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The future of healthcare happens at WVU.

At WVU Health Sciences, you'll join a community of innovators, educators, and advocates who are genuinely passionate about making people's lives better — right here in West Virginia and around the world.

We're one of only 11 universities in the U.S. with multiple professional health schools on a shared health sciences campus, giving you the rare opportunity to learn and grow alongside students from across the health professions.

Five schools. The state's largest academic medical center. A 2-million-square-foot complex for learning, discovery, and possibility — all integrated with WVU Medicine, West Virginia's largest health system. Here, real experience isn't something you wait for. It finds you.

5 schools Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health

  • 3 Health Sciences campuses
  • 5 Nursing campuses
  • 60+ research labs

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Discover the community that helps communities. WVU Health Sciences offers the support students need to find their niche in medical fields so they can live out their dreams of helping future patients live long, healthy lives.

The Place You Belong.

This is more than a campus; it’s a community. It’s a network of healers and helpers dedicated to solving complex health problems and anticipating what lies ahead.

  • 4,017 Students
  • 684 Residents & Fellows
  • 1,870+ Faculty
  • 1,560+ Staff
  • 2,330 WV students
    More than 2,330 West Virginians are studying health programs at West Virginia University.
  • 14,300+ alumni in WV
    14,300+ Health Sciences alumni live and serve the healthcare needs of West Virginians in all 55 counties.

Health Sciences: WVU’s land-grant mission in action.

At WVU Health Sciences, we know the power of working together to meet West Virginians where they are. Students build the foundation they need to be successful, all while helping underserved communities meet the demand for their healthcare workforce needs.

  • 150+ educational programs targeted to meet West Virginia’s workforce needs

  • 89 graduate medical education programs, 43 of which are the only ones offered in West Virginia

  • WVU Health Sciences leverages national and state funding support to spend over $130 million to research and solve health problems in cancer, heart and vascular, neuroscience, critical care, and women and children. (2025 draft numbers for NSF HERD Survey)

  • More than 900 Health Sciences students provide direct healthcare in community-based rotations in dentistry, dental hygiene, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and public health. Of those students, 56% are practicing in rural settings.

  • 70 new or expanded educational programs to meet West Virginia’s workforce needs – MPH, nursing, PA, speech pathology & audiology, respiratory therapy

  • Most Health Sciences students are required to complete 100 hours of service before graduation.

  • More than 90% of the M.D. Rural Track program graduates commit to practicing primary care, and more than 50% of graduates usually complete a residency program at WVU, allowing them to continue to establish roots in service to West Virginia’s rural communities.

  • Team-based learning through Interprofessional Education that prepares you to collaborate across disciplines and to improve health outcomes by the bedside, in the operating room, and with a care team. Our world-class WV STEPS Simulation Training Center allows you to practice, before you practice, with advanced simulation technology.

Health innovation happens here.

Our students, residents, fellows, and faculty notice things. The little things, like the role a microorganism might play in a complex health case, to the big things, like how the health of a small population can impact the health of the nation. It’s this attention to detail that puts us at the top of our game – of anyone’s game, really. Most WVU Health Sciences programs routinely undergo rigorous accreditation reviews by their respective accrediting bodies.

School of Dentistry

  • 6 semesters providing direct patient care for all Dental and Dental Hygiene students including 6+ weeks at immersive rural rotation in communities across West Virginia.

  • 77,000-square-foot training environment with dedicated simulation lab space for Dental and Dental Hygiene students and unique dental innovation center.

  • Extensive expansion and renovation project underway to significantly enhance the educational experience for our students and clinical care experiences for more than 15,000 patients each year.

School of Nursing

  • Average 99% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate among BSN graduates.

  • Graduates have a nearly 100% job placement rate.

  • Nursing is consistently ranked #1 in the state for their BSN program and top 100 in graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report.

School of Pharmacy

  • Ranked the #1 Pharmacy School in West Virginia and among the top third nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

  • NAPLEX first-time pass rate above the national average.

  • 7,650 sq. ft. Pharmacy Skills Development Center. Opened in January 2020, this fully renovated space on the third floor of HSC North includes a modern compounding lab, technology‑enabled learning areas, and team-based collaboration rooms. It also complements the adjacent state‑of‑the‑art simulation center shared by all WVU Health Sciences schools.

School of Public Health

  • Being in the center of Appalachia, our location offers our students a unique opportunity to study public health issues firsthand and gain cross-disciplinary exposure while earning a degree.

  • Our strong partnerships with organizations and agencies at the local, state and national levels allow our students to work alongside experts in the field gaining hands-on experience during experiential learning opportunities and field placement projects.

  • We’re one of 67 schools in the country accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, which ensures our programs meet the standards developed by expert public health practitioners and academics.

  • The School of Public Health offers accelerated 4+1 programs, which allow students to earn a Bachelor of Science in Public Health plus either a Master of Health Administration or a Master of Public Health in five years or less.

Health Professions

  • The School of Medicine’s Exercise Physiology major is one of the largest undergraduate programs at WVU, with nearly 700 students.

  • Undergraduate students get unparalleled opportunities through specialized course work. Students often learn anatomy through experiential learning in the Human Cadaver Lab. Many majors emphasize "learning by doing" with ample opportunity to customize curriculum.

Medical Degree

  • For the 2025–2026 academic year, there is a total campus enrollment of 451 students within the four classes of the MD program including 120 students in Morgantown, 24 students in Martinsburg, and 80 students in Charleston

  • The Mountaineer Accelerated Track to Enter Residency (MATTER) is an accelerated path to residency training. It slashes student debt, streamlines medical training, and secures a direct line for West Virginia’s brightest future doctors to stay and practice in the communities that need them most.

  • WVU’s Culinary Lifestyle Medicine Track is designed to equip medical school graduates with the skills to help patients head off chronic diseases including diabetes, obesity and cancer. In 2026, the program received national coverage by the AAMC and was the catalyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to name WVU as a partner in studying and addressing comprehensive educational reforms around diet, nutrition, and metabolic health.

A true academic medical center.

Explore WVU Medicine, the state’s largest health system and our academic medical partner.

  • The WVU Health Sciences campuses across the state, in unison with WVU Medicine and its flagship hospital (J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital), comprise the state’s largest healthcare network.

  • With 25+ hospitals and clinics, WVU Medicine is the state’s leading employer, employing more than 25,000 people.

  • In addition to primary and specialty care services, WVU Medicine boasts six institutes of excellence in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular services, neuroscience, pediatrics, trauma and critical care and ophthalmology.

  • As one of the only Level I trauma centers in the state, leaders and learners practicing in J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital perform lifesaving and life-changing operations.

Driving West Virginia forward.

  • WVU Health Sciences generated $811.5 million in total economic impact (in 2024), including $240.8 million in direct spending on salaries, operations, and capital projects and $570.7 million in indirect and induced activity as spending circulated through local economies. WVU Health Sciences supported 7,377 jobs statewide, including 3,276 direct positions and 4,101 additional jobs created through economic ripple effects, while helping address workforce shortages across hospital networks and public health agencies.

  • Its activities also generated $40.6 million in state and local tax revenues, reinforcing West Virginia’s fiscal stability and demonstrating the central role of WVU Health Sciences in building a healthier, stronger state.

  • $811.5M economic Impact
  • 7,377 total jobs
  • $40.6M tax revenue