The MDCM Admissions Committee looks forward to welcoming excellent candidates from diverse backgrounds to the McGill community and to increasing the number of professionals from underrepresented populations in medicine
Applicant categories are organized first by the applicant's citizenship or residency status (in-province, out-of-province, international, etc.) and then by level of academic attainment (CEGEP student, university student, international medical graduate).
Certain categories have special conditions of admission. Use the menu on the left to determine your applicant category. You must establish your category before submitting an application.
The number of available positions for medical training is regulated by the provincial government according to designated categories, which are based on candidates' citizenship or residency status and are as follows:
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is a recognized resident of Québec: Up to 145 available seats.
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is not a resident of Québec, or Out-of-province Canadians: 5 available seats.
- Black Candidate Pathway: If you are a Quebec resident and you self-identify as Black. There is no limited number of seats.
- Indigenous Applicant Pathway: Member of a First Nation or registered Inuit beneficiary who is a recognized resident of Québec: Up to 12 available seats, and Canadian non-Quebec Indigenous Pathway: up to 2 seats available.
- Rural and Small Populations Pathway: Attended Public Secondary School in rural or small town areas of Quebec: Up to 7 seats available.
- Candidates from low socio-economic backgrounds: The general admissions process for our programs has been designed to be inclusive of candidates from low socio-economic status backgrounds without a specific application pathway.
- International Residents, defined as an individual who requires a study permit to study in Canada (not a Canadian citizen or permanent (INTL): 1 seat available.
- International Medical Graduates: Up to 2 seats available.
- MD PhD: Up to 5 seats available (any residency cohort).
Applicants accepted under the Out-of-Province Canadian and International categories are subject to the admission rules and obligations of their assigned category for the duration of their medical studies, regardless of any change in citizenship or residency status subsequent to admission.