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Please refer to the MS Checklist for detailed information on the application process. Refer also to the MS Checklist for detailed course planning and registration information and pre-graduation information.

Downloadable Checklist (PDF)

I. Application Process

Send directly to the Graduate Admissions Office
The Ohio State University
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1270

Complete OSU Graduate School Application form – The application can be completed on line at http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/grad/index.asp.

Must meet minimum graduate and program admission standards:
- An earned cumulative grade-point average (GPA) equivalent to at least 3.0 out of 4.0 (or B) in all previous undergraduate and graduate course work
- MD or DO required; must be pursuing approved Ohio State clinical residency or clinical fellowship
- English Proficiency - for International Applicants and those who have held the status of U.S. Permanent Resident for less than one year.
- Applicants, whose native language is not English, must submit a recent, official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score or Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) score.
  Minimum English Proficiency Requirements are as follows:
Nonrefundable application fee: $40 domestic, $50 international
One official transcript for each university level school attended. Include English translation of each of any foreign documents

II. Send directly to Graduate Studies Committee Chair

Master of Science in Medical Science
Alan Yates, MD, PhD
c/o Graduate Medical Education
125 Doan Hall
410 W. 10th Avenue

If the application was not completed on-line, send copy of the application form
Three letters of recommendation written on recommenders’ original letterhead stationery, accompanied by completed Ohio State Reference Forms http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/grad/dg-dwnld.html
1. One letter from the Residency/Fellowship Program Director
2. One letter from the trainee’s advisor
3. One letter from the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
A statement of intent. This should be one page and highlight why the resident/fellow wants to pursue the Masters Degree, his/her research interests, long-range plans, etc.

III. Registration Process and Course Planning

Tuition Assistance
No tuition assistance application is needed; a credit will appear on the fee statement when you enroll in classes for the quarter. See http://hr.osu.edu/hrpubs/ben/fs-tuitionfs.pdf
- The program does not pay for application fees, registration fees, late fees, COTA bus fees.
- You are responsible for withdrawal fees after the full refund period.

Proposed Course of Study
Submit your proposed courses of study to the Graduate Studies Committee at the beginning of your program. See attached list of recommended courses

IV. Prior to Graduation

Make an oral presentation on your research to the Graduate Studies Committee and your research advisor.
Register and enroll for at least three graduate credit hours during the quarter in which graduation is expected.
Submit the Application to Graduate form to the Graduate School no later than the second Friday of the quarter in which graduation is expected. The candidate, the candidate’s adviser, and the candidate’s Graduate Studies Committee chair must sign this form. It must be submitted to Graduation Services in the Graduate School no later than the second Friday of the quarter in which the candidate plans to graduate. This deadline is firm whether the candidate plans to walk in the ceremony or plans to use the End-of-Quarter deadline. There are no exceptions to this deadline.
Complete the required minimum number of credit hours (45 credit hours) for your program.
Earn a graduate cumulative point hour ratio of at least 3.0.
Submit the Master's Examination Report form to the Graduate School no later than Wednesday two weeks before commencement.