Residency Application

Timelines and Information for 2026 Residency Application Process

Students will begin the majority of the work for residency application in the third & fourth years.

    Third Year 2024-25:

    • September 20, 2024, Career Fair

    October 2024:

    • October 7, 2024:  Third Year Class Meeting on the Fourth Year Schedule
    • October 31, 2024:  MSPE Dean assignments released, begin meeting with MSPE Dean

    November 2024:

    • November 20, 2024:  Third Year Class Meeting, “A Look Ahead”, and meet with Fourth Year students

    December, 2024:

    • ERAS Passwords released for 2026 ERAS Application Program

    January 2025:

    • January 30, 2025:  Third Year Class Meeting on Residency Application; and breakout sessions with Program Directors

    March, 2025:

    • March 25, 2025:  Biosketches & CVs due

    Fourth Year 2025-2026:

      April 7 – April 11, 2025, Fourth Year Transition

      May 2025:

      • Start Personal Statement drafts

      June 2025:

      • June 4, 2025: ERAS opens for applicants (NRMP and AUA Matches)
      • June 4, 2025: ResidencyCAS application program opens (Obstetrics/Gynecology and Emergency Medicine)
      • June 24, 2025: Urology Match information & registration available
      • Military students automatically registered for Army, Air Force and Navy matches

      July 2025:

      • July 1, 2025: SFMP Ophthalmology registration begins
      • July 9, 2025:  CaRMS registration opens (Canadian Resident Matching Service)
      • July 17, 2025, Personal Statement Workshop
      • July 24, 2025, ERAS Application Workshop

      August 2025:

      • August 13, 2025, Personal Statement Workshop

      August & September 2025: Students review MSPE

      late August 2025:  Transcripts scanned in for the SFMP

      September  2025: 

      • September 2, 2025, SF Ophthalmology Match opens for application submission & release to residency programs
      • September 3, 2025, ERAS opens for application submission to residency programs
      • September 3, 2025, ResidencyCAS opens for application submission to residency programs
      • September 3, 2025, AUA Urology applicant signaling opens
      • September 10, 2025, CaRMS application program opens
      • September 15, 2025, National Residency Match Program (NRMP) opens for registration
      • September 16, 2025, AUA Urology deadline to submit signals
      • September 15-September 19, 2025:  Transcripts scanned into ERAS, ResidencyCAS and CaRMS
      • September 15-September 19, 2025: MSPEs scanned into all application programs:  ERAS, SFMatch, ResidencyCAS, CaRMS
      • September 24, 2025:  MSPEs are released by all application programs to the residency programs
      • September 24, 2025:  ERAS applications are released to residency programs
      • September 24, 2025:  ResidencyCAS deadline to submit applications

      October, 2025:

      • October, (TBA): Residency Interview Workshop
      • October:  mock interviews with Deans
      • October 1, 2025, ResidencyCAS programs can access application information.
      • October 24, 2025, all AUA Urology programs offer interviews
      • October 27, 2025, all AUA Urology applicants’ deadline to accept or reject interviews

      October-November, 2025:  SF Match Ophthalmology interview invitation release dates:

      • October 15, 2025, 12:00 noon PT
      • October 22, 2025, 12:00 noon PT
      • October 29, 2025, 12:00 noon PT
      • November 5, 2025, 12:00 noon PT

      October 2025-February 2026: Residency Interviews

      November, 2025:

      • November 27, 2025, 12:00 noon ET: deadline to submit at CaRMS application documents

      December, 2025:

      • Mid-December:  Military Match results released
      • December 29, 2025, AUA Urology preference list deadline

      January, 2026

      • NRMP Rank List Workshop, TBA
      • January 22, 2026, SF Match Ophthalmology Rank Lisk Deadline, 12:00 noon PT
      • January 22, 2026, CaRMS Ranking Period Opens
      • January 29, 2026, SF Match Ophthalmology Match Results, 5:00 am PT
      • January, 29, 2026, SF Match Ophthalmology post-match vacancies, 9:00 am PT
      • January 30, 2026, NRMP standard registration closes (late registration still available)

      January 17, 2026-February 8, 2026: CaRMS National Interview Period

      February, 2026:

      • February 2, 2026, AUA Urology Match results released, via e-mail
      • February 2, 2026, NRMP Rank List opens
      • February 19, 2026, 3:00 pm ET: deadline to submit rank list to CaRMS

      Late Winter-Mid Spring:  GQ Workshops, TBA

      March, 2026:

      • March 3, 2026, 12:00 noon ET, CaRMS Match results posted to CaRMS online.
      • March 4, 2026, NRMP deadline to submit Rank Lists, 9:00 pm ET.
      • March 4, 2026, NRMP late registration deadline, 9:00 pm ET
      • March 16-March 20, 2026, NRMP Match and SOAP week
      • Friday, March 20, 2026, NRMP Match Day

       

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