2025 Admissions
The MDCM and the Med-P Qualifying Year offered on听two campuses!
For Campus Outaouais, the Medicine Qualifying Year听is offered at (UQO) and it听is a partnership between 平特五不中 and l'Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais (UQO) and offered at (UQO). 平特五不中 professors听teach the required science courses onsite at UQO鈥檚 Gatineau Campus, and the complementary and elective courses are听chosen from UQO鈥檚 course offerings. The MDCM program is based in new and ultramodern facilities built on the site of the Gatineau Hospital in partnership with the .听The language of instruction for听the MDCM and the Med-P Qualifying Year听is French. Clinical placements are at francophone and bilingual sites.
Since fall 2020,听between听24 to 38 students each year have inaugurated 平特五不中's MDCM Program at Campus Outaouais.听 Campus Outaouais and the smaller cohort offers a more personalized environment.
For Montreal, the Medicine Qualifying Year and the MDCM program are offered at听平特五不中鈥檚 downtown听Montreal Campus, in a larger, metropolitan setting. The language of instruction for听the MDCM and the Med-P Qualifying Year is English.听 Clinical placements are at bilingual or francophone sites. New 3rd year Integrated Clerkship opportunities are currently being developed in the local area and throughout the RUISSS 平特五不中 territory.
Students at both campuses have access to the same electives and can apply to the residency program of their choice during the final year of the MDCM Program.听
Selecting a Campus and Receiving an Offer
Candidates do not apply to a specific campus, but to the MDCM or Med-P Qualifying Year.听 Interviewed candidates who are residents of Quebec and have met the French language proficiency C1 level or one of the conditions for exemption will submit their campus preference after the interview. These candidates will complete their Campus selection preference on their applicant checklist in the Applicant Portal to select where they prefer to study (Montreal Campus or Campus Outaouais)
The Undergraduate Medical Admissions Office will send successful applicants a letter with an offer of admission. In the letter, candidates will learn where they will complete their Med-P and MDCM studies. Successful applicants will receive an offer of admission which is valid only for the campus specified in the offer letter. The choice of campus cannot be modified during the Med-P year or the MDCM program.
Candidates who have French language proficiency at the C1 level or have met a condition for exemption will select only one of the four choices below
If I听receive an offer of admission for the Medicine Qualifying Year听or the听MDCM program, I would accept an offer to complete听the program:
- At the Campus Outaouais only
- At the Montreal Campus only
- At either campus, with preference for Montreal
- At either campus, with preference for Outaouais
The form in the Applicant Portal is the听only opportunity to express a听choice of campus. The form听is binding and cannot be changed at a later date during the admission process, during the Med-P year, or during the MDCM program. Admitted MDCM students are not permitted to transfer their registration between the two campuses. However, various elective opportunities on both campuses are available to all MDCM students.
Offers of admission are made based on the final rank order list, taking into consideration: a) the candidate's听choice of campus and b) the available seats at the time of offer, and c) the social accountability goals of the campus. Note that if the initial round of offers do not already assign Campus Outaouais seats to at least one third of candidates who prefer Outaouais, additional seats can be assigned to ensure this minimum is met. Candidates in this range would have received a waitlist offer in a subsequent round, and this process allows better initial offer matching for both Montreal and Outaouais candidates.
If you are placed on the waiting list and a seat becomes available in Outaouais, you will receive the offer if you selected the 鈥�Outaouais鈥� or 鈥淓ither鈥� campus options on the Campus Preference checklist item in the Applicant Portal. For candidates who choose ''Either'' campus and receive an offer for their non-preferred campus, they can decline the offer, and will remain on the waitlist for their campus of preference (Montreal/Outaouais). Candidates who accept the offer for their non-preferred campus can also remain on the waitlist for their preferred campus. They will be assigned to their campus of preference only if a position is available.
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Policies
- Admissions selection criteria and curriculum for both sites are the same. We are proud to welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply through an open, inclusive and听bilingual system.听 For the first round of offers, the campuses are assigned to pathway cohorts first. All candidates who apply to our Med-P Qualifying Year and to our MDCM program听are assessed based on a standardized, rigorous selection process supported by current best practices and psychometrically valid tools.
- Admission to the Outaouais campus is limited to applicants with听Quebec residency status.听 听We welcome applicants from Outaouais, Montreal,听and any other region听of Quebec to express their interest in either campus!听
- Applicants must be aware that courses are offered in French at the Outaouais campus, and in English at the Montreal campus. Clinical placements are at bilingual or francophone sites for both campuses.听 Communication is a key competency for physicians.
- Joint and special听programs are not offered at the Outaouais campus (MD-PhD, MD-OMFS, IMG-2).