International Applicants

International Student Consideration

Only applicants who are U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card bearers) are eligible to apply. Consideration may also be given to applicants who are in the timely process of gaining U.S. Permanent Residency and can attain a Green Card by the time of medical school enrollment. Interview, acceptance or admission is contingent upon providing this official documentation at the time of medical school application and before matriculation.

International Student Requirements

Students who are U. S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents and have completed coursework or earned a degree(s) at a university in a country other than the United States must have:

• Completed at least 90 credit hours of college course work including the prerequisites* for medical school in a fully-accredited college or university in the United States; or
• Completed a baccalaureate degree in a fully-accredited college or university in the United States.

*Graduate coursework may satisfy the 90-credit hour requirement or the prerequisite coursework for medical school on a case–by–case basis.

Policy on Foreign Coursework

Foreign coursework does not count toward meeting any of the medical pre-requisite coursework requirements nor the 90-credit hours minimum requirement as set by the state to enroll in a professional school program.

Undergraduate foreign coursework that appears as transfer credit on the transcript of a regionally accredited US college will count towards the 90-hour requirement and the pre-requisite coursework requirements.  Each individual transfer course credit granted by the US school must be listed on the transcript.  Lump sum credit with no specific course and hour identification will not be accepted.

Other Considerations

U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents who have successfully completed 90 credit hours or earned a baccalaureate degree at a fully-accredited Canadian college or university are eligible to apply.

Applicants with graduate degrees (Masters and/or PhD) or professional degrees (MD) from a university in a country other than the United States are considered for admission only to the first-year medical class regardless of the degrees held. They must also have satisfied the requirements above.