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Key terms and definitions to help you navigate the Match.

To ensure you are building or maintaining good relationships with your matched program and the NRMP, be ready to take these post-Match steps.  Engage in the Onboarding Process Once the Match concludes, matched applicants and programs should begin the onboarding process. Applicants should be prepared to engage in any/all of the following: Programs are required…

An overview on Match Week and what to expect.

Learn more about what to do when managing programs in the match.

Find out more on how to verify graduation credentials.

Learn more about Match Week notifications to schools and students.

To participate in the Main Residency Match® and SOAP® an applicant must be able to enter graduate medical education (GME) on July 1 in the year of the Match and must meet all requirements for entry into GME as prescribed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME®).  Review ACGME requirements. Applicants should be sure…

An overview of the steps for applicants to guide them through the match.

The NRMP uses a mathematical algorithm to place applicants into residency and fellowship positions. Research on the algorithm was the basis for awarding the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. NRMP’s Main Residency Match Program Directory Explore the over 6,000 PGY-1 and PGY-2 programs participating in the Main Residency Match. Meeting the Needs of All Stakeholders…