Admissions Overview
UC Davis School of Medicine is a distinctive place with a deep commitment to improving the health of our local and global communities. We offer many unique clinical and outreach experiences for our students, including seven UC Davis affiliated student-run clinics, several international rotations and tailored research opportunities. We strive to foster a supportive, inclusive learning environment where everyone can thrive.
Applying to Medical School?
Our Applicant Handbook includes further information about our programs, admissions timeline, pre-medical requirements, unique criteria, and more.
Resources for Medical School Applicants
What Sets Us Apart
Student-run Clinics
For more than 50 years, the nationally recognized UC Davis affiliated student-run clinics along with our nonprofit partners have provided free health care to thousands of uninsured, low-income and other under-resourced communities throughout Sacramento.
Student Support Services
We provide an exemplary level of support services, offering unique pathway programs, academic coaching, mentoring and many other support services to help students thrive and succeed throughout their medical education and clinical training.
Community Partnerships
We are proud to be part of the Sacramento region’s robust and diverse community, and are committed to strengthening and expanding mission-driven collaborations to improve everyone’s health.
Trailblazing Innovative Pathways
Our medical school offers a number of innovative initiatives in medical education that are designed to improve the health of California’s diverse communities, especially in rural areas or historically medically under-resourced communities experiencing physician shortages.
Spotlight on AvenueM
We recently launched a new collaborative pre-med pathway program for community college students, AvenueM, to address the shortage of primary care physicians in California’s rural, medically under-resourced areas. AvenueM is one of several of our innovative pathway programs created to help diversify California’s physician workforce to advance health equity and improve the overall health of our diverse communities statewide.
Advancing Health Equity
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Office of Student and Resident Diversity
Learn moreThe Office of Student and Resident Diversity works to create an environment of inclusion and respect, and actively recruits and fosters the development of a physician workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our world. The office offers several community outreach programs for K-12 students and undergraduate and community college students to help cultivate an early interest in medicine and science.
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Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce
Learn moreThe Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce leads research focused on recruiting, training and retaining a diverse health care workforce to advance health equity in our communities. The center engages in research, shares findings, promotes best practices, and works to create partnerships and programs that advance educational opportunities in under-resourced communities.
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Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Learn moreThe Center for Reducing Health Disparities promotes the health and well-being of diverse communities through research, training, continuing education, and technical assistance within a prevention, early intervention and treatment framework.
A lot of our patients, when we see them in clinic, we’re only helping one at a time, and when you get involved in health policy, you’re helping like hundreds, if not thousands of patients all at once, by reducing some of those barriers they face.—Karina Morales, Medical Student at UC Davis School of Medicine
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Visit the Campus
We offer campus tours for students who are interested in careers in medicine and for current American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) applicants. To see our Sacramento campus, meet our medical students, and learn how we support our community, please visit our tour information page.
Office of Admissions
4610 X St., Education Building, First Floor, Suite 1202
Sacramento, CA 95817
