Multicultural Affairs
Who We Are
Our office promotes equality and provides the knowledge and skills necessary for all our future physicians, public health professionals, physician assistants, physical therapists, and biomedical scientists to succeed and prosper. Within this office, we provide tools and opportunities to promote and assist in the success of our students.
We support the mission of Tufts University School of Medicine and the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences with respect to their diversity missions. These schools have a strong history of recruiting and graduating traditionally underrepresented students in the medicine and the sciences. Our student body reflects a culturally and ethnically diverse population, with half of our students describing themselves as non-white.
Mission Statement
Tufts University School of Medicine embraces diversity in the broadest form, including racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, geographic diversity, as well as diversity in gender and sexual orientation.
We believe that a diverse student body is essential for the creation of a teaching and learning environment that promotes excellence, quality and equity as core values among our future physicians, scientists and public health advocates, a workforce equipped with the knowledge and skill needed to address the range of health challenges facing our increasingly diverse patient population and their communities.
To this end, Tufts School of Medicine is committed to pursuing initiatives that will diversify the applicant pool and improve the selection process in order to create the most diverse student body.
Our Programs
The Pathway Programs at Tufts School of Medicine and the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences uniquely serve to increase the interests of underrepresented students in low socioeconomic and disadvantaged communities and inspire young people to consider the fields of medicine, biomedical sciences, and health professions.
Support Programs
- Innovations in Diversity Education Awards (IDEAS)
- Post-baccalaureate premedical program (MBS)
- Prematriculation Summer Program (PSP)
- Student Organizations and Groups
- Global Health Programs
Community Outreach
- STEM+M CONNECT Program
- Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
- Minority Association of Pre-Health Students Program (MAPS)
Programs at the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences