Match Day is the culmination of a complex year-long process that matches the nation’s graduating medical students with residency programs. Match results are released nationally at Match Day ceremonies coordinated to occur on the same date — the third Friday in March — at the same time (12:00 p.m. Eastern time) each year.

Under the match process, during the first half of their senior year, medical students apply for positions at residency programs, then interview with program directors, faculty and residents. In February, students submit their list of choices in order of preference — at the same time residency program directors submit their rank-ordered lists of preferred candidates — to the National Residency Matching Program headquarters in Washington, D.C. A computer matches each student* to the residency program that is highest on the student’s list and that has offered a position to the applicant. Residency programs vary in length from three years for general medicine/family practice specialties to eight years for the most specialized of surgeons.

*To protect our students' privacy, we have chosen not to publish our students’ Match List.

Class of 2025 Match Day

Mark your calendars for Match Day: Friday, March 21, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. MST (12:00 p.m. Eastern time).
The celebration will be held under the palo verde trees in front of the Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, 475 N. 5th Street, Phoenix, AZ.

Due to space constraints, we are limiting the faculty, staff and students able to attend in-person. Students who are not participating in the match, as well as faculty and staff, are encouraged to show their support by joining the livestream on the college's YouTube page. You do not need to have a YouTube account or login to join the celebration.

And share your well wishes and comments on the College of Medicine – Phoenix's social media or tag us in your personal posts, using the hashtags #Match2025, #UAZMEDPHX, #UArizonaPhoenix.

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