What is the Premed Program in Chemistry?

Florida Tech graduates in the premed program in chemistry are in demand. With research opportunities beginning as early as the freshman year, many of our students are published researchers by the time they graduate. Our students are sought by the most prestigious graduate schools, and are employed in chemistry pursuits. With small classes, enthusiastic faculty, outstanding laboratory facilities and state-of-the-art equipment, why would you study chemistry anywhere else? Our premed program in Chemistry is designed for the student interested in a solid background in chemistry in preparation for a career in medicine or a related professional field. The curriculum includes all required course work to make the student competitive for admission to medical, dental or veterinary schools. The adviser to the premed program in chemistry provides up-to-date information on admission requirements for most of those schools, as well as admission test information.

Why Florida Tech

Enjoy small classes and individualized attention Work with enthusiastic faculty on publishable research projects Use state-of-the-art instrumentation in excellent laboratory facilities Gain personalized research and training opportunities at the undergraduate level.

Internship Opportunities

Premed internships are one of the central parts of the learning experience for Florida Tech students seeking to pursue work in medicine-related fields after college. Our premedical students take part in internships around Florida and the country working for businesses and organizations that match their own interests. A few of these companies include:

• Cancer Care Center of Brevard
• Brevard Zoo
• East Central Florida Memory Disorder Clinic
• Kennedy Space Center

Career Outcomes

There are few careers considered more impressive and rewarding than the practice of medicine or, for that matter, any of a variety of other professions in the health care arena. Of course, becoming a doctor requires going to medical school and to get there an undergrad must meet medical school prerequisites. A graduate from Florida Institute of Technology with a Chemistry degree is well on the way to meeting those admission standards or, in the alternative, pursuing any number of challenging and rewarding (personally and financially) healthcare careers.