Meharry Medical College was founded just 11 years after the end of the Civil War with the mission of educating African Americans to serve the underserved.

Today, the nation’s largest private, historically Black academic health sciences center has trained thousands of healthcare professionals. Guided by its faith-based roots within the United Methodist Church and driven by a belief that health equity is key to alleviating suffering, Meharry continues to activate its service-oriented mission. Today, three out of every four Meharrians return to urban or rural communities to serve others by providing medical or dental services.

Whether its graduates are physicians, dentists, scientists, professors, or public health professionals, the Meharry experience equips them to affect the world as a force for change led by the motto: “Worship of God Through Service to Mankind.”