International Visiting Medical Student Program

Thank you for your interest in UMass Medical School.  In the spirit of collaboration and a mutual pursuit of greater knowledge, UMMS has a proud history of welcoming Visiting Students from across the globe for a world class learning experience.  As you can imagine, the COVID-19 Pandemic has had a major impact on the way our institution operates.   With the health and well-being of our community in mind, UMMS has made the difficult decision to suspend our Graduate Medical Education Visiting Student Program for the 2020-2021 academic year.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to host students in any of our elective rotation experiences during this time.   

International Visiting Medical Student Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) is available to qualified medical students from schools with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UMMS. Students must be in good academic standing and in their final clinical year of medical school education. We offer a variety of electives at UMMS teaching sites. Electives for visiting students are available on a competitive basis each academic year.

A list of currently approved medical schools with MOUs may be accessed at this link.

If you are a student from a school without a MOU with UMass, click here for more info.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Students must be in their final clinical year of medical school.
• Students must meet all the elective prerequisites.
• Students must be fluent in English (see TOEFL requirement on guidelines/checklist document). All application materials must be submitted in English.
• International students are eligible to participate in electives noted on the published list titled "International Elective List." Elective availability is subject to change without notice.
• Malpractice/Liability Insurance minimums are $1 million per occurrence / $3 million aggregate. If you do not have malpractice insurance provided by your university, you must purchase it through us if you are accepted.  

Process for students applying from schools with a Memorandum of Understanding with UMMS:

• Students enrolled at one of these MOU partner medical schools must proceed with the application process after completing their internal process with nomination/selection by their home program.
• In addition, you must complete the entire International Students Application packet including the application and all other required documentation (Please see the International elective guidelines for details).
• The electives you choose must be on the international student elective offering list (top left of this webpage).
• After application has been completed, you must mail your $100 non-refundable application fee to the address listed at the bottom of the international elective guidelines form, in order for your application to be reviewed.
• A non-refundable administrative fee, per the MOU, will be assessed upon placement in an elective. 
• Applications that are missing information will not be processed.

Process for students applying from schools WITHOUT a Memorandum of Understanding with UMMS:

• Complete the application for an elective via VSLO. Students who attend medical schools that do not use VSLO will not be considered.
• The electives you choose must be on the international student elective offering list (top left of this webpage).
• After application has been completed, you must mail your $100 non-refundable application fee to Student Affairs, UMass Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester MA 01655. Applications will not be reviewed until the application fee has been received.
• A non-refundable administrative fee of $2000 will be assessed upon placement in an elective. 
• Applications that are missing information will not be processed.

**Please Note: Changes to an International visiting student's elective schedule are not allowed once the student has arrived in the United States.