FAQs / Requirements

Applications are only accepted and reviewed when submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

1. 2 letters of recommendation, in addition to an IM Chair’s or Structured Evaluative Letter. (Exception: preliminary track applicants do NOT need a Chair Letter/SEL and can submit 3 narrative letters of recommendation instead of the above.)


2. Medical School and USMLE transcripts


3. Personal Statement


4. Curriculum Vitae


5. Dean’s letter (MSPE)
   

All documents must be submitted through ERAS.

Interview selections are generally released by mid-October, so please submit applications by October 10th, 2026.

Applications from IMG’s are accepted. A medical degree obtained within 3 years of application is encouraged. Evidence of continued clinical work and productive scholarly/research activity is preferred. Experience in the US medical system is not required but is highly advised. ECFMG certification is required at the time of application for interview considerations.

The Residency Program does not sponsor H1B visas. IMGs are encouraged to obtain ECFMG sponsorship as a J1 Exchange Visitor.

Interviews take place between November and January of the application cycle. Currently, interviews are performed virtually. Our program does not send rejection letters.

Although scores on USMLE examinations are an important factor in our selection process, there are no official score requirements for applying to our program. We prefer to evaluate each applicant on his or her own individual merits.

Applicants who signal Silver or Gold to our program will be given significant weight in the interview selection process.

Call on regular floor rotations is every fourth night until 7:00 p.m. Floor residents go home and do not stay overnight in the hospital or take home call. In the ICU, call is generally also every third or fourth night until 8:00 p.m, although there is some minor variability in each hospital. Only one of our current inpatient rotations offers a potential 24-hour call once in 4 weeks (you may do 2-3 total, in the entirety of your residency training). Residents leave no later than 8:00 a.m. after night shifts. Attendings and fellows in the Department of Medicine are available at night to assist and teach night float and ICU on-call residents.

Just to name a few of the facilities:

• Access to computer systems throughout the university and hospital.


• Computerized retrieval of labs, radiographic studies, and outpatient records at all training sites.


• Access to a state-of-the-art library is open seven days a week. Full-text journals available online.


• Residents are given a meal stipend for all long-call and night float shifts.


• Parking: Available at all affiliated hospitals. We offer a "pre-tax" payroll deduction for parking expenses on Rutgers campus.


• As University employees, NJMS residents have access to many university facilities including daycare (for a fee) and a state-of-the-art gym.


• All interns receive white coats, with laundry service available.


• Lactation Rooms - available at all training sites

Yes. All Rutgers residents receive $1,300 orientation pay at the start of their employment and $1,300 per year for educational allowance. Our residents are also funded to travel to one national academic/scientific conference per year, if they are the first author of a poster or presentation.

Residents that work a Rutgers designated holiday are given the option to choose an alternate day off, bank a comp day for the future, or receive extra pay for the shift. When a resident is unable to work a scheduled shift, another resident may be pulled to cover for them; this resident is then eligible to receive additional extra-call pay.

Moonlighting is considered on a case-by-case basis for PGY-3 and Chief Residents.

The Internal Medicine Residency Program does not sponsor observerships. If you are currently enrolled in medical school, you can visit the NJMS website to inquire about away rotations.