The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2023.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees is set to vote on the merging of two medical colleges during the Friday, April 10 meeting.
In a late addition to the meeting’s agenda, the board will vote whether to approve the unification of the College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The vote follows over a year of deliberation after the merger was first introduced by MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz as part of his “One Team, One Health” initiative in February 2025.
A campus-wide survey conducted in late 2025 showed a wide range of opinions on the merger’s potential benefits and drawbacks. Respondents affiliated with the Colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine, as well as the broader campus community, identified “budget implications” as the largest potential challenge and “expanded research collaboration” as the greatest potential benefit of the consolidation.
The two colleges currently offer different degrees, which vary between approaches. The College of Human Medicine offers a doctor of medicine (M.D.) degree, while the College of Osteopathic Medicine offers a doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree.
The university has yet to define the structure of the colleges if they are unified.
At the April meeting, the board will also vote on the split of a $330 million infrastructure project into two parts, a resource center for students and a land donation in the Upper Peninsula.
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