Medical school admissions in Alberta

How you apply

The University of Alberta and the University of Calgary each run their own admissions portals. There is no shared Alberta application service, so each school is a separate submission with separate written components.

In-province and out-of-province eligibility

Both Alberta schools weight Alberta residency heavily, with most seats going to Alberta residents and a smaller pool open to applicants from elsewhere in Canada.

What is specific to Alberta

• Calgary runs a three-year program that continues through the summers, which changes both the timeline and the lifestyle of the degree.
• Both schools use structured written non-academic records assessed alongside academic metrics.
• Applying to both Alberta schools plus Ontario means running two portal systems in the same cycle; the writing has to be adapted, not copied.

Medical schools in Alberta

Each school publishes its own requirements. Confirm them on the official admissions page before planning around them.

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Keep reading

• In-province vs out-of-province: where you are actually competitive
• The full Canadian application timeline
• How the MMI works
• Requirements at every Canadian medical school
• Mentorship and individual services

Other provinces

• Ontario
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland and Labrador