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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 2023: 5,605

Target Class Size for 2024: 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 2023: 1,692

Target Class Size for 2024: 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 2023: 4,442

Target Class Size for 2024: 120

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 OMSAS scale in all prerequisite courses to be considered for admission.

Non-academic Requirements:

  • Interview
  • Confidential Assessment Forms
  • Basic Life Support certification
  • Police vulnerable sector check
  • Immunization record
  • Detailed ABS
  • Casper

Transfer: No

Citizenship:

  • Canadian
  • Permanent resident (landed immigrant) status

Interview Date: February – March

Queen’s University

Applicants for 2023: 5,121

Target Class Size for 2024: 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 in February and/or March

University of Toronto

Applicants for 2023: 4,302

Target Class Size for 2024: 279

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: No restrictions

Interview Date: February – April

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Western University)

Applicants for 2023: 2,633

Target Class Size for 2024: 187

Length: 4 years

Minimum Academic Requirements: 4-year degree or equivalent

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: March


Applications for 2023: 24,169 (from 7,483 individuals)
Target Class Size for 2024: 1,086

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