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OMSAS – Program Requirements Overview

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Refer to the application and the university's website for up-to-date program details.

This web page contains an overview of the requirements for medical school programs.

Refer to each university’s information page in the Application Guide for their full information.

If you fail to submit the required documentation, your application to that school will be incomplete.


Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (McMaster University)

Applicants for 2024: 5,284

Target Class Size for 2025: 217

Length: 3 years

Minimum Academic Requirements: 3 years undergraduate; any discipline

MCAT: Yes

Prerequisites: None

Non-academic Requirements:

  • Confidential Assessment Forms
  • Casper
  • Interview

Transfer: No

Citizenship: No restrictions

Interview Date: Late March or early April

NOSM University

Applicants for 2024: 1,692

Target Class Size for 2025: 90

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements: 4-year undergraduate degree; any discipline

MCAT: No

Prerequisites: None

Non-academic Requirements:

  • Context Score
  • Autobiographical Sketch (ABS)
  • Supplementary Questions
  • Verifiers
  • Confidential Assessment Forms (References)
  • Interview

Transfer: No

Citizenship:

  • Canadian
  • Permanent resident (landed immigrant)

Interview Date: March

University of Ottawa (English Stream)

Applicants for 2024: 4,888

Target Class Size for 2025: 128

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements: 3 years of full-time undergraduate university bachelor’s degree studies; any discipline

MCAT: No

Prerequisites:

  • Humanities/Social Sciences
  • Biology (Anatomy and Physiology will also be accepted)
  • Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Statistics
  • Lab requirements

You must obtain a minimum grade of 3.0 on the 4.0 scale, according to the Undergraduate Conversion Grade Table in all prerequisite courses to be considered for admission.

Non-academic Requirements:

  • Detailed ABS
  • Casper
  • Confidential Assessment Forms
  • Interview
  • Requirements on acceptance:
    • Basic Life Support certification
    • Police Vulnerable Sector Check
    • Immunization record

Transfer: No

Citizenship:

  • Canadian
  • Permanent resident (landed immigrant) status

Interview Date: February – March

Queen’s University

Applicants for 2024: 5,121

Target Class Size for 2025: 145

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements: A minimum of 15 full courses or 30 half courses (or in combination) at the undergraduate level in a university program that equates to a total OMSAS course load weighting of 30.

MCAT: Yes

Prerequisites: None

Non-academic Requirements:

  • Casper
  • Autobiographical Sketch (ABS)
  • Confidential Assessment Forms
  • Interview

Transfer: No

Citizenship:

  • Canadian
  • Permanent Resident

Interview Date: Typically between January and March

University of Toronto

Applicants for 2024: 4,290

Target Class Size for 2025: 289

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements:

  • 3 full years of undergraduate studies (equivalent to 15 full-course equivalents) at a Canadian university in any discipline.
  • If studying outside of Canada, completion of a non-medical bachelor’s degree equivalent to a 4-year bachelor’s degree in Canada.

MCAT: Yes

Prerequisites: 

  • 1 full-course equivalent (FCE) of Humanities, Social Sciences and/or Languages
  • 2 FCEs of Life Sciences

Non-academic Requirements:

  • References
  • Brief Personal Essays
  • Autobiographical Sketch and statement
  • Interview

Transfer: No

Citizenship: Citizens or permanent residents (landed immigrants) of Canada

Interview Date: February – April

Toronto Metropolitan University

Applicants for 2024: N/A

Target Class Size for 2025: 94

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements:

  • 4-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent); any program or discipline
  • Full-time or part-time studies
  • 3.3 OMSAS GPA
  • In exceptional circumstances, applicants in the 3 admission pathways (Indigenous, Black and Equity-Deserving) with a GPA below the minimum requirement of 3.3 may have their application considered for admission.

MCAT: No

Prerequisites: None

Non-academic Requirements:

  • Autobiographical Sketch
  • 3 Confidential Assessment Forms (references)
  • 4 Supplementary Questions (short essays)
  • Pathway Personal Statement (essay)
  • Pathway eligibility verification/documentation
  • Regional connection supporting documentation (If applicable)
  • English proficiency (exam not required)

Transfer: No

Citizenship: 

  • Canadian citizen
  • Canadian permanent resident (landed immigrant)

Interview Date: March

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Western University)

Applicants for 2024: 2,633

Target Class Size for 2025: 187

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements: 3 years of any 4-year undergraduate degree

MCAT: Yes

Prerequisites: Not required

Non-academic Requirements: 

  • Confidential Assessment Forms
  • Western Abbreviated Autobiographical Sketch
  • Interview

Transfer: Canadian medical schools only

Citizenship:

  • Canadian
  • Permanent resident

Interview Date: February – March


Applications for 2024: 24,312 (from 7,697 individuals)
Target Class Size for 2025: 1,056

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