We are pleased to share that the MD Application for the 2026-2027 application cycle will be opening tomorrow, June 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM (noon) Pacific Time. To start an application please create a profile in the Online Application System. If you were an applicant last year, you can log in with your previous credentials and follow the instructions in the Applicant Guide to navigate to the new application. The application will close Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM (noon) Pacific Time.
As you prepare for your application, we strongly recommend that you do the following:
- Read our 2026-2027 Applicant Guide. This guide will be made available when the application system opens. The guide contains a document checklist at the end. The same document checklist can also be found on our Applicant Guide page.
- Read our website for the admissions criteria, supporting information, and detailed information about how each application will be evaluated.
- Look at the expiration date of your BC Services Card (if you are a BC applicant). If your BC Services Card expires between now and September 15, 2026 – RENEW IT ASAP.
- Think about the paid and unpaid experiences that you think you might want to put in your application, and think about who supervised you in those roles. Collect their contact information. If you have lost touch with the people you worked with, now is the time to reach out to your former employer/institution and get new contact information from someone in an institutional capacity who can verify your experience including the dates you worked there, your role, and the number of hours you completed. The Applicant Guide will have more information about experience contacts (also known as verifiers) if you are not sure what to do, or what experiences you wish to put in your application.
- Order and send your transcripts from all post-secondary institutions that you have attended (even for just one course). If you are planning to use AP/IB test scores to meet a prerequisite requirement, you must order and send those transcripts as well. Please have the institution send them directly to our office, when possible. All hard-copy mail and courier packages can be sent to the mailing address found here: Contact & Resources – MD Undergrad Education, UBC Faculty of Medicine. Instructions about where and how to send electronic transcripts can also be found on that web page. You must order your own documents from the institutions you attended. Listing an institution in your MD application is not sufficient. UBC MD Admissions does not contact third party institutions on your behalf. Additionally, we do not take responsibility for any mail or third-party institutional delays that result in late documents. Nor do we take responsibility for misdirected mail. Please ensure you send your documents to the correct office in UBC.
Finally, we hope you open your application early and submit it well in advance of the application deadline. Every year applicants have emergent issues that arise right as the application closes. Unfortunately, late applications will not be accepted, no matter the circumstance. We strongly recommend that you give yourself enough time to ensure you do not need to rush to submit at the very last minute.
The MD Admissions team is here to answer your questions. Please join us for one or more information sessions throughout the summer: Information Sessions – MD Undergrad Education, UBC Faculty of Medicine. If you have a specific question that may pertain just to you, please email us at admissions.md@ubc.ca or, if you have started an application, please message us through the Communication Tab of the Online Application System (OAS).
Happy writing!