Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Admissions Pathways & Programs

Admission to the Kingston Campus MD Program

Applications to Queen’s School of Medicine will be considered for the Kingston Campus MD Program unless a specialized program is selected in the application.

Admission to the Durham Campus MDFM Program

This program is for applicants who can see themselves having a fulfilling career in family medicine and know they want to become family practitioners.

You must indicate your intention to apply to this program in your OMSAS application. By selecting this option, you are indicating that this is your first choice at Queen’s and, as such, you will be considered for this program first. If you are invited to an interview and are unsuccessful in receiving an offer for this program, your application will only then be moved to the MD Kingston Campus Program for consideration.

Assessment of your application for the MD Kingston Campus Program will be identical to all other applications to this program and will in no way be influenced by the fact that you indicated interest in the MD Family Medicine Program.

You will not be considered simultaneously for both the MDFM and the MD Kingston Campus Program.

If you are offered a position in the MDFM program and decline, you will not be considered for the Kingston Campus MD program.

Admission to the Combined MD/PhD or MD/MSc Programs

The combined MD/PhD and MD/MSc programs at Queen’s University are offered jointly by the School of Medicine and the School of Graduate Studies at the Kingston Campus.

We generally have up to 4 spots available in this combined program for students who wish to combine their medical training with advanced research training. 

The combined MD/PhD and MD/Master’s programs provide benefits to both scholarship and the professional development of physician-scientists by allowing better integration of clinical and research training experiences.

Applicants applying to this combined program must meet the criteria for both the Graduate Studies and the MD program.

If you are offered a position in the MD/PhD or MD/MSc programs and decline, you will not be considered for the Kingston Campus MD program or the Durham MDFM program.

Pathways
Indigenous Applicants: Indigenous Student Admissions Pathway (ISAP)

The Admissions Committee recognizes the critical shortage of Indigenous physicians in Canada and the need to educate more Indigenous physicians to serve as role models and to address the health care needs of Indigenous people of Canada.

The Committee has developed an alternative process for assessing Indigenous candidates. We have reserved a minimum of 4 seats for qualified Indigenous applicants per year to the MD program to the Kingston Campus by this alternative process.

Candidates interested in the MDFM can also apply through this pathway and indicate that the Lakeridge program is their first choice. There are no set seats for Indigenous applicants at the Lakeridge campus.

You must apply through OMSAS and indicate that you are applying as an Indigenous applicant.

Applicants applying to this pathway must provide proof of ancestry and submit a supplementary personal essay in the School Submissions section of their OMSAS application.

Your essay should describe your interest in applying through this pathway and focus on your experience. Your essay will not be scored, but it will assist in determining your suitability under this stream.

Black Student Admissions Pathway (BSAP) 

We recognize the shortage of Black physicians in Canada and the need for more Black physicians to further the healthcare needs of Black people and communities, and to serve as role models for current and future medical learners. 

The BSAP is an optional application pathway for applicants who self-identify as: 

  • Black African, 
  • Black Caribbean, 
  • Black North American or 
  • multi-racial applicants who have and identify with their Black ancestry. 

Black applicants may also choose to apply through the mainstream admission pathway. Unless otherwise stated, the BSAP is available to applicants applying to any programs and pathways listed on our website. 

The BSAP does not have a designated quota for admission. 

Applicants applying to this pathway must submit a supplementary personal essay in the School Submissions section of their OMSAS application.

Your essay should describe your interest in applying through this pathway and focus on your experience. Your essay will not be scored, but it will assist in determining your suitability under this stream.

Canadian Armed Forces Applicants: Military Medical Training Program (MMTP) Pathway

Queen’s University MD program has completed arrangements with the Department of National Defence (DND) to create up to 6 additional supernumerary training positions in the Queen’s Medical Doctorate Program at the Kingston Campus. Canadian Forces Staff who are supported by the DND would be eligible to apply for these positions and offers of admission will be made to those who qualify.

To be eligible for subsidization under the MMTP, you must already be a Regular Force (full-time) member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), be fully qualified in your current occupation and have worked for 1 year in that occupation before the MMTP Competition closes. If you are currently a civilian, you are not eligible for subsidization under the MMTP.

Social Accountability Admissions Pathway (SAAP)

To address social accountability, we have reserved a select number of Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) seats for eligible applicants applying to the SAAP. The goal of this initiative is to reduce barriers for applicants from a low socioeconomic status (LSES) and provide access and opportunity, recognizing the cost of medical school applications and the pursuit of higher education.

Queen’s University has reserved 8% of the available MMI seats for the Kingston Campus and the Lakeridge Campus for applicants from a LSES.

 If you wish to be considered for the LSES MMI seats, you must:

  1. apply for the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Ontario Medical School Application Fee Waiver Program and
  2. indicate your interest by selecting the Queen’s Social Accountability Admissions Pathway in the OMSAS application.

Eligibility for this pathway will be based on your eligibility for the fee waiver program.

If you apply to the SAAP, then Queen’s will share your personal information (i.e., your name) with the AFMC. Based on their assessment criteria, the AFMC will inform Queen’s of your eligibility status for the fee waiver program. Only SAAP applicants deemed eligible by the AFMC will be considered for LSES MMI seats..

The Admissions Committee at the Queen’s School of Medicine will not receive your financial information. We will only receive information about your eligibility for the fee waiver program.

Applicants will be required to meet the same minimum threshold requirements as our mainstream. Applicants who meet the minimum thresholds for GPA, MCAT and Casper and do not get an MMI offer in the Qualified Applicant Randomization Selection (QARS) process but are deemed eligible for the fee waiver program, will be entered into a second randomization selection process for the 8% of MMI seats reserved for LSES applicants.

Graduate Applicants

Applicants currently in a graduate program will be required to meet the same minimum thresholds as undergraduate applicants.