This message contains important information about starting medical school at the Miller School of Medicine (at Miami Campus only).

Welcome to our web site for students starting medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the Fall of 2008.

We’ve designed these pages to help you make the transition to Miami (and to the Boca campus) and to smooth out the process by which you’ll become a medical student this Fall.

This site will be updated on a routine basis over the next few months so you should add this site to your list of favorites so you can get the latest information as soon as it becomes available.

In order for us to send you important information between now and orientation, it is imperative that we have your current mail and e-mail addresses. However, do not send this information to the Office of Admissions because we cannot modify your record in the AMCAS database. You must change your contact information through AMCAS.

It is strongly recommended--and even critical--that all new students, regardless of the campus they will be attending, arrive well before school starts (August 7).
New students will need time to find an apartment, open utility accounts (electricity, telephone, etc.), open a banking account, make arrangements for parking, find a grocery store--and basically "settle in" before school begins.
This is particularly important for students who currently live some distance from the campus where they will be attending. We strongly encourage you to do this even if it means cutting short your European vacation or other travel arrangements, or social obligations (e.g. weddings, etc.).
It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish all of this in a week or less! And you won't have time to do any of this once school actually starts.


If you are enrolled in a graduate program you should complete all requirements for the degree before August.
"Research credit" will not be given by the medical school for unfinished graduate work.