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Requirements for Admission include:
- Applicants must be a citizen of the United States or have permanent resident status (permanent residency "green" card). If applying as a permanent resident, an applicant must be a permanent resident at the time of application and will be required to submit a photocopy of the front and back of their permanent resident card;
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. college or university;
- MCAT scores taken within 5 years from time of anticipated matriculation (exceptions for eligible students from our early acceptance programs);
- A UToledo secondary application;
- Three letters of recommendation;
- Submission of final official transcripts from all undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools you have attended with degrees posted (due two weeks prior to new M.D. student Orientation);
- Successful completion and review of a criminal records check (due two weeks prior to new MD student Orientation);
- Students must meet the Minimal Technical Standards for admissions.
Minimum Pre-Medical Course Requirements
- One semester of Biological Sciences
- One semester of Biochemistry
- One year of General Chemistry with Labs*
- One year of Organic Chemistry with Labs*
- One year of Physics
Highly Recommended Courses
- Anatomy
- Biostatistics
- English
- Genetics
- Mathematics
- Medical Terminology
- Microbiology
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Social Science courses
Other Recommended Courses
Applicants are encouraged to acquire a broad undergraduate education including coursework
in the arts and humanities, and in the behavioral and social sciences.
*The University of Toledo Medical School Admissions Office does not accept virtual/online lab courses except for coursework impacted by some semesters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see admissions website for details.
Diversity and Excellence
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences (COMLS) seeks to enroll applicants who will contribute to the COMLS learning community, the Greater Toledo and Northwest Ohio community, and society at large. To achieve that end, the College of Medicine and Life Sciences aims to engage in on-going, focused, systematic efforts to recruit and retain a broadly diverse student body in the M.D. program. (Read more here).
Technical Standards
The curriculum of the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences has been designed to provide a general professional education leading to the M.D. degree, and to prepare students to enter graduate medical training in a wide variety of medical specialties and subspecialties. Minimum technical standards, in conjunction with the academic standards, are requirements for admission, promotion, and graduation. These requirements may be achieved with or without reasonable accommodations.
Fulfillment of the technical standards for graduation from medical school does not guarantee that a graduate will be able to fulfill the technical requirements of any specific residency program.
Transcripts
The Office of Admissions for the M.D. Program in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences requires final official transcripts from all undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools attended by accepted applicants to the College of Medicine. Further details about this requirement can be found here.
Student Involvement in Admission Committee
Students will be invited to apply for involvement in the admissions committee process according to the policy found here.
Admissions Process
See requirements for Admission above.
- Applicants must submit their application using the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) electronic application.
- The AMCAS verification process takes 4-6 weeks so we strongly encourage you to submit your application early.
- The AMCAS Application is available for applicants the first week of May.
- Deadline to submit is November 15.
- The University of Toledo Medical School Admission Office cannot view or access an
AMCAS application until AMCAS verification process is completed, which could take
up to four to six weeks. Once AMCAS verifies the application, the UT Medical School
Admission Office may begin processing them.
- The preliminary processing of AMCAS applications begins in mid-July.
- Our Medical School Admissions Committee continually reviews verified AMCAS applications. Following review, we will email qualified applicants inviting them to complete the UToledo Medical School Secondary Application. (Applicants not meeting the criteria will be reviewed at the discretion of the admissions committee. No application fee is charged for pre-screening the AMCAS application.)
Overview of Interview Day
The University of Toledo uses the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) process. For more information on the MMI, visit the AAMC MMI Resources website.
Undergrad to M.D. Programs
The College of Medicine and Life Sciences has a unique role in providing opportunities for highly talented University of Toledo undergraduate students to reach their post baccalaureate goals in pursuing a medical education. The main mechanism by which COMLS will achieve this role is through the establishment of early decision, guaranteed admission and other pathway/pipeline programs to the UT College of Medicine and Life Sciences MD program for undergraduate students in colleges across The University of Toledo (“undergraduate-to-MD programs”). More information about these programs can be found here.