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Welcome to Midwestern University. As you consider your options for healthcare education, we invite you to join us. A Midwestern University education means hands-on, holistic training that prepares you to care for the whole person. Healthcare education is all we do. You will study in a patient-centered and team-oriented environment with dedicated and caring faculty focused on teaching. You will be well prepared to work in your chosen field. For more than one hundred years, our graduates have been welcomed at leading hospitals, private practices, pharmacies, scientific laboratories, and healthcare facilities around the country. That reflects the "Midwestern difference" — our deep-seated values that focus on people, collaboration, teaching, mentoring, service, caring for the community, and caring for each other. Healthcare education is what we do. We are an established leader with an exciting vision for the future. Midwestern University offers programs that give you solid footing in the sciences, extensive hands-on experience in outstanding clinical rotations, and a compassionate perspective toward your patients. You will learn side-by-side with students in other health professions, modeling the team approach to 21st-century healthcare practice. And you will learn from faculty mentors who are dedicated to preparing their future colleagues for the realities of patient care. Our graduates are found in leading hospitals, private practices, laboratories, pharmacies, and healthcare facilities across the United States. Midwestern University's historical and sustaining philosophy dedicates the institution and its resources to the highest standards of academic excellence to meet the healthcare community's educational needs. Midwestern University will provide a safe and healthy environment that challenges its faculty, staff, and students to: Promote and maintain the osteopathic philosophy. Nourish intellectual creativity and foster critical thinking and communication skills that stimulate personal growth and engender professional development. Support the teaching, scholarly activity, and service capabilities of the University. Respect, appreciate and acknowledge the achievements of all members of the academic community. Embrace cultural and social diversity in the academic community and the community-at-large. We are here to assist you in transitioning to our University and the United States. Moving to a new place and learning a new culture is never easy, but our purpose is to provide you with relevant information to make this transition as smooth as possible. We are genuinely committed to helping you understand the requirements for being an international student and to get you acquainted with Midwestern University. Believing that well-rounded individuals make more caring healthcare professionals, we offer our students various social, academic, and personal enrichment activities. The Office of Student Financial Services is committed to providing the highest customer service level to support our students in achieving their academic goals. We intend to ensure that each student graduates from Midwestern University with the lowest possible educational debt and guarantees that the distribution of financial aid funds will be fair and equitable. We are committed to providing a comprehensive financial literacy program to support our students and alumni that will serve as a model to other institutions. Our goal is to create an environment that embraces teamwork and collaborative partnerships within the educational community. We are here to support your academic, personal, and professional success — from helping you feel at home on campus to collaborating on research projects, modeling the whole-person approach to teaching and patient care, and staying connected with you throughout your career and your life. Patient-centered learning in the sciences. Team-oriented, interdisciplinary, hands-on experiences in the art of patient care. The colleges and academic programs at Midwestern University skillfully blend these critical components into the outstanding professional education that will take you into successful 21st-century healthcare practice. Midwestern University has a proud and impressive history. Founded in 1900 as the American College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery by J. Martin Littlejohn, Ph.D., D.O., M.D. (1865-1947), the organization was incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, to train physicians in a not-for-profit environment. Today, Midwestern University is still governed by the vital principles of the founding administration and faculty. We are an independent, not-for-profit corporation organized primarily to provide graduate and postgraduate education in the health sciences. We are dedicated to the education and development of our students, faculty, and staff in an environment that encourages learning and personal development. Midwestern University has developed strong partnerships with healthcare providers and facilities around the country to aid in students' education in all of its academic programs. The institution's history is reflected in the many alumni who have successful careers and a deep affection for their college and University. The Administration and the Board of Trustees are dedicated to fulfilling our mission of excellence and service. As we enter our second century, we remain committed to our tradition of providing quality healthcare education. We are tomorrow's healthcare team. You will find our two beautiful campuses in metropolitan Chicago and Phoenix. Each location offers cutting-edge technology in state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, along with cable-and-Internet-connected living space. And you will discover lots to do outside of class, whether you like sports, music, or museums, on-campus or in our community. View full university

Midwestern State University is a leading public liberal arts university committed to providing students with rigorous undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts and the professions. Through an emphasis upon teaching, augmented by the opportunity for students to engage in research and creative activities alongside faculty and participate in co-curricular and service programs, Midwestern State prepares its graduates to embark upon their careers or pursue advanced study. The university’s undergraduate education is based upon a comprehensive arts and sciences core curriculum. The understanding that students gain of themselves, others, and the social and natural world prepare them to contribute constructively to society through their work and private lives. Living on campus is affordable, convenient, and engaging. As a growing residential campus, MSU enjoys some of the best facilities and services in Texas public higher education to help students live, lead, and learn. With more than 100 student organizations, a thriving Greek system, and frequent social, cultural, recreational, service, or leadership nature, MSU has something for everyone. State-of-the-art fitness facilities, dedicated health and counseling services, and free community transportation options contribute to MSU’s ongoing commitment to students’ safety and well-being. Whether it is starting as a new student, paying the bills, finding an internship, or discovering one’s professional interests, MSU has the staff and services to keep students on their path to success. Providing equal access to educational, social, and recreational programs through the coordination of services and reasonable accommodations, consultation, and advocacy. The mission of the Midwestern State University Counseling Center is to provide opportunities for students to know themselves as individuals, to form deeper relationships with their peers, and to increase their wellness. The MSU Counseling Center staff provides these opportunities through individual and group counseling services, consultation, and mental health education programs focused on crucial student development issues and reflecting concern for holistic health and wellness. As providers of mental health services to the student population, the staff is guided by their professions' highest professional and ethical standards. Our personal, academic, and career counseling services are directed towards enhancing the skills students bring with them to MSU and encouraging the development of skills that will increase their success both at MSU and beyond. Since its founding in 1922, Midwestern State University has grown from a local junior college to a regional state university serving a wide and varied public. Created in 1922 as Wichita Falls Junior College, the second municipal junior college in Texas, its earliest home was in Wichita Falls High School. It shared both the building and the faculty. Later, a legislative act and a vote of the people of Wichita Falls set up a separate tax district to support the junior college. In 1937, the college acquired a new, 40-acre campus of its own on the south side of town. Rising above the pastures and wheat fields was the recently finished Hardin Building, an impressive Spanish colonial structure presided over by a lofty bell tower. In that year, the college was renamed Hardin Junior College in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hardin. During World War II, the establishment of Sheppard Field later renamed Sheppard Air Force Base, added to the college’s public. Since that time, airbase personnel and their families have been continuing participants in the campus academic programs. The post World War II years brought more change in the school’s mission and its name. In 1946, the senior college division was added, and accordingly, the name was altered to Hardin College. In January 1950, the name changed to Midwestern University, the junior division remaining Hardin Junior College. In these years, wider recognition came to the school. In March 1948, the university became a member of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. In January 1959, the university added a graduate school, which received full approval from the State Board of Education in August of that year. A further change in the school’s status came September 1, 1961, when by the 56th Legislature of the State of Texas, Midwestern University became a part of the Texas Colleges and Universities System, and the junior college division was dissolved. In 1975, the Texas Legislature changed the name to Midwestern State University. From its beginnings as a municipal junior college housed in a high school building, Midwestern has become a state university whose campus of 255 acres and 70 buildings offers a wide variety of academic programs in liberal and fine arts, mathematics, sciences, business, and applied sciences. View full university