The UH American Medical Student Association is officially partnered with the Honors Program in the Health Professions (HP²) at the University of Houston. This newly revealed 7-year program began in the Fall of 2013 and allows 10 highly gifted individuals to obtain their Bachelors of Science (BS) degrees at UH in 3 years while spending the remaining 4 years at either the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (McGovern Medical School) or the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB Medical School).