Admissions to the Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences

To apply to the Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences for the academic year 2023-2024, applicants must follow the guidelines listed below:

For applicants who would receive an answer by March 20, 2023:

  • • Apply by February 21, 2023. Include an official transcript covering the freshman (if applicable), sophomore, junior years and the first semester of the senior year.
  • • Submit an MCAT score.

For applicants who would receive an answer by June 25, 2023:

  • • Apply by March 30, 2023. Include an official transcript of records.
  • • The Admissions Committee at the Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences will consider June 12, 2023 as the deadline for receiving MCAT scores.

    • Criteria to be adopted in the selection of medical students for the academic year 2023-2024:

    1. Standardized Premed average which constitutes 30 % of the total grade (the average of repeated courses would be used) .
    2. - Standardized General average (cumulative) which constitutes 15% of the total grade.
    3. Standardized Major average which constitutes 15% of the total grade (the average of repeated courses would be used) This excludes grades of the freshmen courses and ENGL101 and ENGL102.
    4. Standardized MCAT Score which constitutes 30% of the total grade (divided as 35% Biological sciences, 35% Physical Sciences, 20 % Psychological, 10% Reasoning). April 28, 2023 is the last accepted session for MCAT.
    5. Interview which constitutes 10%.

    Applicants who are not granted admissions in the first stage will be placed in the pool for the second one.

    • For Residency programs:
    • o Deadline for accepting applications for residency is March 17, 2023.
    • o An IFOM (Clinical Sciences) exam is required:
      • - If completed, submit your IFOM score to pme@balamand.edu.lb
        • - IF NOT, an IFOM Exam (Clinical Sciences) will be held on Thursday March 30, 2023 at UOB Dekwaneh Campus.

    • For Fellowship Programs:
    • o Deadline for accepting applications for Fellowship is March 17, 2023.
    • o An interview will be scheduled in April 2023.


    Application for Admission to the Faculty of Medicine
     
    Application for Postgraduate Medical Education
     
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