Summer Health Programs

The Dallas area offers rich opportunities to acquire hands-on learning about health care. With 31 hospitals, hundreds of smaller practices, dozens of research venues, and a vibrant community of public health and community outreach programs, there are ample opportunities to gain valuable experience.

Find a Summer Program or Internship

• AAMC Database
• ExploreHealthCareers Database
• RIT List

North Texas Summer Health Programs of Note for UT Dallas Students

• Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)
  • Six-week Summer Academic Program Free program for talented pre-med and pre-dent students completing their freshman or sophomore years of college. Offered at 12 sites around the nation. Apply ASAP!
• Retina Foundation of the Southwest
  • Undergraduate and Post-Graduate research opportunities in ophthalmology.
• Texas A&M College of Dentistry
  • Summer Pre-Dental Enrichment Program (SPEP) – SPEP Collegiate II is a six-week summer program which provides college and post-college students an opportunity to:
    • prepare for and successfully take the DAT,strengthen their academic science background,learn more about the field of dental medicine,broaden their interest in biomedical and clinical sciences,learn useful study patterns for professional study,increase their competitiveness for admission to dental school, andenhance their success once admitted to dental school.
    Deadline: January 31
• UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF) – Enhanced research training of natural science undergraduates who are interested in obtaining the PhD or MD/PhD degrees. 10-week program, $4000 stipend. Feb 8
• The University Of Texas Southwestern
  • Quantitative and Physical Sciences – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (QP-SURF) – Enhanced research training of physics, mathematics, chemistry, and computer science undergraduates who have completed the sophomore year. 10-week program, $4750 stipend. Feb 8
  • Green Fellowships – This program offers biochemistry majors from UT Dallas an intensive research training experience at the prestigious UT Southwestern Medical Center. The program replaces a spring semester at UT Dallas. Oct 15
• Parkland Hospital
  • Clinical Experience at Parkland Hospital – Apply to gain clinical experience at Dallas’s public hospital, Parkland.