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Students interested in applying to an MLS undergraduate program must first apply and be admitted to UIS. After admission to UIS, undergraduate students must submit a secondary application to the MLS Program to be considered for admission to an MLS student cohort. The MLS Program admits new undergraduate students in fall semesters. The MLS secondary application for our incoming Fall 2025 undergraduate student cohort will be available and posted here in Spring 2025.
UIS to offer four new medical laboratory science certificates to meet local health care needs
The University of Illinois Springfield will offer four new medical laboratory science (MLS) certificates starting in August to address the critical shortage of certified laboratory specialists in central Illinois. Certificates will be offered in clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology and medical microbiology.
UIS Medical Laboratory Science degree offers a 100% job placement rate
As the demand for healthcare workers grows, the University of Illinois Springfield’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) bachelor’s degree program is proud to report a 100% job placement rate following graduation.
Hailey Riggs
“The CLS [MLS] program exceedingly prepared me to enter the field as a new tech… [in PA school at Evansville] my preceptor commented that I was miles ahead of other students in the same rotation because he didn’t have to waste time explaining the labs.”
Ashley Henry
“My CLS [MLS] degree provided me with all the correct pre-requisites to get into my graduate program…The CLS [MLS] program provides an immense amount of clinical knowledge that a majority of medical professionals are lacking in the beginning of their career journey.”
Nate Huddleston
“CLS [MLS] truly prepared me enough to face challenges in the lab…all the teachers in CLS [MLS] definitely trained me well to start my career as a clinical [medical] laboratory scientist”.
Jess Sheffield
“Upon graduating from UIS MLS in 2018, I worked at St. John’s Hospital as a MLS in the core lab for just under two years. I applied to Physician Assistant School in April 2019 and began my journey as a PA-S at the University of Charleston in Charleston, WV in January 2020. While I haven’t been a PA-S very long, I can already see how well the MLS program prepared me and how my knowledge of the lab and clinical medicine has helped set me up for success as a future PA-C.”
Kim Espejo
“I graduated with a Bachelor in MLS with minors in Public Health and Biology. I started applying for jobs in December/January [of my senior year]…I was offered a position at OSF during the first week of March [of my senior year]…I plan to work with them for a minimum of 3 years and hope to one day further my education with a master’s degree or DCLS [Doctorate of Clinical Laboratory Science] degree.”