The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is a 4-year MD-granting program that welcomed its first class in 1886. At the University of Pittsburgh, they want medicine to be human, not mechanistic. Students at Pitt spend 33 percent of their time in lecture, 33 percent in small groups, and 33 percent in other modes of instruction such as self-directed learning, computer-based, community, or clinical experience. Students are required to participate in the Student Research Program and complete a scholarly research project. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine provides students the option to have an area of concentration ranging from disability health to patient safety or global health.