University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - University of Texas Health Science Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are sister UT System institutions in Houston’s Texas Medical Center. MD Anderson was created by the Texas Legislature in 1941 and named for Monroe Dunaway Anderson. UTHealth Houston was formed in 1972 to house the city’s public health-science schools. They jointly operate the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

MD Anderson is a dedicated cancer hospital and research center. UTHealth Houston includes the McGovern Medical School, the School of Dentistry, the Cizik School of Nursing, the School of Public Health, and the School of Biomedical Informatics. Graduate students in cancer biology, immunology, quantitative sciences, and related biomedical fields work in MD Anderson laboratories and in UTHealth departments across the Medical Center.

MD Anderson employs thousands of faculty and clinical staff; UTHealth Houston enrolls several thousand students in medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health, informatics, and biomedical science. The joint graduate school’s enrollment is in the hundreds. International trainees make up a large share of the laboratory workforce.

Graduate study is known for the Ph.D. in biomedical sciences, specialized master’s degrees, and dual M.D./Ph.D. pathways. Training is laboratory- and clinic-based with committee supervision. The calendar follows health-science terms. Students live in Houston and work inside the Texas Medical Center, a dense hospital campus a few miles south of downtown.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - University of Texas Health Science Center lists 1 master's program, in biology.