One-year hospital-based programs
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School/Hospital
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Location
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Program
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Description
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Akron Children's Hospital
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U.S. - OH (Akron)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Akron Cooperative Medical Laboratory Science Program (ACMLSP or MLS Program) is a collaborative effort among Akron Children’s Hospital and Summa Health."
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Altoona Regional
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U.S. - PA (Altoona)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"UPMC Altoona School of Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science is an accredited, 50-week internship program offering clinical theoretical concepts with clinical experience."
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Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
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U.S. - CA (Colton)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Students rotate through all areas of the laboratory during the 12-month (40 hours per week) training program. The program includes both lectures and clinical training. The program charges no tuition. Students receive a certificate upon completion of the program. Successful completion qualifies students to sit for a national certification exam and/or California licensure."
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Ascension St. Vincent's Jacksonville
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U.S. - FL (Jacksonville)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"As a hospital based program, acceptance into the program guarantees clinical placement. The curriculum includes 50 weeks of instruction with classes starting each year in January and late June. Each class has a maximum capacity of five students."
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Augusta Health
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U.S. - VA (Fishersville)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program is rigorous and consists of over 1500 clock hours of instruction which is equivalent to 40 semester-credit hours. It is intended to provide didactic and practical instruction in the field of clinical laboratory science to prepare program graduates to sit for the national certification exam. "
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Austin State Hospital
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U.S. - TX (Austin)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program is designed to instruct students in academic and practical phases of laboratory medicine. Graduates are eligible to take the Medical Laboratory Scientist Board of Certification examination given by the American Society for Clinical Pathology."
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Baptist Medical Center South
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U.S. - AL (Montgomery)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Baptist Health offers a one-year hospital-based medical technology internship ... After successful completion of the internship the affiliated university awards the bachelor's degree ... The School of Medical Laboratory Science is affiliated with Auburn University and Troy University."
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Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
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U.S. - FL (St. Petersburg)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"...offers a 50-week curriculum that can lead to a bachelor's degree for students attending an affiliated university or a certificate of completion for non-affiliated students."
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
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U.S. - TX (Temple)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Program in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) is a one-year training program for students who have a bachelor's degree in the sciences (4+1) or who are currently enrolled in a clinical laboratory science, medical laboratory science or medical technology degree program (3+1)."
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Beaumont Hospital
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U.S. - MI (Royal Oak)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"This 44-week clinical laboratory education program is designed for post-baccalaureate, non-MLS degree candidates. The inaugural class began in January 2022."
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Cleveland Clinic
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U.S. - OH (Cleveland)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program consists of 47 weeks of lecture and laboratory experience ... The courses include lectures, student lab and clinical lab experience. Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus Hospital and Akron General are the two locations for the clinical lab experience."
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Community Healthcare System Central Laboratory
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U.S. - IN (Munster)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"...the School of Medical Laboratory Science, an 11-month program designed for baccalaureate graduates in the biological sciences or 3+1 option for students at Purdue University Northwest and Calumet College of St. Joseph."
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
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U.S. - PA (Johnstown)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Conemaugh School of Medical Laboratory Science offers a 48-week program that provides theoretical and clinical training for qualified, academically prepared students."
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Denver Health School of Medical Laboratory Science
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U.S. - CO (Denver)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The School of Medical Laboratory Science is an 11-month hospital-based education program, offered by Denver Health, designed to provide theoretical knowledge and student and clinical laboratory experiences in all laboratory disciplines. The program begins in early January and finishes in mid-November."
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DMC University Laboratories
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U.S. - MI (Detroit)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program accepts 10 students each year for 36 weeks of practical training. Both degree and non degree students are acceptable, providing admission criteria are met."
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Eisenhower Health
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U.S. - CA (Rancho Mirage)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Students spend 12 months learning the specialties of each area of the clinical laboratory. Interpersonal skills are fostered through interactions with patients, physicians, clients, and colleagues ... Our CLS/MLS program is 52 weeks long and begins every September. Students are required to attend classes 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays."
