Pritzker School of Medicine

The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D.-granting unit of the University of Chicago's Biological Sciences Division.

It is located on the university's main campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and matriculated its first class in 1927.

In 1916, the university's board of trustees set aside $5.3 million for its development, but World War I delayed its construction until 1921.

[2] Pritzker was the first medical school to hold the now international tradition of the white coat ceremony in 1989, which celebrates the students' transition and commitment to a lifelong career as a physician.

[6] A peer-reviewed publication in the journal for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) found that Pritzker ranked 4th among top U.S. medical schools for graduate success in academic medicine and biomedical research (i.e., awards, publications, grants, and clinical trials from 60 years of graduate outcomes analysis up to 2015).

One of the many buildings that house offices of the Pritzker school. Although constructed after the main quadrangles, the Pritzker buildings adhere to Gothic architectural norms