The four (4) year Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Program at NOSM University provides students with a unique mix of learning opportunities in a diverse range of sites, including Indigenous and Francophone communities.

NOSM University’s UME Program selection process is designed to identify those likely to thrive in the challenging northern and rural learning environments. This includes applicants from Northern Ontario, rural and remote areas in the rest of Canada, Indigenous, Francophone, and those applicants who have been structurally marginalized. If you are passionate about rural health and have a strong academic background, you are encouraged to apply.

The UME Program focuses on graduating skilled physicians who are ready and able to pursue further training and clinical practice anywhere, but who have a special affinity for and comfort in Northern Ontario.

Currently, NOSM University’s UME Program offers eighty-eight (88) seats. These are distributed between our Sudbury Campus and Thunder Bay Campus; both offer unique learning environments. NOSM University is expanding and will potentially increase the number of UME seats to 108 in the near future, providing more opportunities for aspiring medical students.

Although the two (2) main campuses are located in Thunder Bay and Sudbury, NOSM University students do not function in a traditional medical school building. Rather, the walls of NOSM University are the boundaries of Northern Ontario, spanning thousands of kilometres, with two (2) main campuses and countless communities linked to NOSM University. The model of distributed medical education and research instills a complex understanding of rural health and an educational experience that is grounded in the realities of community-based health care. Students receive clinical training in a variety of settings – hospitals, health centres, family practices – where they witness health challenges first-hand, and are introduced to the distinct cultures, lifestyle opportunities, and learning environments of Northern Ontario.

Select the tiles below to review essential skills and abilities required for entry to a medical degree program and important information about the application process and admission requirements, the selection process, and more for the NOSM University UME Program.

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