Medical Management for Physicians (MMM) Application Process

You must submit a completed application form via our online application system to be considered for admission to Heinz College. Heinz College does not charge an application fee.

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You must provide documentation of your completed undergraduate degree (a bachelor's degree or its equivalent) from a regionally accredited institution prior to matriculation. You must also provide proof of your MBBS/MD/DO via an official transcript or report from one of the following three organizations: 1. the degree-granting institution itself, 2. ECFMG, or 3. FSMB.

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For the 2023 admission cycle, submission of the MCAT results will be optional as part of the holistic review and evaluation of applications to the MMM program.

Students who have previously taken the MCAT are encouraged to submit scores as part of your application to the MMM program. If you are going to submit scores, click here for information on submitting your MCAT results.

1. students who have worked or studied for five or more years in Australia, Botswana, Canada, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, and/or Zambia.
2. students who studied for 4 years of their undergrad education in the United States and earned their bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited US school (students are encouraged to provide unofficial copies of the English Language Proficiency exam they used when they applied to their undergraduate institution as part of their application to Heinz College).

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You are required to have two (2) recommendation forms submitted on your behalf. Recommendations should be provided by employers, supervisors, professors, or others who are able to comment on your professional and educational goals and potential. At least one (1) of your recommenders should know you in a professional setting (full-time employment, internship, part-time employment, research, non-academic extracurricular activity, etc.). You may opt to have up to three (3) recommendations submitted in support of your application.

Please note: recommendations from friends, family members or acquaintances, and other sources not able to evaluate applicants on an academic or professional basis, will not be accepted.

Letters of recommendation must be written in or translated into English. Your recommendations must be submitted electronically through the online application system by your recommenders. We do not accept recommendations submitted on paper.

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You are required to upload your résumé or CV to the application system. Please submit a one- or two-page summary of your educational background, skills, accomplishments, employment experiences, and volunteer experiences. The résumé or CV MUST be current and include all part-time and full-time work experience, the dates of when the employment began and ended, and a brief description of your responsibilities under the title of the position. Click here for an example of a résumé.

Please consider using the "Optional Essay" to address the reason for any "gap" in your résumé or CV, if applicable.

Your résumé should contain only true information and your own, original content. If you include a quote or text written by any other person or published in any printed or online format, you must surround the copied text in quotation marks (") and indicate the original source of the text. Information reported on your résumé is subject to verification. The Heinz College Office of Admissions utilizes several methods to identify plagiarized and falsified content in uploaded documents. Submission of false or plagiarized material as part of the application for admission may result in automatic denial of admission to any degree program.

You are required to submit an essay (approximately 1,000 words) describing the professional experiences which motivated you to seek leadership training and how the MMM program will help you achieve your goals..

Your essay should contain only true information and your own, original content. If you include a quote or text written by any other person or published in any printed or online format, you must surround the copied text in quotation marks (") and indicate the original source of the text. Information reported on your résumé is subject to verification. The Heinz College Office of Admissions utilizes several methods to identify plagiarized and falsified content in uploaded documents. Submission of false or plagiarized material as part of the application for admission may result in automatic denial of admission to any degree program.

You may choose to submit an essay in which you comment on any item(s) in your application that you consider worthy of further explanation. We are mostly interested in having you address any gaps in your professional experience, or anything you would consider a weakness that could have an impact on your admission status. Please limit optional essays to no more than 250 words.

Your essay should contain only true information and your own, original content. If you include a quote or text written by any other person or published in any printed or online format, you must surround the copied text in quotation marks (") and indicate the original source of the text. Information reported on your résumé is subject to verification. The Heinz College Office of Admissions utilizes several methods to identify plagiarized and falsified content in uploaded documents. Submission of false or plagiarized material as part of the application for admission may result in automatic denial of admission to any degree program.

Heinz College is committed to ensuring the integrity of our admissions process and the reputation of our educational programs. We also want to protect and enhance the value of the degrees that we confer. As an enrolling student, you will be required to successfully complete a verification process of your admission application materials. The verification process will be completed by an outside, independent contractor hired by Heinz College and Carnegie Mellon University.

