DMSc Course Dates:
Fall 2025: August 25, 2025 - December 5, 2025 (Orientation is on Saturday, August 23, 2025)
Spring 2026: January 5, 2026 - April 17, 2026 (Orientation is on Saturday, January 3, 2026)
Application Deadlines
DMSc Application for Fall 2025 Cohort Opens: May 1, 2025
Final Deadline: August 5, 2025
DMSc Application for Spring 2026 Cohort Opens: May 1, 2025
Final Deadline: December 4, 2025
The following PA graduates are currently eligible for the DMSc program:
- 2023 graduates - eligible until Fall 2025 (Fall 2025 semester - last application permitted)
- 2024 graduates - eligible until Fall 2026 (Fall 2026 semester - last application permitted)
- 2025 graduates - eligible until Fall 2027 (Fall 2027 semester - last application permitted)
Virtual Open House Dates
DMSc Program
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
Online via Zoom - Register Here
Applicants for the DMSc degree must meet the following requirements. All admissions decisions are final.
Transcripts
Applicants must provide official transcripts from each institution attended, including a final official transcript from the PA program. Pacific University applicants do not need to provide transcripts.
Resume
Submit a resume with contact information for two references from professional contacts.
Online Application Fee & Deposit
All application fees are currently being waived; however, we do require students to confirm their intention to enroll with a non-refundable tuition deposit of $250. This tuition deposit will go toward your tuition.
English Language Proficiency
A satisfactory command of the English language is required for admission to Pacific University, prior to admission. Please note that this requirement applies to all applicants if English is not their native language, including permanent residents and citizens. The following criteria demonstrate different methods to demonstrate English proficiency for this program.
- Achieving the minimum required official score on the International Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam. Test scores are valid for 2 years after the test date but will still be considered valid if the score exceeded the minimum requirement and you have maintained continuous residency in the United States since the exam date, OR
- Completion of a bachelor's, master’s, doctorate, or professional degree at a US regionally accredited college or university.
International Students
At this time, we are unable to accept international students into our DMSc program.
Technical Standards
Online learning requires only basic technical skills:
- Competency with file management (for example, creating a folder on your desktop, moving files from one location to another, downloading materials from Moodle (Pacific’s Learning Management System) and saving them to your desktop, uploading assignments to Moodle in order to submit your assignments.
- Creating and saving documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
- Copying and pasting text from a word processing program and pasting it into another program.
- Internet navigation skills.
- Updating your Internet browser.
- The ability to independently troubleshoot common technical issues, including but not limited to: utilizing different web browsers, reloading webpages, clearing browser cookies and cache, and logging out and back in.
- Downloading plug-ins from the Internet.
- Sending and receiving email (once classes start, you will be required to communicate with the program faculty and staff using your Pacific student email account).
Pacific University will provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities otherwise qualified to complete the essential functions of the curriculum. However, such essential functions must be completed by the student in a reasonably independent fashion.
Please see the Doctor of Medical Science Tuition and Financial Aid page for more information about the technology required for the program.
Doctor of Medical Science Program Essential Functions
Please click here to review the Doctor of Medical Science Program list of essential functions.