Welcome to the Program in the History of Medicine at the University of Minnesota! The Program is dedicated to research and teaching of the intellectual and social history of disease, health care, and medical science in all their aspects. This program is now part of the new Program in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

We offer:

• Graduate work leading to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees



• Undergraduate elective courses and an undergraduate minor


• Historical segments in the Medical School curriculum


• An annual lecture series

We are fortunate to possess excellent research facilities at the University of Minnesota. The Program shares a floor of the Biomedical Library with the Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine which currently holds in excess of 60,000 volumes and has an active acquisitions program. The University also houses important manuscripts and papers in the Social Welfare History Archives, the Immigration History Research Center, and the Charles H. Babbage Institute-Center for the History of Information Profession. Other important sources in medical history in the Twin Cities include the Minnesota Historical Society and State Archives and the Bakken Library and Museum of Electricity in Life.