Laboratories and the work of their personnel are essential in health care. A degree in medical laboratory science prepares you to provide essential clinical information to health care providers and ensure reliable results that contribute to the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of physiological and pathological conditions. Laboratory tests are extremely valuable and are responsible for up to 70 percent of medical decisions made by practitioners. Graduates of our MLS programs often go on to pursue advanced degrees in medicine, physician assistant studies, pharmacy, and dentistry. Many may also specialize in areas like hematology, clinical chemistry, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunohematology (blood banking) or molecular biology.
In addition to the University of Kentucky requirements, students seeking admission to the MLS program must have a minimum of a 2.5 cumulative GPA and have completed the following courses before beginning the MLS program:
Students not meeting these minimum program standards will not be evaluated.
MLS Admissions
College of Health Sciences
College of Health Sciences
900 South Limestone Street
111 CT Wethington Building
