A teaching experience, combining both theoretical and practical aspects of teaching, is required of all students. This program is a cooperative one with Clark University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, both members of the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education. The Medical School was constructed in 1974 and has been generously endowed with office, classroom, and laboratory space. Facilities and equipment are available in all modern areas of biomedical research. Major facilities include a large experimental animal-care facility, a virus laboratory, a cell and tissue culture facility, a protein chemistry laboratory, a Diabetes Research Center, and electronics and machine shops.
Tuition is waived for both graduate and research assistants.
Application for assistantships is made on the application for admission. Although no on-campus housing is provided, many apartments and rooms are available in the Worcester area. Student health and hospitalization insurance is provided by the School, as is a disability insurance plan. Currently, about 200 graduate students from throughout the United States and other countries are enrolled. Other graduate students are working at the Medical School through cooperative programs with the Worcester Consortium, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the recently merged Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research.