Rutgers University–New Brunswick delivers health sciences education across a broad continuum. The second-year physical therapy student studying prosthetics; the third-year medical student beginning a pediatrics clerkship; the radiologist completing a residency; the undergraduate examining proteins; the graduate student exploring health care policy—all in one way or another—engage in health sciences education at Rutgers.
Health Sciences Education
How to Apply
School-Specific Admissions: For many schools in Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), applications go directly through the school, with some exceptions.
Centralized Hubs: Start here to find general information about admissions at Rutgers.
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Schools
The eight schools of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) form the core of health sciences education at Rutgers. Among these are New Jersey’s two oldest medical schools, only school of dental medicine, oldest and most respected pharmacy school, and only school of public health. Rounding out the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences schools are a leading nursing school, a highly regarded school for health related professions, and the new School of Graduate Studies, formed through a recent merger of the Graduate School–New Brunswick and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Faculty in these schools advance knowledge in their fields as they mentor students, helping them reach academic and professional goals.
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences has primary academic facilities at the Rutgers University–New Brunswick Campus, at the Rutgers Health Sciences at Newark location, at the Rutgers University–Newark Campus, and at additional locations in Scotch Plains, Somerset, and Stratford.
Ernest Mario School of PharmacyThe Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, New Jersey’s oldest and most esteemed pharmacy school, offers a preeminent six-year professional curriculum leading to the doctor of pharmacy degree and works closely with the state’s vibrant pharmaceutical industry. It is located at Rutgers–New Brunswick. |
New Jersey Medical SchoolThe oldest school of medicine in the state, New Jersey Medical School in Newark offers the M.D. in addition to other advanced degrees and continuing education. University Hospital—northern New Jersey’s only Level 1 Trauma Center—is the school’s principal teaching hospital. Residencies and fellowships are offered in a wide variety of fields through graduate medical education. |
Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolDedicated to excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and community health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick and Piscataway offers the M.D. in addition to other advanced degrees and continuing education. Its principal teaching hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, consistently ranks among New Jersey’s top three hospitals. Residencies and fellowships are offered in a wide variety of fields through graduate medical education. |
Rutgers School of Dental MedicineRutgers School of Dental Medicine, in Newark, is the state’s largest center of dental research, only dentistry school, and only school offering pre- and postgraduate dental education. Residencies and fellowships are offered in a wide variety of fields through graduate medical education. |
School of Graduate StudiesThe School of Graduate Studies provides personalized academic support for approximately 5,200 Rutgers students enrolled in more than 150 doctoral, master’s, and dual-degree programs across New Brunswick/Piscataway and Newark. |
School of Health ProfessionsWith programs in Newark, New Brunswick, Scotch Plains, and Stratford, the School of Health Professions provides quality education for entry-level allied health professions and for health providers seeking specialty and advanced practice roles. |
School of NursingWith classes offered both in Newark and New Brunswick, as well as in Blackwood, the School of Nursing offers a bachelor of science in nursing, an accelerated B.S.N., an R.N. to B.S. program, a master of science leadership degree, a doctor of nursing practice degree, and Ph.D. programs in nursing and urban systems. The school also offers extensive continuing education classes and is affiliated with more than 200 area health care and clinical practice sites. |
School of Public HealthWith programs in Newark, New Brunswick, and Stratford, the School of Public Health accommodates working professionals and full-time students. Students participate in leading public health research and put education into practice through international health and community service projects. |
Continuing Medical Education
Rutgers leads in New Jersey as a primary provider of continuing medical education for health care practitioners. From physician assistant recertification to current treatments for HIV and chronic hepatitis, our courses improve clinician performance and affect positive changes in the health care industry. Find degree and nondegree continuing education options at Rutgers:
More Professional Schools with
Health-Related Programs
These additional professional schools at Rutgers address health in various ways, offering a number of health-related programs, from public health to biomedical engineering to pharmaceutical management. Explore the programs below and follow Graduate and Professional Admissions procedures to apply.
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public PolicyThe Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy offers undergraduate programs in public health. A specialty of the school is environmental health. |
Graduate School of Applied and Professional PsychologyThe Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology meets the need for well-educated and well-trained professional psychologists. The school offers programs in clinical psychology and school psychology and provides mental health services to the community in a variety of clinical areas. |
Rutgers Business School–Newark and New BrunswickRutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick has turned a geographic advantage into a top M.B.A. in pharmaceutical management. The greater New Jersey area has the nation’s largest concentration of pharmaceutical companies. In cooperation with several of these companies, Rutgers offers the cutting-edge M.B.A. in pharmaceutical management. |
School of EngineeringThe School of Engineering offers outstanding bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral-level training in critical areas of biomedical engineering and technology. |
School of Social WorkThe School of Social Work offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs, with specializations in such areas as clinical social work, addiction, and aging. |
Schools of Arts and Sciences, Life Sciences
A world of knowledge and information fuels health care advances—knowledge and information that depend on chemists, economists, mathematicians, microbiologists, political scientists, and others educated in the core arts and physical, social, and life sciences. These schools at Rutgers prepare our essential thinkers and problem-solvers, from biophysicists and geneticists to economists and sociologists.
School of Arts and SciencesWith more than 800 faculty and more than 70 majors and minors, the School of Arts and Sciences, located at Rutgers–New Brunswick, is the largest unit at the university, combining excellence in teaching with world-class research and service to the state. Majors and minors are offered in such diverse fields as aging, biological sciences, biomathematics, cell biology and neuroscience, chemical biology, and genetics. |
School of Environmental and Biological SciencesThe School of Environmental and Biological Sciences offers programs that promote the multidisciplinary study of areas covering the biological spectrum, from organisms to ecosystems, with an equal emphasis on the social and human dimensions. A sampling of specializations includes genetics, biotechnology, exercise science, nutrition, food science, public health, and microbial biology. |
School of Graduate StudiesThe School of Graduate Studies provides personalized academic support for approximately 5,200 Rutgers students enrolled in more than 150 doctoral, master’s, and dual-degree programs across New Brunswick/Piscataway and Newark. |
Food as Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences have teamed up to train future physicians on the importance of diet and nutrition to treat illness and promote good health. Visit a Culinary Medicine class: