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Admission Requirements

Preferred access to the programs is via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). Licensure to practice medicine while in training is acquired from the Texas Medical Board. International medical graduates require sponsorship of the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).  An Addendum to ERAS must also be completed and submitted with the ERAS application.

Each applicant must be a graduate of a medical school that is approved by the Texas Medical Board or a medical school whose curriculum is accepted as equivalent to that of A Texas medical school by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. A graduate of the latter must:

  1. Be eligible for licensure in his/her home country (where medical school as completed)
  2. Possess a valid certificate issued by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
  3. Be eligible for employment at TTUHSC
  4. Process a criminal background check (HSC OP 10.20)

Each applicant with an ERAS application shall be required, at the time of the interview, to complete the ERAS Addendum.

Prior to acceptance of a residency applicant, the Program Director shall assure that the applicant has passed USMLE/COMLEX, Step 1, within the number of attempts required for Texas licensure.

TTUHSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age or veteran status in admission, employment, access to, or treatment in it programs or activities.

Residents are assigned at a Post Graduate Year (PGY) level to assure that by the end of residency training, a resident who has successfully completed the program requirements and meets national board certification requirements without additional training.

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The following documents have been removed from the list of acceptable documents:


Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (List A#2).

Certificate of Naturalization (List A#3).Unexpired Reentry Permit (List A#8).

Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (List A#9).

Form I-151 (List A#5)  However, Form I-551 remains an acceptable document.



The following document has been added to the list of acceptable documents:


Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (List A#10).


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