Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
MD Program

MS-1 Critical Dates

Core 1 - Fall 2025 Exams

(Subject to Change)

Please note that all exams are scheduled to take place 8am-1pm unless otherwise noted in OASIS.

Exam Date
Genetics Midterm (Team Exam only) 9/2/2025
Biochemistry Midterm 9/2/2025
Genetics Final 9/18/2025
Embryology Final 9/18/2025
Cell and Tissue Biology Midterm 9/19/2025
Biochemistry Final 9/19/2025
Anatomy #1 10/17/2025
Immunology #1 (Team Take-home) 11/4/2025 - due 11/11/2025
Immunology #2 Midterm 11/13/2025
Microbiology Midterm (Team Exam only) 11/13/2025
Anatomy #2 11/14/2025
Epidemiology Final 11/25/2025
Immunology #3 (Team Take-home) 12/5/2025 - due 12/12/2025
Microbiology & Infectious Disease Final 12/18/2025
Immunology #4 12/18/2025
Anatomy #3 Final 12/19/2025

Core 1 - Spring 2025 Exams

(Subject to Change)

Please note that all exams are scheduled to take place 8am-1pm unless otherwise noted in OASIS.

Exam Date
MDTI Midterm 1/22/2025
MDTI Final (Team & Individual) 2/7/2025
Brain and Behavior Exam #1 2/24/2025
Brain and Behavior Exam #2 (Team & Individual) 3/7/2025
Brain and Behavior Exam #3 (Team & Individual) 3/26/2025
Brain and Behavior Exam #4 (Team & Individual) 4/11/2025
Reproduction Final (Team & Individual) 4/30/2025
Endocrinology Final (Team & Individual) 5/16/2025
GI Midterm 6/2/2025
GI Final (Team & Individual) 6/13/2025

Other Significant Dates

(updated 4/16/2025)
Event Date
Orientation Week 2025 8/11/2025 - 8/15/2025
MS1 First Day of Class in 2025 8/18/2025
Labor Day 9/1/2025
Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown) 9/22/2025 - 9/24/2025
Yom Kippur (begins at sundown) 10/1/2025 - 10/2/2025
Thanksgiving Break 11/26/2025 - 11/28/2025
Holiday Break 2025 12/22/2025 - 1/2/2026
First Day of Class in 2026 1/5/2026
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 1/19/2026
Spring Break 3/9/2026 - 3/13/2026
Passover (begins at sundown) 4/1/2026 - 4/9/2026
Memorial Day 2025 5/26/2025
Summer Break 2025 Begins 6/16/2025