Admission Status

Students may be accepted to UT Southwestern School of Health Professions in one of the following categories:

Regular Student

The applicant has fully satisfied the requirements for admission to a degree program.

Conditionally Accepted Student

Some degree programs accept applicants who have not fully satisfied the requirements for admission to a degree program. Any student so admitted will agree, at the time of admission, to a specific, written plan for the removal of deficiencies. The plan must include the course name(s), the number of deficient credit hours and a time-phased schedule for completion of the course(s). The plan also will include notification that, if the terms are not met, the student will not be allowed to enroll further at UT Southwestern. All such plans for conditionally accepted students must be approved by the Dean or Associate Dean before being transmitted to the student for signature.

Special Student (not seeking a degree or certificate)

Admission as a special student is possible under certain circumstances. Special students must have approval of the appropriate Program Director and the Dean or Associate Dean to register under this status. To be accepted as a special student, an applicant must provide documentation of successful completion of, or exemption from, the Texas TASP examination to the Office of Enrollment Services for approval. The applicant also must submit one or more of the following: 1) official transcript(s); 2) certified copies of diplomas; and 3) official grade reports from accredited institutions.

Without approval of the Dean or Associate Dean, a special student cannot enroll for more than six semester hours in a given semester or for more than a total of 12 semester hours. Applicants seeking special-student status must meet the same requirements as regular students, including necessary background checks and immunizations.

Non-UT Southwestern Student

UT Southwestern’s capacity to accommodate students from other institutions who wish to take courses or undertake an elective rotation is extremely limited.

UT Southwestern cannot reserve classroom or clinical positions in advance for any students other than those enrolled in UT Southwestern programs. The burden placed on UT Southwestern’s faculty to provide adequate supervision to UT Southwestern students and the demands placed upon the limited number of supervised clinical-placement sites leave scant room for students from other institutions.

In the unlikely event that UT Southwestern has excess capacity on its clinical teaching services for well-trained elective students from other accredited schools, UT Southwestern will consider applications from those students on a department-by-department “exception” basis. All such exceptions are subject to review and approval by the Dean or Dean’s designee, and the student must apply for “special student” admission to UT Southwestern School of Health Professions.