Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)

The mission of Baylor College of Medicine is to promote health for all people through education, research, and public service. Baylor pursues this mission by sustaining excellence in educating medical and graduate students, primary care and specialty physicians, biomedical scientists, and allied health professionals; by advancing basic and clinical biomedical research; by fostering public awareness of health and the prevention of disease; and by promoting the highest standard of patient care.

Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, the only private medical school in the Greater Southwest, is recognized as a premier academic health science center and is known for excellence in education, research and patient care.

For 2010, U.S.News & World Report ranked BCM 17th overall among the nation's top medical schools for research and for primary care. BCM is listed 13th among all U.S. medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, and No. 2 in the nation in federal funding for research and development in the biological sciences at universities and colleges by the National Science Foundation.

Baylor College of Medicine is located within the Texas Medical Center, a large and vigorous research community that also includes the University of Texas Health Science Center, eight teaching hospitals, and the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Rice University is within two blocks of the Medical Center. Houston is also the home of the University of Houston and numerous other colleges and universities. The fourth-largest city in the nation, Houston is an exciting cultural and metropolitan center. Ballet, opera, symphony, and theater are excellent. Many fine museums and parks enhance life in the city. Professional and amateur sports are very popular. The climate permits participation in a wide variety of outdoor activities, and the Gulf Coast beaches are only a short drive from the city.

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