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AMCAS® Medical School Application Deadlines

The American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) is the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) centralized medical school application processing service. Most medical schools in the United States use this service as their primary application method for their first-year entering classes.

The AAMC American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) Medical Schools and Deadlines search tool to find application

Most AMCAS-participating medical schools participate in a criminal background check service. More information about this is available here.

Below, you will find deadlines for participating regular MD programs.

These deadlines are subject to change during the application cycle. The most up-to-date information is available in the Medical Schools section in the AMCAS application.

Data as of 8/23/2022 - Source.
Institution NameStateApplication DeadlineCriminal Background Check
Albany Medical CollegeNew YorkNovember 1, 2022Yes
Albert Einstein College of MedicineNew YorkOctober 15, 2022Yes
Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCUTexasNovember 15, 2022Yes
Boston University School of MedicineMassachusettsNovember 1, 2022Yes
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityNorth CarolinaNovember 1, 2022Yes
California Northstate University College of MedicineCaliforniaDecember 16, 2022Yes
California University of Science and MedicineCaliforniaDecember 1, 2022Yes
Carle Illinois College of MedicineIllinoisOctober 31, 2022Yes
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineOhioNovember 1, 2022Yes
Central Michigan University College of MedicineMichiganNovember 1, 2022Yes
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic UniversityFloridaNovember 15, 2022Yes
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & ScienceIllinoisNovember 1, 2022Yes
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew YorkOctober 15, 2022Yes
Cooper Medical School of Rowan UniversityNew JerseyNovember 15, 2022Yes
Creighton University School of MedicineNebraskaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellNew YorkNovember 1, 2022Yes
Drexel University College of MedicinePennsylvaniaDecember 1, 2022Yes
Duke University School of MedicineNorth CarolinaOctober 15, 2022No
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of MedicineTennesseeNovember 15, 2022Yes
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolVirginiaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Emory University School of MedicineGeorgiaOctober 15, 2022Yes
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of MedicineFloridaDecember 1, 2022Yes
Florida State University College of MedicineFloridaNovember 15, 2022No
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac UniversityConnecticutDecember 1, 2022Yes
Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South AlabamaAlabamaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthNew HampshireNovember 1, 2022Yes
Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicinePennsylvaniaDecember 15, 2022Yes
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesDistrict of ColumbiaNovember 15, 2022Yes
Georgetown University School of MedicineDistrict of ColumbiaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Harvard Medical SchoolMassachusettsOctober 15, 2022No
Howard University College of MedicineDistrict of ColumbiaDecember 15, 2022Yes
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkOctober 1, 2022No
Indiana University School of MedicineIndianaNovember 15, 2022Yes
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloNew YorkNovember 15, 2022Yes
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMarylandOctober 15, 2022No
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of MedicineCaliforniaOctober 1, 2022Yes
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaCaliforniaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLVNevadaOctober 1, 2022Yes
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityPennsylvaniaDecember 15, 2022Yes
Loma Linda University School of MedicineCaliforniaNovember 1, 2022No
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansLouisianaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportLouisianaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineIllinoisNovember 1, 2022Yes
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of MedicineWest VirginiaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Mayo Clinic Alix School of MedicineMinnesotaOctober 1, 2022Yes
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityGeorgiaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Medical College of WisconsinWisconsinNovember 1, 2022Yes
Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineSouth CarolinaNovember 1, 2022No
Meharry Medical CollegeTennesseeDecember 15, 2022Yes
Mercer University School of MedicineGeorgiaNovember 1, 2022Yes
Michigan State University College of Human MedicineMichiganNovember 1, 2022Yes
Morehouse School of MedicineGeorgiaDecember 1, 2022Yes
New York Medical CollegeNew YorkDecember 15, 2022Yes
New York University Long Island School of MedicineNew YorkNovember 15, 2022Yes
New York University School of MedicineNew YorkOctober 15, 2022Yes
Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityOhioNovember 1, 2022No
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineIllinoisNovember 1, 2022Yes
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic MedicineFloridaOctober 15, 2022Yes
Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicineMichiganNovember 15, 2022Yes
Ohio State University College of MedicineOhioNovember 1, 2022Yes
Oregon Health & Science University School of MedicineOregonOctober 15, 2022Yes
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicinePennsylvaniaNovember 15, 2022Yes
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaOctober 15, 2022Yes
Ponce Health Sciences University School of MedicinePuerto RicoDecember 31, 2022Yes
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook UniversityNew YorkDecember 1, 2022Yes
Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of VermontVermontNovember 15, 2022Yes
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterIllinoisOctober 1, 2022Yes
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolNew JerseyDecember 1, 2022Yes
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew JerseyDecember 1, 2022Yes
Saint Louis University School of MedicineMissouriNovember 15, 2022Yes
