American University of Beirut

​​​​​​I. Online Application:

1. On Application & Required Documents:

Applicants wishing to apply to GME Residency Programs need to:​

1. Access the application for Graduate Medical Education during the month of November from November 4 till November 25, 2024)
2. Fill the online application sections
   
3. Upload the following documents to the online application and match them to the checklist at end of application by November 25, 2024.
   


• Updated Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  
• Score report(s) of IFOM BSE and/or IFOM CSE (if applicable​)
  
• Transferring residents need to upload the below to the "Other documents if any":
  
• A release letter from the Program Director if the resident is enrolled in a categorical track program​
• A letter of verification of previous residency educational experiences from the Program Director stating the resident's current standing, list of completed rotations, summative competency-based performance evaluation, and procedural/operative experience. Please click here ​for more details on the required verification letter.​
  
4. ​Eligible applicants to the some of the residency programs such as Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry will be asked for a personal statement describing their interest in the specialty and career plans. Such statements should be forwarded to the concerned programs upon request and not through the GME Office. Kindly do not upload the personal statements with the required documents on the Online Application; instead make sure to e-mail it to them once called for an interview.
   

​​2. On Application Choices:

• Each applicant is entitled to two choices only. When filling out the online application, you will be applying for one choice. To add another choice, you need to start a new application. Most of the information will be repeated in the second application; however, you will need to specify your additional choice. The first application submitted will be considered your first choice, while the second application will be your second choice. 
• The ranking (first choice and second choice) will be used in the matching process, with priority given to the first choice. If an applicant is accepted to both choices, they will be automatically accepted to their first choice and removed from the second-choice acceptance list. Programs will be blinded to the applicants' choices.
• The online application will not allow you to start a new application more than twice. If applicants attempt to create or start a new application three times, the GME office will disregard any attempts beyond the first two.
• The GME office will not accept any changes in the application choices made after the submission of the online application.​​

3. On Application Process:

1. After submitting the online application and required papers, the GME Office will be reviewing the applicants' submitted information.
2. Applications of eligible applicants will be forwarded to the concerned program(s).
3. Applicants may be invited for an interview in one or two programs.
   
4. Each program will announce the selection results to the applicants after the GME Committee approval.
   
5. Accepted applicants who accept the offered position and sign the letter of intent but later decide not to join the GME Programs will not be eligible to apply to any GME Program at AUB in the future.
   

6. All newly accepted international students to the residency program, must submit the equivalence of the Lebanese BaccII and authenticate their Medicine degree in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education before enrolling. This is important to ensure a smooth procedure when notarizing the residency diplomas at a later stage.  Clich HERE for information on General Education certificates equivalence (equivalence of the Lebanese BaccII ) and HERE for University certificates equivalences​ (MD).