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.

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On-Campus Learning
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.
Complete in 3.5 Years
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.
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301 Quarter Credits
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.

A More Equitable Health Care System Starts With You

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.

University of Western States was granted candidacy status by the Council of Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME), a professional accrediting agency for naturopathic medicine programs, on April 24, 2025.
Candidacy is not equivalent to accreditation and does not ensure eventual accreditation; however, it signifies that the naturopathic medicine program is recognized by the Council and is progressing toward accreditation.

For information, contact:
CNME
PO Box 178
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-8877

 

 

 

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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An Accelerated Pathway to Your Bachelor’s Degree

Save time and tuition by completing your Bachelor of Science in Human Biology while you are enrolled in the UWS Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (NMD) program. The basic science coursework from the NMD program is dually attributed toward the B.S. in Human Biology degree. Shave off a full year of your undergraduate studies in this integrated pathway.
“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