Join the Movement Toward Whole Person Health Care: Become a Naturopathic Physician
Our Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (NMD) at University of Western States can be completed in three-and-a-half years and is taught on our beautiful campus in Portland, Oregon. This 14-quarter program is designed to prepare you for a rewarding career where you can serve your community by providing evidence-informed, whole person, individualized health care for the betterment of your patients and society.
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A More Equitable Health Care System Starts With You
Our programs are designed for highly motivated individuals with a strong science background. With a comprehensive curriculum, experienced faculty, and hands-on clinical experience opportunities, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence you need to make a real difference in people’s lives.
Grow and learn with the best. Our professors are practitioners themselves, and they’re at the height of their careers. Students in the doctor of naturopathic degree program are prepared to serve as primary health care providers and use a functional medicine framework to optimize a patient’s health, function, and well-being.
Learn to evaluate and address a wide range of essential factors that influence a patient’s inherent healing capacity, like nutritional status, genetic profile, and mental and emotional health. Then create personalized care plans that meet a patient’s unique needs.
UWS offers multiple graduate-level programs that can be taken with the NMD degree so that students can specialize in their practice. Areas of interest include nutrition, functional medicine, chiropractic, counseling, psychology, and sports medicine.
Embrace The Power of Personalized Care
The Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (NMD) program at University of Western States (UWS) prepares students to take a holistic and individualized approach to health and healing. It integrates the principles of functional medicine throughout the naturopathic program.
Graduates learn to consider the whole person including the patient’s diet, lifestyle, environment, genetics, physical, mental, and emotional health, and other factors that influence health and well-being.
The inclusion of functional medicine principles in the UWS naturopathic program distinguishes it from other naturopathic programs. Naturopathic medicine and functional medicine are science-based, patient-centered approaches to achieving and maintaining health by addressing the root cause, not just suppressing symptoms.
We believe in the power of personalized care, and our program is structured to incorporate each patient’s unique needs and preferences into your treatment plans. Join us in shaping the future of naturopathic medicine and making a meaningful impact in the lives of others.
Program Overview
Naturopathic Medicine students have increased opportunities to treat a broader range of conditions, grow a greater clientele base, and increase earning potential.
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Classes Begin in October
On-Campus Learning
14 Quarters – Complete in 3.5 Years
$10,485 per Quarter
301 Quarter Credits (200.7 Semester Credits)
“UWS offers a whole-person approach to naturopathic medicine. The program is designed to train future physicians in evidence-informed natural health care, addressing body, mind and spirit, with a focus on functional medicine. The training includes botanical medicine, physical medicine, pharmacology, clinical nutrition and homeopathy, to provide graduates a wide array of tools with which to work with patients.”
Marcia Prenguber ND, FABNO – Dean, College of Naturopathic Medicine