For medical students nationwide, Match Day is the culmination of four years of hard work, and many consider it the most exciting day of the medical school experience.

Students receive notice of their residency matches beginning at 12:00 Noon (EDT) on the third Friday of March each year, and at UVM that event is shared by the entire Larner College of Medicine community. One-by-one students are invited to announce their match. Many students choose to announce their Match news to classmates, faculty, and staff while others opt to learn of their Match in private.

Experience Match Day 2024:

• Highlight video of Match Day 2024
• Full Match Day video
• Photos from Match Day
• Class of 2024 Match List (PDF)
• Class of 2024 Match Map
• Class of 2024 Match Day Results Graphic
• Learn more about Match Day from the National Resident Matching Program. 

Questions?

Contact elizabeth.dohrman@med.uvm.edu for more information.

Honors Night is an annual event held by the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont prior to Commencement. At the event, members of the graduating class are recognized for their accomplishments and honor faculty and staff who have supported them along the way. 

• Read a recap of the event and see the award recipients. 
• List of the awards presented to the Class of 2023 (PDF)

Questions?

Contact elizabeth.dohrman@med.uvm.edu

Larner College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony

Tickets

Tickets will be required for guests and will be reserved online by degree candidates by a previously announced date. Each student will receive up to six tickets for the ceremony, which will also be livestreamed. Additional tickets will be requested via a waitlist and will be fulfilled if available after the initial ticketing request period. A link to request tickets will be emailed to degree candidates at their UVM.edu (not med.uvm.edu) email addresses. 

Additional Information about Tickets (PDF)

Degree Candidate Participation

Degree candidates are not required to participate in the Commencement Ceremony. If degree candidates wish to participate in the ceremony they must wear UVM Larner College of Medicine regalia with robe, hood, tam and tassel.

Regalia

All graduating students participating in commencement must wear regalia. Regalia will be available for pick up in front of the Office of Medical Education on several dates and times that will be announced by OME prior to the ceremony. 

Hooding and Guest Hooders

Hooding is a part of the Commencement Ceremony immediately prior to when each graduate receives their diploma. As each graduating student's name is called, they ascend the stage and are seated on the "hooding stool". A doctoral hood is then placed over their head. Students may request to have a guest hooder assist Dean Zehle with their hooding.

Students who wish to have a guest hooder should review the document below for information on who may serve as a guest hooder.

Information about Guest Hooding

Ceremony Livestream

The ceremony will be livestreamed for guests who are unable to attend in person. The livestream link will be posted on this page and shared with degree candidates prior to the ceremony. 

Future Larner College of Medicine Ceremony Dates

• Class of 2025 - Sunday, May 18, 2025
• Class of 2026 - Sunday, May 17, 2026
• Class of 2027 - Sunday, May 23, 2027

We want to congratulate you on your admission to the Larner College of Medicine and wish you a happy and successful four years.

We strive to provide a quality orientation program that helps you become familiar with our campus and our community. The Office of Medical Education (OME) coordinates a week-long Orientation course. Orientation is an essential part of your transition to medical school and is a credit-bearing course; therefore, participation during the entire orientation is required.

More information about Orientation will be emailed to you in early July. Additional details about orientation will be available soon.

What is a White Coat Ceremony?

Initiated on August 20, 1993 at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, this annual ceremony or a similar rite now takes place for first-year medical students at about 90 percent of schools of medicine and osteopathy in the United States, and is supported by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation

According to the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the White Coat Ceremony helps establish a psychological contract for the practice of medicine.

Physicians dressed in black until the late 19th century, due to the association of black attire as formal. Physicians adopted the white coat as a symbol of purity at the beginning of the 20th century.

White Coat Ceremony for the Larner College of Medicine Class of 2028

The  ceremony will be held on Friday, October 18, 2024 at the Ira Allen Chapel. More information to follow.

The White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2027 was held on Friday, October 18th, 2023 at the Ira Allen Chapel.

• Recording of the ceremony (2023)
• Photos from the Class of 2027 Ceremony
• 2023 Ceremony Program