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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center cooperates with Texas Tech University to offer undergraduate and graduate programs in selected areas related to the health sciences. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center programs are administered through the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Nursing.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center programs are accredited by the Commission on the Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA, 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about accreditation of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The Commission should be contacted only if there is evidence that appears to support the institution’s significant non-compliance with a requirement or standard.

The School of Allied Health Sciences offers degree programs in athletic training; clinical laboratory science; clinical services management; occupational therapy; physical therapy; physician assistant studies; speech-language pathology; audiology; communication sciences and disorders; speech, language, and hearing sciences; molecular pathology; clinical practice management; and rehabilitation counseling. Programs are currently offered at the master’s and doctor’s level within the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in biotechnology, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and molecular genetics, medical microbiology, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology and neuroscience, and physiology. The School of Nursing offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs and collaborates with the Texas Woman’s University College of Nursing to offer a Ph.D. in nursing.

Prospective students and others interested in services for students with disabilities should make inquiries to the program offices. Qualified students are considered for admission without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability.