SOM Admissions

Massachusetts Residency Requirements

Please be aware that the legislature has mandated that the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees consider for admission to the School of Medicine only those applicants who are certified as legal residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To be eligible to apply as a Massachusetts resident, you must meet certain criteria:

Applicants must declare Massachusetts as their state of legal residence on their AMCAS application. Anyone seeking to enroll in the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine who has not graduated from a Massachusetts High School is required to provide proof of continuous residency for a period of not less than five years immediately prior to enrollment.  Applicants must be a United States citizen or have permanent resident status. 

Residents and non-residents of Massachusetts are eligible for admission to the joint MD/Phd Program through the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Medicine. Applicants must also be United States citizens or have permanent resident status.