New Student Checklist

Admissions Checklist: Due by June 17, 2024

Background Check: Admission to our Medical School is contingent upon a satisfactory identity/background check. Permission to begin this check will be requested via email from Certiphi Screening, Inc. This is performed because you will begin clinical exposure to patients during the first semester of your first year of medical school. For the safety of our patients and for your own protection, a background check is performed on all of our accepted students.
Submit your final official transcripts to Mrs. Laura Yusick in Admissions.
Complete the University’s Health Background Form, which needs the signature of a health care provider and a PPD. Submit to UB Student Health Services (address on top right of form).

Upload a photo for your UB ID Card Note: If you attended UB as an undergraduate student, you will not need to upload a new photo. However, you will be receiving a new card due to new technology on the new medical campus. There will be a cost associated with the card. For questions, please call the UB Card Office.
Activate your Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences account when you receive email from Office of Medical Computing.
Complete the AAMC MSQ by Friday, July 12th, 2024. Please contact msq@aamc.org if you have not received a unique survey link for the Matriculating Student Questionnaire.
Complete your CITI training.
Confirm that you have read the Code of Professional Conduct.
Register for any optional Parking Permits
Note: NFTA bus and metro rail passes will be automatically loaded on your UB Card.
Make personal transportation and housing arrangements for medical school.

You will be registered for your M1 courses by the Office of Student and Academic Affairs by July 12, 2024, provided that any outstanding HOLD(s) on your account has been resolved.
Your financial aid cannot be disbursed if you are not registered.