The purpose of this background check is to protect all stakeholders of the program (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) from those who would falsify their backgrounds to gain an unfair advantage in the admissions process. We believe that this verification will support our efforts to ensure integrity throughout the program. Upon admission, you will receive more details about this process from the Office of Admissions.

Carnegie Mellon University seeks authorization, licensure, or exemption, as applicable, in various U.S. states and territories in compliance with U.S. Federal and State regulations that govern the offering and delivery of distance education programs and courses in those states and territories. Information is provided concerning the University’s current authorizations, licensures, and exemptions for the offering and delivery of distance education programs and courses.

For important information regarding Distance Education, please view the University’s Consumer Information website.

Inquiries regarding state authorizations may be directed to: Director of Enrollment Services, Carnegie Mellon University, Warner Hall A19, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, Telephone: 412-268-5399, Email: krieg@andrew.cmu.edu

If you have questions regarding the MMM application process, please contact Bridget Jakub at the Heinz College Office of Admissions at jakub@andrew.cmu.edu.

Due to student visa regulations requiring full-time enrollment and physical presence, Carnegie Mellon University cannot issue visa documents for students in part-time or on-line programs.  Full-time enrollment is a U.S. federal requirement for F-1 or J-1 status.

We are not aware of a visa that works specifically for the Master of Medical Management (MMM) program.  If you hold a visa for another purpose that allows part-time study, you may be able to participate in the program while in that visa status, however, there is not a status specifically available for this program.

The following education providers offer courses that satisfy the finance prerequisite for MMM. If it has been more than 5 years since you completed a prerequisite course, please contact us to learn if the course you completed meets our current requirements

• American Association for Physician Leadership: either one of the following classes is approved to satisfy the finace prerequisite (including completion of final assessment/exam)
  
  • Financial Skills for Executive Decision Making  - or - 
  • Techniques of Financial Decision Making

• Healthcare Financial Management Association: Online course: Business of Health Care Modules (including final exam) is approved to satisfy the finance prerequisite.

• Society of Hospital Medicine's Leadership Academy: Strategic Essentials is approved to satisfy the finance prerequisite.

• Other Coursework? Please contact Rebekah Apple, MMM Program Director, to learn if other healthcare finance coursework you may have completed will satisfy our prerequisite for MMM. 

The following education providers offer courses that satisfy the professional communication prerequisite for MMM. If it has been more than 5 years since you completed a prerequisite course, please contact us to learn if the course you completed meets our current requirements

• American Association for Physician Leadership: completion of both of the following courses will satisfy the communication prerequisite (including completion of final assessment/exam)
  
  • Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Communication  - and -
  • Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Influence

• VitalSmarts: Online course Crucial Conversations is approved to satisfy the communication prerequisite (on-demand or live online format).

• Society of Hospital Medicine's Leadership Academy: either one of the following programs will satisfy the communication prerequisite
  • Influential Management - or - 
  • Mastering Teamwork

• Other Coursework? Please contact Rebekah Apple, MMM Program Director, to learn if other professional communication coursework you may have completed will satisfy our prerequisite for MMM. 

If you complete 90.5 hours of the American Association for Physician Leadership's Master's Program prerequisite coursework (required courses listed below), you will qualify for a $2,500 tuition discount ($500 per semester) for the MMM program and you will satisfy the prerequisites for admission to the MMM program. 

• Fundamentals of Physician Leadership (Communication, Finance, Influence, Quality, and Negotiation)
• Managing Physician Performance
• Essentials of Health Law
• Resolving Conflict
• Practical Principles of Change Management
• Transforming Healthcare Through Quality Improvement
• Financial Skills for Executive Decision Making

Students are NOT required to complete Leading Innovation in Healthcare Organizations or Building a Path to Leadership Excellence to qualify for the $2500 tuition discount for MMM.

If you do not complete all of the courses specified above with the American Association for Physician Leadership, you will not be eligible for the tuition discount. Minimum courses required to satisfy our MMM prerequisites offered by the American Association for Physician Leadership are listed above under "Finance" and "Professional Communication". 

If it has been more than 5 years since you completed a prerequisite course in finance or communication, please contact us to learn if the course you completed meets our current requirements