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, and
    • enhance 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.