Medical school Admissions Admission to the medical school is based mainly on GPA,
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score, admissions essays, an interview, clinical work experience, and volunteering activities, along with research and leadership roles in the applicant's history. Background checks on applicants are required by the Association of Medical Colleges in order to prevent individuals with convictions for serious crimes from matriculating. The Class of 2025 had an average MCAT score of 515 and undergraduate GPA of 3.84. Full accreditation was obtained in 2013. The medical school curriculum is four years long. The first two years are composed mainly of classroom basic sciences education, while the last two years primarily include rotations in clinical settings where students learn patient care firsthand. Clinical education is spread across all four years, with the final years being heavily weighted towards clinical rotations. The four-year medical program capitalizes on UCF's existing strengths in biomedical sciences, modeling and simulation.
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences houses the Department of
Molecular Biology and
Microbiology, the Biomolecular Science Center, the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program and the Pre-Health Professions Advisement Office. The school offers three undergraduate degrees: a
Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, a Bachelor of Science in
Biotechnology, and a Bachelor of Science in
Medical Laboratory Science. Two graduate degrees are also offered: a
Master of Science in Molecular Biology and Microbiology and a
Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science. The school was named after Al and Nancy Burnett after receiving a $10 million donation from them. In August 2007, the program was converted to a school under the newly formed UCF College of Medicine from being an independent college. The goal of the school is to build a nationally recognized biomedical research and education enterprise. The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences is housed in a building on the health sciences campus which opened in 2009 and also on the main UCF campus.
Health Sciences Library The Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library was created during the 2009 founding of the College of Medicine through a gift from local philanthropist Alan Ginsburg. The library was named in honor of his late wife Harriet, who loved reading. The library is located on the second floor of the College of Medicine Medical Education building at the Lake Nona UCF Health Sciences Campus. It has study areas, reading spaces, an information commons, and six public computer terminals. The library is 98% electronic with a goal of becoming 100% electronic in 5 years. In keeping with their goal of becoming 100% electronic, the Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library has become the center of the College of Medicine’s iPad Initiative and deployment. The library has been honored by the
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and by the
Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries (CONBLS) as a leading medical electronic library for its innovative programs.
Degrees The college currently offers baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degrees in five distinct programs. • Biomedical Sciences • Biomedical Neuroscience • Biotechnology • Medical Laboratory Sciences • Medicine (M.D.) • Molecular Biology and Microbiology == Notable Faculty Members ==