How can participating in MHCC help you reach your career goals?
MHCC will provide you with stellar experience in the business of healthcare while obtaining exposure to and networking with top life sciences firms. The competition will challenge you to apply your critical thinking skills and creativity to a healthcare business problem, which is typically not available to you in the classroom or laboratory setting. You will get an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate with motivated & like-minded people and offer innovative ideas & solutions in front of judges, who are senior personnel at consulting firms. Winning MHCC teams will secure a total of $7,000 in prize money and more!
Apply for MHCC 2026 using this link
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Application closes on September 25th.
Application Instructions:
Team eligibility
Teams must have 3-5 members
Graduate-level trainees from institutions across the country and world are eligible to participate. PhD, MD, JD, and master’s students (both MBA and non-MBA master’s), as well as postdocs
Only one MBA student is allowed per team.
Must be enrolled in an academic institution at the time of this application
Any student currently employed in a paid professional consulting role, whether at a consulting firm, within another organization, or as an independent consultant, is NOT eligible to participate in MHCC.
Student consulting clubs, volunteer or pro bono projects, coursework, and other educational consulting experiences are permitted.
Application Components:
Team Cover Letter
Individual Resumes
For further details, please review the application form
Participating teams may have their resumes and cover letters reviewed by external bodies such as (Career centers, resume coaches, etc) before application submission
Participating teams may NOT interact, engage, or receive feedback from professionals or external bodies after their application has been submitted.
Participating teams that advance to the quarter finals and receive the case prompt may NOT interact, engage, or receive feedback from any professionals or external bodies once the case is released.
It is to our fullest expectations that teams creative solutions are independently crafted by the team members working together to collectively craft a solution for our healthcare business case.
MHCC 2026 Information Sessions
Info Session I: Join us on September 3rd, 5:30-6:15 pm CT
Thank you to everyone who joined the session! Please check the recording below:
Info Session II: Join us on September 21st, 5-6 pm CT
Zoom link coming soon…
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