Canadian Medical Colleges

McGill University

• McGill University, which Macleans named the best medical school in Canada, offers three medical degrees: an M.D., C.M. (Medicinae Doctor et Chirurgiae Magister/Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery), an M.D.-M.B.A. and an M.D.-Ph.D. Curriculum for the M.D., C.M. is divided into five areas: Basis of Medicine (BOM), Physicianship, Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) and Core and Senior clerkships. The Ph.D program extends over seven years, while the five-year M.B.A. program prepares students to work in healthcare administration.

  McGill University
  3655 Drummond Street
  Montreal, QC
  Canada, H3G 1Y6
  1-514-398-3517
  mcgill.ca/

McMaster University

• The medical program at McMaster University runs for three years without any breaks for summer vacation. It admits 203 students annually who receive an M.D. degree upon completing the program. Besides taking a series of courses on the foundations of medicine, students are also required to perform a real-life clerkships where they are responsible for actual patients.

  McMaster University
  1200 Main Street West
  Hamilton, ON
  Canada, L8N 3Z5
  1-905-525-9140
  mcmaster.ca/

Memorial University

• The curriculum at Newfoundland's Memorial University includes two years of primarily classroom study and two years of work experience and rotations like psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine and surgery. Performing different rotations helps students decide which area to specialize in upon graduation. Students get involved in the community, undertaking clerkships and becoming part of a clinical care team.

  Memorial University
  St. John's, NL
  Canada, A1B 3V6
  1-709-737-6615
  mun.ca/

University of Calgary

• The University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine offers two degree paths: a four-year Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours (BHSc Honours) and a three-year Doctor of Medicine. The BHSc program focuses on health research and bioinformatics. The M.D. program requires two years of traditional medical courses like Ethics and Global Health, and a third-year clerkship in a nearby emergency room, doctor's office or clinic.

  University of Calgary
  3330 Hospital Drive, NW
  Calgary, AB
  Canada, T2N 4N1
  1-403-220-4262
  ucalgary.ca/