Match Day

2024 Match Day Livestream (starts around 30:15)

The 2024 Match List (PDF)

Watch the Facebook Reel

Match Day Madness: Medical students find out their residency assignments

March 15, 2024

Ninety-nine percent match for students in the Norton College of Medicine.

Match Day is an exciting event celebrating a culmination of years of hard work and marks a significant milestone in a student's medical career.

Matching is the final step in the residency application process. Students submit residency program applications, interview for programs, and rank the programs where they would like to work. At the same time, programs will rank the students that they would like to accept. A computer algorithm will then use this information to "match" students to their placements.

What Happens on Match Day?

Match Day is an event that celebrates fourth-year medical students learning where they will be placed for residency training. Students open a sealed envelope containing their residency placement information as it has been released by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Here, they are joined by their peers, family, and friends to celebrate this milestone. The event is also live-streamed for those who are interested in watching virtually.

When is Match Day?

Aligning with the NRMP Match Day, this event typically occurs on the third Friday of March. This year’s Match Day at SUNY Upstate Medical University will be held on March 15, 2024.

Remembering Past Match Days

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Match Day 2023

Match Day: Medical students get residency assignments

Match rate for this year's class of 175 students was 100 percent.

The 2023 Match List (PDF)

Match Day 2022

It's a match

Match Day for medical students shows among the 151 students who matched, 24 will remain at Upstate.

The 2022 Match List (PDF)

Match Day 2021

Upstate’s College of Medicine Class of 2021 celebrates Match Day

Medical students learned Friday where they matched for residency.

The 2021 Match List (PDF)

Match Day 2020

Upstate College of Medicine students celebrate Match Day.

In the age of COVID-19, Match Day goes online

Dean: "It’s safe to say I will never forget this class."

The 2020 Match List (PDF)

Match Day 2019

Medical students celebrate Match Day

100 percent of Upstate students matched with a residency program, with nearly half the class staying in New York.

Match Day 2018

Match Day 2017

Medical students make their match

Of the 149 fourth-year medical students matched today, 63 will remain in New York, with 17 choosing to do their medical residencies at Upstate Medical University.

It's a match

Fourth-year medical students gather with their families and friends on Match Day, when the students find out what residency they will pursue and where they will do their training. Upstate Medical University match 97 percent of its students.