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The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private, research-intensive medical school in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution; it is part of the integrated healthcare Montefiore Health System (Montefiore Medicine) and is also affiliated with Jacobi Medical Center.
Einstein offers a M.D. program, a Ph.D. program in the biomedical sciences and clinical investigation, and two Master of Science (M.S.) degrees. In 2021, the MD program matriculated 183 students from 9,773 applicants. The median undergraduate GPA of matriculants is 3.83, and the median MCAT score is in the 93rd percentile.Einstein was one of the original three MD/PhD programs to be awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health in 1964, and has received continuous funding since then. The program is currently training over 100 MD/PhD students. Following a $1 billion donation to the school by Ruth Gottesman in 2024, the school is tuition-free for all students.