The Health Professions Office provides UT students with the information necessary to make informed academic and career decisions. Full-time counselors and part-time peer advisors are available to help you select courses to meet professional school admission requirements, advise you on health career options and alternatives, and provide you with up-to-date information about professional schools in Texas, across the country, and around the world. Counselors offer students concerned and realistic counseling and conduct workshops on topics regarding professional school application and interviewing procedures.
Students interested in applying to
pharmacy, medical, dental, physical therapy, physician assistant, occupational therapy, veterinary, osteopathic, optometry schools or other related health profession programs are invited to make an appointment with a counselor in the HPO to go over prerequisites for these programs and to discuss their goals and plans.
HPO Address
The University of Texas at Austin
Health Professions Office
Painter Hall, Room 5.03
1 University Station A2900
Austin, Texas 78712-0147
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (512) 471-3172
Fax: (512) 471-6701
hpo@mail.utexas.edu