TCU, UNT Teaming Up to Start Medical School
In an unusual bit of collaboration between a private and a public school, Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center announced plans Monday to open a medical school together.
The school will operate on the Fort Worth campuses of the UNT Health Science Center and TCU. Administrators hope to enroll the first class of students in the fall of 2018. At full enrollment, the school will have about 240 students working toward medical degrees.
The Legislature hasn't signed off on the school, yet. Until that happens, degrees will bear only TCU's name, since it's a private school and doesn't need state approval. No affiliated hospitals or clinics have been announced.
School leaders touted the plan as beneficial to the schools and the state.
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