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Evanston Hospital
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U.S. - IL (Evanston)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The goal of the Program is to prepare competent men and women for the profession of Medical Laboratory Scientist. This goal is accomplished through the student’s participation in a curriculum that includes a 6 week basic laboratory course as well as clinical rotations and didactic instruction in each laboratory specialty."
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Franciscan St. Francis Health - Indianapolis
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U.S. - IN (Indianapolis)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program accepts students in the final year of a baccalaureate degree program at an affiliated college or university, or those with a bachelor's degree. Students earn 32 college credit hours and receive eight hours of instruction a day. Credit can be transferred to an affiliated college or university to fulfill requirements for a bachelor of science degree."
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Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
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U.S. - PA (Sayre)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Medical Laboratory Sciences program combines a high caliber education with a state-of-the-art learning environment to provide a 50-week internship, on top of 3-4 years of college. Upon successful completion of the internship, the student receives a baccalaureate degree from their affiliated university and a certificate in Clinical Laboratory Sciences from the Program."
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Hennepin County Medical Center
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U.S. - MN (Minneapolis)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Medical Laboratory Science program accepts students from MLS programs at 5 affiliated universities. Students spend approximately 9 months in our clinical laboratory training. Completion of coursework here at HCMC earns college credit at their home university. The Phlebotomy Technician program accepts students for a 12-week certificate program including both lecture and practical training. Enrollment at an affiliated university or school is not needed for the Phlebotomy Technician program."
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Houston Methodist Hospital
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U.S. - TX (Houston)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Houston Methodist Hospital Medical Laboratory Science Program is a 12-month professional course of study, which is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Upon successful completion of this course of study, you will qualify for the examination and certification by the board of certification of the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)."
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Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital
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U.S. - IN (Indianapolis)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"After meeting the prerequisites, students apply for a full-time internship at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital Medical Laboratory Science Program. The program runs for 11 months, full-time days and is divided into two phases."
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Inova Fairfax Hospital
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U.S. - VA (Falls Church)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Inova Fairfax Hospital Medical Laboratory Science program is a highly competitive and rigorous 11-month-long program consisting of over 1,700 clock hours of instruction. The program is intended to qualify its graduates to take the National Board of Certification examination given by the American Society for Clinical Pathology in pursuit of the MLS (ASCP) certification. We enroll 6-8 students each year."
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center
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U.S. - NJ (Neptune)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program at Florence M. Cook School is a full-time eleven-month hospital-based program. It is fully accredited by the National Accreditation Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS)."
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Lexington Medical Center
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U.S. - SC (West Columbia)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Program is 12-month in length and begins and ends each August. No more than four students are enrolled at a time, allowing for an extremely low student-to-teacher ratio that maximizes learning."
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Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center
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U.S. - OH (Toledo)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The one-year program begins in July. You will spend approximately 40 hours a week, eight hours a day, dividing your time between the classroom and the laboratory. Instruction includes technical and clinical aspects of laboratory analysis with clinical correlation, and theory and concepts in the clinical laboratory and behavior sciences."
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Mercy Hospital St. Louis
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U.S. - MO (St. Louis)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The fifty-one week program provides a structured educational experience which includes lectures and clinical laboratory rotations ... The CLS program awards a certificate upon successful completion of the year. The certificate plus an appropriate baccalaureate degree allows the student to sit for a national certification examination."
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Monmouth Medical Center
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U.S. - NJ (West Orange)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The John A. Mihok Medical Laboratory Science Program (MLS) at Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) is a 12-month comprehensive experiential learning experience. The program starts each year during the last week of August and includes six (6) months of didactic (classroom) instruction and practical exercises in student lab followed by six (6) months of clinical laboratory rotations."
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Myron E. Rubnitz, M.D. School of Medical Laboratory Science
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U.S. - IL (Hines)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"...consists of 11 months of clinical education beginning the first week of August. All sciences courses at Hines have a didactic and a practical component; this enables the student to learn the theory of procedures, gain experience in performing those procedures and make clinical correlations from the laboratory data generated."
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Nebraska Methodist Hospital
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U.S. - NE (Omaha)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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An 11-month internship that runs from June to early May. "The program accepts applications from August through October 15 for the next academic year's class."
