The Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) is an eight-year continuum that allows students to combine both their undergraduate studies and medical education at Brown University. As the only combined baccalaureate-MD program in the Ivy League, the PLME serves as a major pathway of admission to The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Each year, the PLME enrolls approximately 50 highly motivated students.

The PLME is not an accelerated medical program. Instead, it emphasizes a liberal arts education, encouraging students to engage deeply as active, interdisciplinary learners. Grounded in Brown's Open Curriculum, the program fosters a holistic approach to education by blending humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, with a strong focus on humanism. The PLME cultivates compassionate, thoughtful, and well-rounded physicians who understand the multifaceted aspects of the human condition.