Dates and Events

2026 Important Dates

Events

• UAB School of Medicine application open November 3, 2025 – January 15, 2026
• Martin Luther King Jr Holiday | January 19, 2026 – UA Closed
• TRPI Applications open December 1, 2025 – February 9, 2026
• 37^th Rural Health Policy Institute | Feb. 10-12, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
• Rural Programs Tuscaloosa Open House | March 3, 2026, at 5 p.m. virtually (click here). 
• UA Spring Break | March 16-20, 2026
• UA Honors Week | March 30-April 2, 2026
• UA Honors Day (no classes) | April 3, 2026
• Rural Programs Convocation | April 25, 2026, from 4-9p
• UA Spring Commencement | May 1-3, 2026
• Senior Banquet | May 14, 2026, Time: TBA
• RHS, RHDS, & MOOREs Orientation Day | May 24, 2026
• RHS, RHDS, & MOOREs begins May 24 – June 26, 2026
• TRPI Orientation Day | May 25, 2026
• TRPI begins May 25-July 10, 2026
• Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 – UA Closed
• Juneteenth | June 19, 2026 – UA Closed
• AAFP Conference in Sandestin, FL | June 24-28, 2026
• 4^th of July Independence Day | July 4, 2026 – UA Closed
• Gulf Coast Dental Conference in Miramar Beach, FL | July 9-12, 2026
• 30^th Anniversary Rural Medical Scholars Reunion | July 17-18, 2026
• Summer Commencement | August 1, 2026
• UA Classes Begin Fall Term | August 19, 2026

Rural Medical Scholars Application

Rural Dental Scholars Application

Application opened in AADSAS on May 13, 2025. Students should initiate applications as early as possible.

Applications received by AADSAS after October 31, 2025, cannot be considered for admission to the incoming first-year class.