Possible to earn 2 graduate degrees at the same time???

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<p>MD/PhD programs, often times called the Medical Scientist Training Program (backed by the NIH) are very well established. Many of the premier med-schools in the country run such programs.</p>

<p>Harvard:
<a href=“http://www.hms.harvard.edu/md_phd/[/url]”>http://www.hms.harvard.edu/md_phd/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Johns Hopkins
<a href=“http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mdphd/[/url]”>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mdphd/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Stanford
<a href=“http://mstp.stanford.edu/[/url]”>http://mstp.stanford.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCSF
<a href=“http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/mstp/program/program_fr.html[/url]”>http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/mstp/program/program_fr.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Washington University in St. Louis
<a href=“Medical Scientist Training Program | Washington University”>Medical Scientist Training Program | Washington University;

<p>Columbia
<a href=“MD-PhD Dual Degree Program”>MD-PhD Dual Degree Program;

<p>University of Pennsylvania
<a href=“http://www.med.upenn.edu/mstp/applicant.html[/url]”>http://www.med.upenn.edu/mstp/applicant.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Yale
<a href=“Yale School of Medicine < Yale School of Medicine”>Yale School of Medicine < Yale School of Medicine;

<p>Duke
<a href=“http://www.mstp.duke.edu/[/url]”>http://www.mstp.duke.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Michigan
<a href=“http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/mstp/[/url]”>http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/mstp/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Basically, an MD/PhD is a specialized program designed for those who want to make a career out of academic medicine. It generally takes 7-8 years to complete both degrees. </p>

<p>I would caution anybody who wants to consider such a program that you should only do so if you are truly serious about a career in medical research and academia. You don’t enter such a program if you want to be a regular practicing doctor. Not only does the program take 3-4 years longer, but the programs are not designed to produce regular doctors. Furthermore, if you don’t have passion for research, I would seriously question whether you would be able to successfully complete the PhD portion of the MD/Phd program. </p>

<p>You can also get a coordinated JD/PhD at some schools. For example, here is one at Harvard.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~history/grad/student/jointdeg.html[/url]”>Harvard University | History Department;

<p>I have heard of rare ‘dual-PhD’s’. Here are a few.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.sla.purdue.edu/gerontology/education/dual_phd.htm[/url]”>http://www.sla.purdue.edu/gerontology/education/dual_phd.htm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/graduate/academic/iisphd.html[/url]”>http://www.northwestern.edu/graduate/academic/iisphd.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Nevertheless, obviously dual-master’s degrees are far more amenable than combining anything with a PhD. A wide variety of dual master’s degrees programs are available. </p>

<p>For example, an MBA/MS in any engineering (except nuclear) from MIT
<a href=“http://lfmsdm.mit.edu/[/url]”>http://lfmsdm.mit.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>An MBA/Master’s in Engineering Management from Northwestern
<a href=“http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/mmm/[/url]”>http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/mmm/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>An MBA/MSE in several kinds of Engineering from Michigan</p>

<p><a href=“Tauber Institute for Global Operations”>Tauber Institute for Global Operations;

<p>And obviously there are many many others.</p>