Memorial uses an Online Application System (OAS) and applicants are able to monitor their application and status of required documents via their account.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to utilize the Application Handbook prior to beginning and throughout the completion of their application. 

Note: If you registered for the first session, you will need to register again. Register here.

The application deadline for August 2026 is Wednesday, August 27, 2025 @ 11:59 pm NDT time.

The Application Handbook 2025-2026 will be available in June 2025. It provides many explanations and details needed to submit a complete application; all applicants are strongly encouraged to review it thoroughly. 

The deadline to write the MCAT for the 2025-2026 application cycle is Saturday, August 23, 2025. Scores must be released to Memorial University between Wednesday, June 25, 2025 and Thursday, September 25, 2025, which is the deadline to release MCAT scores. 

The Casper exam is required.  Test dates will be available from Acuity Insights soon. The test required is CSP-10211, also called Casper 2. 

Detailed descriptions and assistance in completing the application for the 2025-2026 cycle can be found in the Application Handbook 2025-2026 beginning in June 2025. Please see the Grade Conversion Chart for more details.  

Updates for the 2025-2026 application cycle:

• Reference criteria has changed – please see Reference Criteria for the current regulations and also refer to the Application Handbook. 
• High school transcripts are required for ALL applicants in the NL pool who graduated from a high school in the province
• Courses completed in high school in Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), or General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) that have been transferred to university for post-secondary credit, must have the accompanying transcript submitted with your application. Your application is incomplete without these transcripts

Continuing requirements:

• Official transcripts are only required from applicants selected for interview. All applicants must upload an unofficial PDF  copy of their transcript from each institution attended with their application. 

• Applicants who have completed any exchange semesters during their degree, must submit an unofficial transcript from each different institution attended on exchange; if the transcript is not in English, a translation must be provided with the transcript. 

• Exchanges longer than one semester must have a credential evaluation submitted by the application deadline, in addition to the unofficial transcript from the institution attended on exchange.

• International applicants are not accepted. All applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

• The MCAT score must be within 5 years of the deadline date; scores older than this (prior to August 27, 2020) are expired and not accepted.

• Casper and MCAT scores must be released to Memorial University. Specific directions on how to do this are located within the respective sections of the webpage.

Incomplete applications are not considered and are closed. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to monitor their OAS account regularly to ensure their application is complete and follow-up with references before the deadline date. Application fees are non-refundable.   
 
Fee assistance is available to those applicants that qualify. Please contact the Admissions Office at munmed@mun.ca for further details.

The important dates and deadlines for applying to the Doctor of Medicine program can be found here.

Admissions Office
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Faculty of Medicine, Room 2M202A
300 Prince Philip Drive
St. John's, NL A1B 3V6
Telephone: (709) 864-6328
Fax: (709) 864-6365
munmed@mun.ca