Enrichment Programs - Summer Programs, Study Abroad, etc.
The Dallas area offers rich opportunities to learn about healthcare hands on: 31 hospitals, hundreds of smaller practices, dozens of research venues, and a vibrant community of public health and community outreach programs.
Summer Programs
Find a summer program or internship:
Of special note to 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
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
Travel and Service
Health related community service initiatives, church missions, and foreign service ventures fall into this category.
- UT Dallas Service Learning
- UT Dallas Education Abroad - Study Abroad
- Remote Area Medical
- International Service Learning
- Atlantis Project
- Dozens of Dallas-area churches that support medical missions