Call for Application for Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Bachelor of Dental Surgery Academic Year 2023

Call for Application for Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Bachelor of Dental Surgery Academic Year 2023

The University of Rwanda (UR) informs prospective applicants wishing to apply for the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Bachelor of Dental Surgery offered at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Huye Campus, that the online application system for the Academic Year 2023 is open from 6th to 19th February 2023.

These two academic programs are very competitive with very limited places. Therefore, applicants that will be selected must sit for a clinical aptitude test that may be supplemented by an interview, to assess their eligibility to the above programs.

Details of the minimum entry requirements are on Annex of this call for application. Applicants are requested to only apply to one of the two programs.

Candidates that will not be admitted to any of the two programs will be allowed to apply for other programs during the general application period to start on 20^th February 2023.

I. Guidelines for Application

Applications are submitted online through the following steps;

• Go to UR website www.ur.ac.rw and click on Admissions section at the main menu bar;
• Click on “Student Portal”;
• Login to “New Application” on the left side of the page to create the student account;
• Complete your personal information & generate a reference number and a pin. Please record your reference number and pin before taking any further steps;
• After generating your reference number, pay a non-refundable fee of RWF 5,000 (for Rwandan and EAC applicants) and RWF 6,000 for international applicants;
• Payment can either be done through the Bank on UR Bank account number 00094-00637830- 21/Rwf opened at Bank of Kigali or through MTN Mobile Money;
• After the payment of the application fees, continue the application process after 10 to 15 minutes;
• Login through Registered Users on the right side of the Student Portal page by inserting your reference number and Pin;
• Proceed with the indicated steps leading to submission of your application.

II. Guidelines for Payment

11.1 payment through the Bank

Go to the nearest Branch of Bank of Kigali (BK) and pay the application fees via Urubuto

University interface, using your reference number. Please do not pay through BK Agents.

11.2. Payment through MTN Mobile Money

1. Dial *775#
2. Select “University “in the menu
3. Select “Language”
4. Select “University of Rwanda”
5. Select “Pay”
6. Select “Have registration number” (registration number is your reference number)
7. Enter your registration number/reference number
8. Select the payment purpose-Applicants will have to select “application fees” and then “Undergraduate”
9. Enter amount to pay (RWF 5,000 for Rwanda and EAC applicants and RWF 6,000 for Non­EAC citizens)
10. Confirm your payment by selecting “Yes”
11. Dial *182#, select 7 for “Ibyemezo bitaranozwa” then enter pin code to finalize your payment
12. Then go back to UR online application system to proceed with your application process

III. Guidelines to candidates who previously made their applications but did not register

• Pay application fees using your reference number that was previously generated from UR online system
• Log in to application portal and proceed with your application process

IV. Guidelines to Applicants with Foreign qualifications and those with Local qualifications who completed High School before 2011

• For applicants with foreign qualifications, before applying, you should have obtained an equivalence of your High School Certificate from National Examination and School Inspection Authority (MESA) for General Secondary Education, or Rwanda Polytechnic (RP) for Vocational Training
• Go to UR website and follow steps mentioned in Section II above to get a reference number

• Fill in a special online application form available on UR website under admission through the following link:

https://registration.ur.ac.rw/applicationformforinternationalapplicants2023. The form must be completed online and the following documents should be uploaded:

1. Certified copy of your Advanced Senior Six (S6) Certificate of Secondary Education
2. Copy of your National ID card or valid Passport
3. Certified copy of your         ce in the Rwandan system (only for applicants with foreign

qualifications)