Country guide · North America
MBBS admissions in USA
US medical schools award the MD as a four-year graduate degree after a bachelor's degree; international applicants are accepted by relatively few schools and usually need US pre-medical coursework and the MCAT.
- Duration:
- 4 years MD (after a bachelor's degree)
- Medium:
- English
Admission route
Check each school's international applicant policy, required US/Canadian coursework and MCAT; licensing requires USMLE and ECFMG steps.
AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges)- 1
Check eligibility
Check the university's current medicine entry requirements, accepted school qualifications and eligibility for international applicants.
- 2
Confirm the programme
Verify the degree, teaching language, entrance tests, clinical language requirements and internship arrangements directly with the university.
- 3
Prepare your documents
Confirm requirements for transcripts, passport, language evidence and document certification. Check tuition and living costs before accepting an offer.
- 4
Apply & verify licensing
Apply through the official university or national admission portal. Check home-country medical registration requirements and visa rules before enrolment.
Entry rules, fees and deadlines vary by institution and session. A QS rank is not medical accreditation or permission to practise. For practice in Pakistan, confirm the current requirements directly with PMDC; a World Directory of Medical Schools listing alone is not accreditation.
Medical universities in USA
25 listed institutions, grouped by public/private and ordered by verified QS World University Rankings 2026. Faculty entries use the parent university's overall rank, not a medicine-subject rank. Unverified ranks appear last. This is not a complete national register or a list of approved English-medium programmes. Closing-merit figures have not been verified for these institutions.
25 of 25 universities
Public universities (7)
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1.UCSF School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
2.David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
3.University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
4.UW School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
5.UC San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
6.University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
7.UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet
Private universities (18)
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1.Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
QS World Rank 2026: #3Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
2.Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
QS World Rank 2026: #5Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
3.Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
4.Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
5.Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
6.Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
7.Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
8.Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
9.Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Rochester, MN
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
10.NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
11.Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
12.University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
13.Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
14.Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
15.Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
16.Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
17.Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet - Official website preview unavailable
18.Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admissionScholarship: not verified yet