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Why the College of Medicine?

Why choose the College of Medicine? There are many reasons: our faculty, our access to rural and urban populations, our unparalleled student diversity.

Here are a few more reasons:

Because we offer extraordinary residency programs.
As the largest medical school in the country, the College of Medicine offers 65 residency programs preparing doctors for specialties such as nephrology, orthopedic surgery, family medicine and more. Note that not all of our programs use the Match. More about residencies…

Because  our graduates do well in the Match.
Graduates of the College of Medicine pursue residencies at many of the nation’s top medical institutions. From internal medicine to neurosurgery, graduates pursue training in a wide variety of specialties. See recent match results

Because you’ll get great clinical experience.
Our medical students get extensive clinical experience.  For instance, students on the Chicago campus make rounds with professors and see patients in their very first year. All our residency programs offer focused, skill-building experience in community clinics, major teaching hospitals and other settings. More about our residencies

Because we’re performing groundbreaking research.
As a student, you’ll work with professors and fellows who are furthering the practice of medicine with new knowledge—about diabetes, cancer, tropical parasitic infections, gene regulation and more. You’ll learn more—because they know more. Learn about our research