.