San Juan Bautista School of MedicinePuerto RicoDecember 15, 2022Yes
Seton Hall-Hackensack MeridianNew JerseyDecember 1, 2022Yes
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPennsylvaniaNovember 15, 2022Yes
Southern Illinois University School of MedicineIllinoisNovember 15, 2022No
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of UtahUtahOctober 1, 2022Yes
Stanford University School of MedicineCaliforniaOctober 3, 2022Yes
State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversityNew YorkOctober 15, 2022Yes
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of MedicineNew YorkDecember 1, 2022Yes
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life SciencesOhioNovember 15, 2022Yes
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityRhode IslandNovember 1, 2022Yes
Tufts University School of MedicineMassachusettsNovember 1, 2022Yes
Tulane University School of MedicineLouisianaOctober 15, 2022Yes
UCLA/Drew Medical Education ProgramCaliforniaOctober 15, 2022Yes
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineMarylandNovember 1, 2022No
Universidad Central del Caribe School of MedicinePuerto RicoDecember 1, 2022Yes
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of MedicineAlabamaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Arizona College of Medicine - PhoenixArizonaNovember 15, 2022Yes
University of Arizona College of Medicine ? TucsonArizonaNovember 15, 2022No
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of MedicineArkansasNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of California, Davis, School of MedicineCaliforniaOctober 1, 2022Yes
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineCaliforniaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of MedicineCaliforniaSeptember 30, 2022Yes
University of California, Riverside School of MedicineCaliforniaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of California, San Diego School of MedicineCaliforniaOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of California, San Francisco, School of MedicineCaliforniaOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Central Florida College of MedicineFloridaNovember 15, 2022Yes
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineIllinoisNovember 15, 2022Yes
University of Cincinnati College of MedicineOhioNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Colorado School of MedicineColoradoOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Connecticut School of MedicineConnecticutNovember 15, 2022Yes
University of Florida College of MedicineFloridaDecember 1, 2022Yes
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineHawaiiNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Illinois College of MedicineIllinoisNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineIowaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Kansas School of MedicineKansasOctober 15, 2022No
University of Kentucky College of MedicineKentuckyNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Louisville School of MedicineKentuckyNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Maryland School of MedicineMarylandNovember 1, 2022No
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of MedicineMassachusettsOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineFloridaDecember 1, 2022Yes
University of Michigan Medical SchoolMichiganOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolMinnesotaOctober 1, 2022Yes
University of Mississippi School of MedicineMississippiOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineMissouriOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of MedicineMissouriAugust 1, 2022Yes
University of Nebraska College of MedicineNebraskaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Nevada, Reno School of MedicineNevadaOctober 1, 2022No
University of New Mexico School of MedicineNew MexicoNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineNorth CarolinaOctober 1, 2022Yes
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health SciencesNorth DakotaOctober 18, 2022Yes
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineOklahomaOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePennsylvaniaOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Puerto Rico School of MedicinePuerto RicoDecember 1, 2022No
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryNew YorkOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of South Carolina School of MedicineSouth CarolinaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of South Carolina School of Medicine GreenvilleSouth CarolinaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of South Dakota, Sanford School of MedicineSouth DakotaNovember 1, 2022No
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineTennesseeNovember 15, 2022No
University of Virginia School of MedicineVirginiaNovember 1, 2022Yes
University of Washington School of MedicineWashingtonOctober 15, 2022Yes
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthWisconsinOctober 15, 2022No
USF Health Morsani College of MedicineFloridaJanuary 15, 2023Yes
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineTennesseeNovember 1, 2022Yes
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineVirginiaOctober 15, 2022Yes
Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineVirginiaDecember 1, 2022Yes
Wake Forest University School of MedicineNorth CarolinaOctober 15, 2022Yes
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of MedicineWashingtonOctober 15, 2022Yes
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineMissouriNovember 30, 2022Yes
Wayne State University School of MedicineMichiganDecember 31, 2022Yes
Weill Cornell MedicineNew YorkOctober 17, 2022No
West Virginia University School of MedicineWest VirginiaNovember 1, 2022No
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of MedicineMichiganNovember 15, 2022Yes
Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineOhioNovember 1, 2022Yes
Yale School of MedicineConnecticutOctober 15, 2022Yes

Which schools do not participate in AMCAS for application to their MD programs? Here's the list:

  • CUNY School of Medicine – The Sophie Davis Biomedical Education Program
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) John Sealy School of Medicine
  • McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
  • University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
  • University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
  • University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine

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