Dual Degrees and Partnerships

Yeshiva University and State University of New York State College of Optometry offer an affiliation program to qualified students through which they can receive an undergraduate degree and a Doctor of Optometry degree in seven years. Students accepted into this program attend Yeshiva University for three years while they complete college requirements and prerequisites for the College of Optometry. After the first year at SUNY College of Optometry, students receive the BA degree. The OD degree is awarded after completing the four years at SUNY College of Optometry.

The Early Acceptance Program with New York Medical College Graduate School of Health Sciences allows qualified students to receive provisional acceptance to the 3-year D.P.T. Program after their Junior year. Final acceptance is granted upon satisfactory completion of their senior year at SCW.

Yeshiva University offers a combined program in Physical Therapy with the State University of New Jersey (Rutgers). During the first three years at Yeshiva University, students complete college requirements and prerequisites for the Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program.  Students are awarded the B.A. after completing the first year at the professional school, and the D.P.T. at the completion of the 3-year program.

Yeshiva University offers a combined program in physician assistant studies with Mercy College. During the first three years, students complete college requirements and prerequisites for Mercy Colleges MPS program. After completing 111 credits with a minimum GPA of 3.0, and with at least a B in prerequisite courses, qualified students continue at Mercy College. After the first year at Mercy College, students receive the BA degree from Yeshiva University. The MPS degree is awarded after completing two years and three months at Mercy.

Yeshiva University and New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) offer a combined program in podiatry. During the first three years, students recommended to the program complete college requirements and prerequisites for the NY College of Podiatric Medicine. After the first year at NYCPM, Yeshiva University awards the BA. NYCPM awards the DPM upon completion of the program.

Yeshiva University and NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development offer an accelerated option for a master’s degree in mathematics and science education. During the junior and/or senior year students may take up to 14 credits at NYU Steinhardt, which will count toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees. Students pay NYU directly for these credits. Yeshiva University awards students the BA degree after completion of all BA requirements, and NYU awards an MA degree upon completion of the graduate program.

New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing  (NYU Meyers) offers a combined program in nursing with Yeshiva University Stern College for Women.  In this program students complete a Shaped Major as well as General and adjusted Jewish Studies requirements at Stern College. Students complete this work during 7 semesters and must earn a minimum of 119 credits. Credits remaining to complete the BA degree are counted back from the nursing school. Eligible students may then be admitted to a 15 month Accelerated Program at NYU Meyers which begins in January. Students receive the BA degree after successfully completing one semester at NYU Meyers. They are awarded the BS degree with a major of nursing at the successful completion of the nursing school and have the option of continuing on for a master’s degree in nursing.

Stern College offers a combined program in Occupational Therapy with Columbia University.  During the first three years at SCW, students complete college requirements and prerequisites for Columbia’s OT program.  They apply to the 2-year Columbia program during the fall semester of their junior year.  Students are awarded the B.A. from Stern College after the first year at Columbia, and the M.S. upon completion of the program.

Engineering Yeshiva University offers a combined Engineering program with Tel Aviv University.

In agreement between Yeshiva University (YU) and Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), YU will pay F.I.T., within limits, for coursework taken by Beren Campus students that have been approved as part of a required course of study.

YU students may enroll at NYU as non-degree undergraduate students in courses in nutrition and dietetics in their junior or senior year. Students pay NYU directly for these credits. These courses satisfy some of the prerequisite courses required for many clinical nutrition programs throughout the country including the NYU Master of Science degree program in Nutrition and Dietetics.

The GEP seeks high school students with excellent academic records who are accepted to, and agree to attend, Yeshiva University. Applicants must have an excellent high school GPA (minimum 90% average), extra-curricular activities that clearly document experience in a healthcare setting and a commitment to community service or volunteer work, SAT test scores of 1360 or better (combined Critical Reading & Math) or ACT test score of 29 Composite or better.  Applicants who meet the above requirements for consideration must interview with the Admissions Committee at Upstate in Syracuse, NY in January, March or June medical mini-interview sessions-this is largely based on Yeshiva's discretion.  The MCAT is waived for students admitted to the program.

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Students in their 4th on-campus semester at YU who have a cumulative science GPA of 3.50 or higher, and who have completed first-year English and at least 8 of the following courses are eligible to apply for provisional early acceptance into the Doctor of Dental Medicine program: Calc. I and Stats or Calc. I and II; Bio. I and II with lab; Physics I and II with lab; General Chem. I and II with lab or Organic Chem. I and II with lab.

For more information visit the Pre-Health Website.