What was Gregory House's medical degree university in House M.D.?

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Gregory House earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in House M.D.

The series establishes House as an alumnus of the University of Michigan Medical School. His education is part of the character's broader professional history, which includes training in diagnostic medicine and a reputation that eventually brings him to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

House's academic background is easy to confuse with the show's New Jersey setting. Princeton-Plainsboro is fictional and is not the university where House earned his medical degree. The series also frequently references prestigious institutions and specialist training, but those references do not replace the stated medical school.

The University of Michigan is a real public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. House's fictional biography uses that real institution as part of his backstory. Other characters have different educational histories, so the university answer applies specifically to Gregory House rather than to the cast or to the fictional hospital.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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