At the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center, our mission is to provide quality, compassionate, cost-effective and convenient ambulatory healthcare and education services that promote healthy habits and academic success.
Our center is conveniently located on campus and staffed with licensed medical doctors and providers, registered nurses, pharmacists, and laboratory and x-ray technologists. These dedicated professionals are here to serve you and help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries.
The Health Center fee allows SMU to enhance our facilities and services, including increased access to specialists and mental health counselors. However, balancing rising healthcare costs while maintaining excellent care is challenging. To ensure that you continue to have access to the best available healthcare services, SMU is implementing a stepped increase in the Health Center fee for the next three years, pending final approval of each fiscal year’s budget.
- The Health Center Fee for full-time undergraduate students not residing in a residence hall will increase by $15 per semester, or to $115 for the 2023-24 academic year; the fee will increase to $127.50 per semester for 2024-25 and to $140 per semester for 2025-26.
- The fee for part-time undergraduate students not residing in a residence hall will increase by $10 per semester to $60 per semester for 2023-24; the fee will increase to $65 per semester in 2024-25 and to $80 per semester in 2025-26.
- The Health Center Fee for all graduate students will increase by $25 to $75 per semester for the 2023-24 academic year; the fee will increase to $110 per semester in 2024-25 and to $140 per semester in 2025-26, aligning the fee with what undergraduate students will pay for access to the same services.
- The fee is included in the room and board charges for students who reside in University-owned housing. It is mandatory for all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in on-campus degree programs and is separate from any mandatory insurance costs.
As a reminder, students are required to maintain health insurance to cover the costs of specialty care, prescriptions, emergency care, inpatient care, and other off-campus health services. This requirement can be met either by purchasing the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) or an alternative insurance plan with comparable benefits.
The fee adjustment will allow us to continue expanding staffing levels, as well as our investments in best-in-class technology, infrastructure, and security. Your health and well-being are our top priority, and we remain committed to providing excellent patient care to you and your fellow Mustangs. Please check out the many services covered at the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center by visiting this website.
Sincerely,
Randy P. Jones, DDS, MPH
Associate Dean of Student Life
and Executive Director of Health Services