Address: 1468 Madison Avenue, 10029 New York City, New York, United States
Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Public Health, Clinical Research, Health Administration
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is the medical school of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. A first official proposal to create a medical school at Mount Sinai was made to the hospital’s trustees in January 1958. Classes began in 1968 under the name Mount Sinai School of Medicine, with Milton Steinbach as first president. Degrees were granted by the City University of New York until the school became independent, and after a partnership with New York University that ended in 2008, it gained accreditation as an independent degree-granting institution from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in 2010.
The school was renamed in 2012 after a gift of 200 million dollars from Carl Icahn. It stands on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, between Fifth and Madison Avenues and from East 98th to East 102nd Street. The 18-storey Icahn Institute provides about 350,000 square feet of laboratory, treatment and education space.
In 2024 and 2025 the school had 1,261 students in the MD, PhD, MD-PhD and master’s programmes. It supported 565 postdoctoral fellows and more than 2,700 residents and fellows in over 150 programmes of graduate medical education. The MD programme matriculated 119 students from 8,540 applicants. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences offers thirteen degree-granting programmes, with doctoral areas in biomedical sciences, neuroscience, clinical research and health sciences engineering, and master’s degrees in biomedical science, public health, clinical research and health administration.
The Mount Sinai Health System operates seven hospital campuses in the New York area, including The Mount Sinai Hospital and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Elmhurst Hospital Center is a teaching affiliate where students rotate for clerkships and electives. Partnerships with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and National Jewish Health led to the Children’s Heart Center and the Respiratory Institute in 2015.
The school ranked 11th among American medical schools for grants of the National Institutes of Health in 2024, with 489.8 million dollars. The Institute for Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine dates from 1996, and the Annals of Global Health traces its origins to 1934. A new MD curriculum, ASCEND, started in the autumn of 2024. Tuition differs by programme. Check the current tariff. Teaching is in English.
Domains taught:
Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Data Analytics, Life Sciences, Microbiology and Genetics, Statistics
Diplomas*:
Doctor, Graduate Certificate, Master
Status:
Private
Partnerships:
Mount Sinai Health System with seven hospital campuses, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and National Jewish Health.
Research:
Gene therapy and molecular medicine, neuroscience, clinical research, health sciences engineering, with $489.8 million of NIH grants in 2024.
Famous Alumnis:
Robert Neil Butler, Steven K. Galson, Jeffrey Koplan, Charles DeLisi, Miriam Merad, Valentín Fuster
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
4560
Current students***:
1261
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Leading medical research funding, large hospital system for clinical training, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences with 13 programmes, Manhattan location.
Cons
Graduate and professional programmes only, very selective, high cost of living in New York.
Best For
Medical and biomedical students who want a research-oriented school linked to a large New York hospital system.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
University of California, San Francisco takes a similar route through bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering, and it is larger, enrolling about 3,100 students against roughly 1,261 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
Where this school leans on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering, Baylor College of Medicine does the same, and it is slightly larger, at about 1,577 students against roughly 1,261 here, and is also a private institution.
For students who like the bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering focus of this institution but want another option nearby, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center fits well: it is public, whereas this institution is private, and runs the same master's, doctoral and graduate certificate programmes.
Another national school that puts bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering at the centre is University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and it is public, whereas this institution is private, and does not run the graduate certificate programmes found here.
A good alternative in the same country is Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, which likewise covers bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering; it is far larger, with about 4,200 students against roughly 1,261 here, and is also a private institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Beyond national borders, Karolinska Institute stands out as a comparable school for bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering; it is far larger, with about 6,500 students against roughly 1,261 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, based in the United Kingdom, is built around bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics much like this institution, and it is public, whereas this institution is private, and runs the same master's, doctoral and graduate certificate programmes.
Medical University of Vienna in Austria pursues a similar profile in bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering, and it also offers bachelor's programmes, and is far larger, with about 8,000 students against roughly 1,261 here.
Hannover Medical School, based in Germany, is built around bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering much like this school, and it is public, whereas this school is private, and also offers bachelor's programmes.
Medical University of Graz (Austria) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences; it is public, whereas this school is private, and also offers bachelor's programmes.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is the Icahn School of Medicine?
On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, between Fifth and Madison Avenues.
When did classes begin?
In 1968, under the name Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Why is it called Icahn?
It was renamed in 2012 after a gift of 200 million dollars from Carl Icahn.
How many students does it have?
1,261 in 2024 and 2025, across MD, PhD, MD-PhD and master's programmes.
How many MD students were admitted?
119 students matriculated from 8,540 applicants in 2024 and 2025.
What is the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences?
A school with thirteen degree-granting programmes, in biomedical sciences, neuroscience, clinical research and others.
Which hospitals are linked to it?
The Mount Sinai Health System, with seven hospital campuses, and Elmhurst Hospital Center as a teaching affiliate.
What is ASCEND?
The new MD curriculum launched in the autumn of 2024.
How is it ranked for research funding?
11th among American medical schools for NIH grants in 2024.
What does it cost?
Tuition differs by programme. Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
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