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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
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U.S. - NY (Brooklyn)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program involves a full-time, one-year commitment where students concurrently engage in both didactic and clinical educational experiences."
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Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
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U.S. - ME (Bangor)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The 11-month training program results in a certificate in medical laboratory science from Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center while fulfilling requirements for the bachelor of science in Medical Laboratory Science from the University of Maine. Upon successful program completion, students are eligible to sit for the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) board of certification (BOC) examination."
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
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U.S. - IL (Peoria)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Affiliation allows undergraduate students who successfully complete the clinical laboratory science program at OSF Saint Francis to receive a baccalaureate degree from their college or university. The program is accepted for 32 or more semester hours of credit, depending on the policies of each affiliate school. All graduates of the OSF Saint Francis CLS program receive a certificate of completion and are eligible to take the national certification exams."
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Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
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U.S. - RI (Providence)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Our Lady of Fatima School of Medical Technology program is a twelve-month internship that begins in June and ends the following June. Our Lady of Fatima accepts, on average, seven students into the program ... Upon completion of the internship, students graduate with a certificate and are eligible to sit for the board of certification given by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP)."
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Parkview Health Laboratories
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U.S. - IN (Fort Wayne)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Students must pass a final exam to successfully complete the Parkview Medical Laboratory Science Program. Upon completion, students receive a graduation certificate. They are then eligible to pursue certifications offered by the Board of Certification of the American Society for Clinical Pathology."
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Parkview Medical Center
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U.S. - CO (Pueblo)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Classes begin each year in July. The program is 11 months in length."
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Piedmont Augusta
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U.S. - GA (Augusta)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Upon successful completion of the CLS program students will be awarded a certificate of completion from Piedmont Augusta Laboratory that will afford them the opportunity to become certified Clinical Laboratory Scientists. Additionally, undergraduate biology majors at USCA who successfully complete the CLS program also have the opportunity to secure a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science (BSCLS)."
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Reading Hospital
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U.S. - PA (Reading)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"This 12-month program is open to students looking to complete their undergraduate medical laboratory science degree in a clinical setting (3+1 option), or take a post-baccalaureate year to gain experience (4+1 option)."
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Sanford USD Medical Center
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U.S. - SD (Sioux Falls)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The MLS program consists of 48 weeks of combined didactic classroom lecture and real life clinical laboratory training in our state of the art medical laboratory. The student to instructor ratio in the classroom is ten to one. The clinical training in the laboratory is typically one to one with an instructing staff member or instructor. A certificate of completion is awarded to graduating students ... Applications are accepted Aug. 1 to Oct. 1 for the programs starting the following summer."
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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
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U.S. - CA (Santa Barbara)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Training Period: 12 months; Training Begins: September (Fall), February/March (Spring); Class Size: Up to 3 students per start date"
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School of Medical Laboratory Science at Pennsylvania Hospital
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U.S. - PA (Philadelphia)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Students are given both practical and theoretical training in various sections of the clinical laboratory. The practicum is a 11-month rotating program based on a 40-hour week, beginning in late August (Fall cohort) or January (Spring cohort). The program devotes six hours per week to formal lectures."
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Sentara RMH Medical Center
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U.S. - VA (Harrisonburg)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The School of Medical Laboratory Science admits up to twelve students in January and June. The program includes six months of lecture and student labs in Harrisonburg, VA., followed by six months of rotation through all departments in the clinical laboratory. Clinical rotation sites include Sentara RMH Medical Center, Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, and Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center."
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St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
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U.S. - PA (Philadelphia)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"To fulfill their clinical and academic requirements in 10 months, students spend two months in didactic instruction with the remainder of time spent as follows: Mondays in the classroom and Tuesday-Fridays in their medical laboratory rotations. The academic year begins in late August and typically ends in late June."
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St. Elizabeth Healthcare
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U.S. - KY (Edgewood)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"St. Elizabeth School of Medical Laboratory Science has been in operation since the 1950’s. Curriculum at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Medical Laboratory Science Program consists of an 11-month program of both didactic and supervised clinical training"
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St. Luke's Hospital
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U.S. - MO (Kansas City)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"As a Medical Lab Science student, you’ll be trained only in Saint Luke’s Health System laboratories, which allows us to closely monitor and control the quality of your education. In addition, our regional reference laboratory will expose you to a range of laboratory testing that is unmatched in the area. Rotations also include three weeks of molecular diagnostics instruction in our Roche Molecular Center of Excellence laboratory, the only one in Kansas and Missouri."
