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Transforming the Learner
At the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of University of Rochester Medicine, we know you are not just choosing a medical school—you are choosing the place where your professional transformation begins.
We prepare you for both the art and the science of your life’s work, guided by the core principle of Meliora, meaning “ever better.” Our goal is to be a medical school of the highest order, where individuals can pursue their aspirations without barriers to access, creativity, or participation.
From the start of your medical education, you will gain new opportunities and perspectives. Our Double Helix Curriculum—Translations and Transitions—provides early clinical experiences, and our biopsychosocial model helps you become a physician who sees not only disease, but the whole person.
This is the beginning of your journey. Here, within an integrated academic health system, we will support you in changing the world through your own individual path.
Why Rochester?
The biopsychosocial model and the Double Helix curriculum are just two of the things that make us unique.
Our People
Check out our class profile, and get an inside look at a day in the life of a Rochester medical student.
YoUR Future
UR medical graduates are highly desired across the nation. Check out the opportunities for your future.
Rochester's Medical School at a Glance
95%
3-year average pass rate for USMLE STEP 1
92%
students involved in research during medical school
40
different states represented by students
99%
3-year average match rate
What's New?
The Power of Connection: A Scholar’s Journey to Residency.
From the age of six, Diamond Guy envisioned a career in medicine, inspired by the compassionate care she received as a child. Now a first-year dermatology resident at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, she attributes her journey to the powerful connections and unwavering support she found through various University of Rochester Medical Center programs and mentors.
From Miami to Medicine: How Mentors Made Rochester Feel Like Home
In this Learners on Location video on undergraduate medical education, SMD third-year medical student Lilyveth Mesa shares her experience relocating from Miami and navigating life with support from her advisor, Vice Chair of Family Medicine and Associate Dean Anne Nofziger, and Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Professor of Emergency Medicine Flavia Nobay.
Listening teaches medicine - Jack Armstrong Bookbinder & Anthony James Pamatmat - TEDxRochester
Fourth-year medical students Anthony and Jack share how the bi-directional experience of caring for individuals impacted by the criminal legal system transformed their medical education, inspired the creation of a student-run free clinic, and deepened their understanding of the true essence of medicine.
What The Streets Teach
Classes teach medicine, but Street Outreach helps teach how to connect with patients in ways that most students would never expect. It asks student volunteers to have hope for people who have sometimes lost all hope themselves, mirroring how society tends to view them. At times, these volunteers are trying to support people who have nobody else left who believes in them.
If the future of medicine depends on more equitable health care, participants in this program would say that learning on the streets of Rochester is helping to prepare them for that future.
The Envelope Please! UR Medical Students open the next chapter of their careers
As big moments in life go, it’s hard to beat Match Day.
This annual event is when graduating medical school students across the country learn at which residency program they will train. All have completed four years of undergraduate study and then four years of medical school on their way to residency in the medical specialty they’ve chosen.
Class of 2029 Code of Conduct
Every year, our incoming class creates a Code of Conduct which is a reminder to our students why they have chosen medicine.