FAQs

No. The TMU School of Medicine does not accept applications from international applicants. Applicants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents (landed immigrants) of Canada, or protected persons under the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act by the application deadline to be considered for admission to our program.

Effective July 1, 2025, all publicly assisted universities in Ontario are required to reserve no less than 95% of their annual admissions to medical health education programs for Ontario residents. The remaining 5% will be for Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons/convention refugees who may or may not be Ordinarily Residents in Ontario. 

Beginning with the 2026 admissions cycle for Fall 2026 entry, TMU School of Medicine will reserve the specified percentage of annual admissions to the MD Program in accordance with Ontario Regulation 130/25 under the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act: www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r25130 (external link) .

Please refer to the Ordinarily Resident in Ontario Requirement section of our website for more details.

Applicants will be required to indicate in their OMSAS Application whether they are an Ontario resident based on the provided definition.

Yes. Completion of a minimum four-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent) from an accredited university in any program/discipline is required prior to the start of Year 1 of the MD Program.

TMU reserves the right to be the final arbiter of what is equivalent to a four-year undergraduate degree.

Equivalency is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Applicants who feel their academic background is equivalent to that of a four-year undergraduate degree can submit an application for a comprehensive review of their academic credentials as we cannot provide an upfront assessment or confirmation.

Yes. Applicants who have completed studies outside of Canada or the United States must have their academic credentials/foreign transcripts assessed for Canadian equivalency by World Education Services (WES) (external link) .

The WES evaluation must include a course-by-course evaluation, along with an overall GPA. If a WES evaluation contains a copy of the official transcript that has been evaluated, applicants are not required to submit a separate copy of that transcript.

The WES evaluation, along with the accompanying transcript, must be sent directly to OMSAS from WES and be received by the application deadline.

Further details regarding the assessment of international grades are available on the OMSAS website. (external link) 

No. A full-time course load is not required. Additionally, applicants from part-time undergraduate studies can also apply, provided that they complete their undergraduate degree prior to the start of Year 1 of the MD Program and transcripts are submitted by the established deadline.

A minimum OMSAS-calculated Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 is required for TMU’s MD Program for the 2026 admissions cycle. We do not round up the GPA.

All undergraduate courses and grades including failed, incomplete, supplementary courses, and those taken beyond degree requirements are included in the OMSAS GPA calculation. College, graduate, continuing education, and doctor of medicine program courses are among the list of those that are generally NOT included. Please refer to the OUAC/OMSAS website (external link)  for a comprehensive overview of how the OMSAS GPA is calculated.

Note: several professional studies are considered undergraduate-level, including—but not limited to—Optometry, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Law. Any professional studies/courses that OMSAS considers as undergraduate will be included in the GPA calculation.

Additionally, OMSAS processes international transcripts as non‑convertible, therefore, undergraduate coursework from universities outside of Canada and the United States are not included in the OMSAS GPA calculation and applicants are required to have their international transcripts evaluated by World Education Services (WES) instead.

No, the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is not required to apply to the TMU School of Medicine’s MD Program. TMU is one of seven Canadian medical schools that do not require the MCAT.

No, the Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer) situational judgement test is not required to apply to the TMU School of Medicine’s MD Program

The four-year curriculum in the TMU MD program is arranged in three phases across four years and integrated throughout. The program must be completed in its entirety in order for students to achieve its learning outcomes. As such, TMU will not accept any application for advanced standing/transfer to the TMU MD program regardless of the applicant’s present or past medical school enrolment as per the Policy on Applications for Advanced Standing/Transfer to the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program.

Although advanced standing/credit transfers are not available, applicants are welcome to apply for a year 1 start, provided they meet our admission requirements and eligibility criteria.

Please note that transcripts are required for any/all institutions attended. Applicants will also be required to include details about their medical education in the "Other Information" section of the OMSAS application.

• Indigenous Admissions Pathway
• Black Admissions Pathway
• Equity-Deserving Admissions Pathway
  

Prospective students may apply through these admissions pathways to address the under-representation of identified equity-deserving groups in medical education and the population representative of Brampton/Peel and surrounding communities. The pathways are designed to provide an inclusive and supportive process for applicants from these groups.

No. Applicants may only apply to one admissions stream or pathway, which must be selected using the “Specify Your Pathway” option on the TMU School Submissions page of the OMSAS application.

No, there is no age limit to apply. Applicants of any age who meet the TMU School of Medicine's application requirements are welcome to apply.

• Indigenous Admissions Pathway:
  Eligible applicants in this pathway identify as Indigenous: First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.
  
• Black Admissions Pathway:
  Eligible applicants in this pathway identify as Black (such as but not limited to Black African, Black Caribbean, Black North American, Black South American and/or multi-racial Black, or part of the global Black diaspora).
  
• Equity-Deserving Admissions Pathway:
  Eligible applicants in this pathway identify with one or more of the groups listed below:
  
  • Individuals who identify as members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. 2SLGBTQ+ is a term used at TMU to refer to people who identify as Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender independent, non-binary, queer, genderqueer or similarly express gender or sexual diversity.
    
  • Individuals with disabilities. Persons with disabilities include those who may experience disadvantages or barriers to education as a result of long term, chronic or episodic physical, mental/emotional, psychiatric or learning disabilities. It should also be noted that the social model of disability recognizes that disability is not created by any particular medical or physical condition, but rather by societal barriers.
    
  • Individuals who have faced familial and/or socio-cultural barriers such as loss of both parents, long term involvement with the child welfare system, and/or precarious housing.
    
  • Individuals with lived experiences of poverty or low socio-economic status.
  • Racialized people. The term “racialized” refers to the social experience of people who are not considered white and have been categorized and treated differently based on perceived racial differences. Racialized people are often disproportionately impacted by systemic bias.

The TMU School of Medicine recognizes that applicants may identify with, and have lived experiences related to, more than one equity-deserving group. Selection of one or multiple groups is entirely at the applicant’s discretion. Applicants will be required to submit supporting documentation to verify pathway eligibility; verification of any one eligibility group will be sufficient for this purpose. This is a requirement for ALL Equity-Deserving Admissions Pathway applicants.

• Indigenous Admissions Pathway:
  
  • A verifier who identifies as Indigenous, such as a First Nations Chief or Band Council member, President of a local Indigenous Friendship Centre, or Director of a University Indigenous Student Centre, who will be contacted to provide a written or oral attestation to the applicant’s Indigenous ancestry and connection to community;
    or
    
  • Formal recognized identification/documentation, such as a membership card in a Métis registry recognized by the Métis National Council, Secure Certificate of Indian Status, or Nunavut Trust Certificate Card.

• Black Admissions Pathway
  
  • Applicants will be required to confirm their eligibility for the pathway by completing a self-attestation (Black Applicant Declaration) within their application.
    
• Equity-Deserving Admissions Pathway
  • A list of suggested supporting documentation is available on the Equity-Deserving Admissions Pathway section of the Admissions Categories page. Please note that this list is intended as a guide and is not exhaustive.
  • The School of Medicine recognizes that in some cases a supporting document to verify eligibility will not be appropriate or available. In such cases, applicants may use our  (PDF file) Self-Attestation Form as their supporting documentation. No other form of self-attestation will be accepted