The MBS/MBA program gives students the opportunity to take advantage of the Tufts/Brandeis collaboration to earn concurrent master’s degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Business Administration. This dual track provides a comprehensive foundation for a wide variety of health careers, including medical practice, healthcare organizational leadership, hospital management, and pharmaceutical work. Students undergo a broad-based program in the biomedical sciences with professional study in health sector management and administration. By the end of the program, students have acquired business skills which make them competitive in either the job market or medical school.

How it works

Currently, students enroll in the standalone MBS program in late August, complete their MBS coursework by the following May and thereafter complete their thesis as a requirement of the degree. Students interested in the dual MBS/MBA degree track enroll in the MBA Program during the summer following the successful completion of their MBS coursework. During the first summer, they take some MBA courses with Tufts MD/MBA students and then continue at Brandeis doing coursework with MBA students during the following fall and spring semesters. Students complete their MBA degree during the following summer. MBS/MBA students undertake the literature-based thesis and complete their thesis in August of their second year in the program.

Admissions

In order to apply for the program, students must have completed their first semester of MBS coursework. Informational sessions will be held for students each year prior to the application deadline. Students apply through the Tufts University Public Health and Professional Degree Programs MBS/MBA Program. 

Concentration Leader

Joe F. Jabre, M.D. Director, MD/MBA and MBS/MBA in Health Management Programs

Courses

*Course overlaps with MD/MBA curriculum

1st Year (MBS Year-in Residence)	Course ID	Course Title
Fall 1	MBS 201	Microbiology
	MBS 202	Cell, Tissue and Organ Biology
	MBS 203	Biochemistry
	MBS 204	Immunology
	MBS 205	Intro to Clinical Medicine
	MBS 212	Genetics
Spring 2 (1 credit elective)	MBS 206	Physiology
	MBS 207	Basic Human Pathology
	MBS 208	Introduction to Human Anatomy
	MBS 209	Nutrition
	MPH 205 or 259	Biostatistics
		Spring MCAT Tutorial and MCAT strongly encouraged
Summer 1 (while completing MBS thesis)	MBS ___	Thesis
	*HS 258	Operations Management
	*HS 250a	Financial Accounting
	*HS 290a	Economic Analysis for Managers
2nd Year
Fall 2 (16 credits)	*HS 253b	Leadership & Organizational Behavior
	HS 513a	Issues on National Health Policy
	HS 518a	Health Care Management
	HS 257	Negotiation
Spring 2 (20 credits)	*HS 251B	Managerial Accounting
	HS 252b	Strategic Management
	HS 248	Financial Management
	HS 299b	Team Consulting Project
	HS ---	Elective
Summer 2 (16 credits)	*HS 215	Corporate Finance
	*HS 285a	Marketing
	*HS 344a	Law and Ethics
	*HS 347	Healthcare Technology and Information Systems
	MBS Thesis due August 1