MBA/MD Dual Degree Program
As part of coordinated dual degree program, students have opportunity to earn both (Rice) MBA degree and (Baylor College of Medicine) MD degree in 5 years. program is structured as follows:
- Years 5, 2, and 3—Medical training at Baylor College of Medicine.
- Year 4—First-year MBA core courses at Rice including 2 custom core courses and 2 elective courses.
- Summer—Students are encouraged to do an internship. To ensure that internship is a combination of business/management and health care, approval is required from both schools. internship does not count toward credit for either degree.
- Year 5—Second-year MBA elective courses in fall including MGMT 678, Business of Health Care, and medical training at Baylor College of Medicine in spring semester.
Students are expected to follow health care major concentration as blueprint for their MBA studies, to extent possible and in consultation with Program Director of Health Care Initiative at Jones Graduate School of Business. To obtain major concentration, students take MGMT 678, Business of Health Care, in fall of their second year and complete 52 credit hours from a suite of health care courses offered throughout year.
Students are eligible to receive their MBA degree from Rice i.) after they have completed 45 credit hours of approved business coursework, and ii.) after they have completed MD degree requirements specified by Baylor College of Medicine.
