School of Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy is located in the Health Sciences District, surrounded by Downtown, The Crossroads, Hyde Park and Crown Center. We share the campus with the other UMKC health professional schools and students, as well as various hospitals and clinics.Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) students train to become pharmacists that will go on to work in the clinical, community, business, academia and several other areas where the expert in medication is needed. The UMKC pharmacy programs are nationally recognized for community engagement and service learning and offer rewarding learning and career experiences in both urban and rural settings.Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) students work with leading researchers to solve the world’s most pressing medically related problems and to create the next generation of medication and medication delivery systems to move healthcare forward.
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
This is the beautiful Health Science Campus. The Health Science building is in the foreground, which houses Nursing, Health Studies, Public Health, and Pharmacy. Just to the north is the UMKC Medical School, and just to the west is the UMKC Dental School. Also located in this area is Truman Medical Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and the Kansas City Health Department. You can see downtown KC in the distance and Crown Center is just to the west. If you have any questions about the nursing program please feel free to contact us at 816-235-1700 or email us at nurses@umkc.edu
UMKC School of Medicine
The UMKC School of Medicine was founded in 1971 and is home to one of the only direct-admit, combined bachelors and medical degree programs in the country. Additionally, the School of Medicine offers a four-year M.D. track, as well as Physician Assistant and Anesthesiologist Assistant programs. All clinical programs offer early and continued clinical experiences at partner hospitals on the Health Sciences Campus and across the metro. The School of Medicine also offers non-clinical masters, graduate certificate, and PhD options through the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics and the Department of Health Professions Education. UMKC’s Health Sciences Library, which provides resources and study spaces for medical, dental, nursing, and health sciences students, is located on the 2nd floor of the School of Medicine.
School of Dentistry
The UMKC School of Dentistry is serving the community by delivering a world-class education to the next generation of dental leaders. We offer a comprehensive range of oral health care degrees including a Doctor of Dental Surgery, continuing education, dental hygiene and specialty advanced degrees that situate our graduates as industry leaders. In our newly renovated Simulation Lab, students will learn the fundamental procedures of dentistry. The new technology includes simulation manikins, monitors at each workstation, water and vacuum suction. The simulated procedures are truly as close to working on a real patient as possible. The UMKC Dental Clinic services the Kansas City community and surrounding region and sees about 400-500 patients a day. Exposure to clinical dentistry in the first semester of the first year is a hallmark of our program through clinic rotations and dental assisting.