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Tampa General Hospital
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U.S. - FL (Tampa)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"A maximum of six students are accepted each year. The 51-week internship is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM (times may vary with advanced notice) beginning the first week of August."
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UCLA Health
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U.S. - CA (Los Angeles)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The UCLA CLS Program ONLY accepts students through the California State University, Dominguez Hills, College of Professional Studies, School of Health and Human Services, Clinical Sciences Major, Medical Technology Program Option. "
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United Regional Health Care System
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U.S. - TX (Wichita Falls)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"United Regional's School of MLS is a 52-week program and must be completed in order to be eligible for certification examinations or employment as a Medical Laboratory Scientist."
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UnityPoint Health - Cedar Rapids
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U.S. - IA (Cedar Rapids)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The program typically starts mid-August and is a 35 week program. Classes meeting Monday-Friday and the hours are typically 0700-1430. There are some rotations where it is required to come in before 0700 or stay until 1530. Mornings are spent in the clinical laboratory rotation with lecture in the afternoon."
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University of California Davis Health
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U.S. - CA (Davis)
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Medical Laboratory Science/Technology Program
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Offers a 12-month training program that results in a certificate. "The UC Davis Health CLS training program is a small hospital based program committed to providing well trained entry level Clinical Laboratory professionals to the greater Sacramento area and surrounding rural communities. To that end, the program preferentially selects applicants with ties to the greater Sacramento area or rural training partner sites located in Placerville, CA and Modesto, CA."
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University of California Irvine Medical Center
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U.S. - CA (Irvine)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The CLS Training Program provides a full year of didactic and clinical instruction. The curriculum includes intensive bench training, formal and informal lectures, and case studies. Students receive more than 200 hours of formal lectures covering the various disciplines of clinical laboratory science."
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University of California San Diego Health
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U.S. - CA (San Diego)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The San Diego Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Consortium Program (San Diego CLS Training Program) is a comprehensive 12-month full-time program of instruction in the field of clinical laboratory medicine and technology. In 2021, the program will commence in July. Trainees who successfully complete this training internship will be eligible to take the Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) certification exam offered by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Board of Certification and the California law exam offered by the California Department of Public Health, Laboratory Field Services (CDPH-LFS)."
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
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U.S. - NE (Omaha)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The University of Nebraska Medical Center offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS). The MLS Program is well established and combines a strong curriculum with a clinical component that prepares individuals to sit for MLS/MT national certification exams."
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The Valley Hospital
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U.S. - NJ (Ridgewood)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"... the student may then apply for admission to the professional phase of the program, which is a 11-month internship in a clinical setting. Individuals who have completed a baccalaureate degree in a scientific discipline can also apply to the professional program with completion of prerequisite coursework."
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UPMC Chautauqua
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U.S. - NY (Jamestown)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The UPMC Chautauqua Medical Laboratory Science Program is an accredited, 45-week, program offering intensive study and clinical experience in medical laboratory science as the final year of a Bachelor’s degree."
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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U.S. - TN (Nashville)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"Upon satisfactory completion of the training program, a certificate of completion is awarded to the student. The course of study during the clinical year may be credited towards a baccalaureate degree for 3+1 students where an affiliation between the student's college or university and the Medical Center exists."
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WellSpan York Hospital
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U.S. - PA (York)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"... a 12-month program for college students sponsored by WellSpan York Hospital. The program typically serves as a student's senior year of college (3+1 option), but applicants with a B.S. degree (4+1) who meet the entrance requirements will be considered as well."
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UPMC Williamsport
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U.S. - PA (Williamsport)
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Medical Laboratory Science Program
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"The Medical Laboratory Science Program is a 12-month educational program designed to be completed as the fourth or fifth year in a baccalaureate degree program ... Upon successful completion of the program, students receive a baccalaureate degree from their affiliating college/university and a Certificate of Graduation from the hospital."
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