University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a small public non-profit institution of higher education with 250 students enrolled. First of all, it is an innovative clinical center for the fight against cancer and the search for new methods of treatment, early diagnosis and prevention of cancer. The educational institution is located in Houston (Texas, USA). It occupies 125th place in its country and 581th place in the world ranking.

At the root of the founding of the center-banker and businessman Monroe Anderson. He established a charitable foundation of $ 300,000. After the death of Monroe Anderson in 1939, the foundation received another $ 19,000,000. In 1941, the Texas legislature authorized the University of Texas to establish a statewide hospital for cancer research and treatment. The Anderson Foundation agreed to allocate the required amount for construction, if the hospital is built in Houston and is named after its benefactor. Later, on the basis of the medical center, a university was organized to train highly qualified doctors, nurses and laboratory researchers who would be united by one goal - the fight against one of the most terrible diseases.

General information

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the most respected cancer centers in the world. Its operation is devoted exclusively to oncological care of patients through programs that combine patient care, research and prevention, and also provide educational services for students, graduate students, interns, professionals, staff and the public.

MD Anderson's academic programs are competitive and comprehensive, offering curricula from undergraduate to advanced nursing education. A distinctive feature of the university are small class sizes. The university prepares specialized specialists to work in oncological clinics.

Education at the University of Texas Anderson has the following features:

• Meeting the current and future needs of medical specialties through the development and implementation of academic didactic and clinical educational programs, including modern methods of diagnosis and treatment.
• Development of a professional code of conduct for patients, health care workers and the public, which demonstrates the maximum respect for human dignity and life.
• Determining the value of continuing education of students and graduates through continuing education and professional competence.

The campus is located within Houston. Students have a university library, laboratories, research centers, and social infrastructure facilities. The campus has everything you need for sports, including indoor sports facilities, gyms, stadiums and fitness centers. Academic, social and sports life of the university is actively covered on the pages of social networks Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter.

Applicants are credited on the basis of academic achievement, personal interview, letters of recommendation. For foreign applicants, knowledge of the English language is required, confirmed by a certificate. To fill out an application, you need to familiarize yourself with all the rules of admission to this university. In accordance with the equality policy and US laws, there can be no gender, religious, or political restrictions, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or disability status, for admission to any educational institution.

Education in the university paid, for foreign students of undergraduate and graduate payment for the year of study will be $ 17,500. But any student can use the right to receive scholarships and grants.

Research and activities

The research activity of the institution is aimed at the improvement of existing ones, as well as the search for new innovative methods of treating cancer. More than 21,000 employees of the center are joining forces to fight cancer. More than 100,000 people undergo treatment here every year. More than 1,200 clinical trials provide significant results and provide new ways to treat and prevent cancer. Particular attention is paid to the development of interdisciplinary research and teamwork of scientists of different profiles.

Thanks to high qualifications, deep knowledge and experience, university researchers achieve results. Immunologist Jim Ellison won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2018 for using a new effective method of treating cancer by activating the immune system to successfully attack tumor cells. Thus, the sick person’s own immune system is activated and sent to fight the disease. Jim Allison is the Executive Director of the Immunotherapy Platform at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision