The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine on Friday announced the successful placement of 98 graduating students into residency training positions via the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and SF Match.
Along with friends and family, the Pritzker Class of 2026 gathered on the University of Chicago campus on Friday for Match Day 2026. At the nationally synchronized moment – 11 a.m. in Chicago – students opened their Match envelopes to learn where they will go for the next stage of their training.
The Class of 2026 holds the distinction of being the final group of graduates to complete Pritzker’s ‘Legacy’ curriculum, as the new Phoenix curriculum will be fully implemented later this month. It is also Pritzker’s largest match class since 2014, as a number of students joined the fourth-year class following pursuit of a dual degree or a research year.
“Everyone at Pritzker could not be prouder of this group of students as they take this important step in their training as physicians,” said Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, Dean for Medical Education at Pritzker. “We know they will make us proud as the final torch bearers for our Legacy curriculum, which for so many years fostered the intellectual rigor, innovative scholarship, and clinical excellence that has come to define Pritzker graduates.
“I am also grateful for these students’ tremendous service to the South Side community during their time in medical school. Whether they are staying here to continue their training or going elsewhere, I know they will all continue to make a genuine difference for the communities they serve in residency.”
The match class includes 11 students who earned PhDs while at the University of Chicago, including through the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), The MD-PhD Program in Medicine, the Social Sciences, and Humanities (MeSH), and the Growth, Development, and Disabilities Training Program (GDDTP). It also includes seven students who will graduate with MBAs from the Booth School of Business.
Pritzker’s match results spanned both coasts and many places in between, including 18 states as well as the District of Columbia, and 23 soon-to-be graduates (23 percent) matched at the University of Chicago Medical Center to continue their categorical or advanced training in Hyde Park.
Among the other institutions welcoming the most Pritzker students for residency were the University of California system (12), Harvard University (10), Northwestern University (6), Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai (3), and University of Texas Southwestern (3). In total, Pritzker’s graduates will train across 44 different institutions and hospitals.
Internal Medicine remained the most popular specialty among Pritzker students, representing 29 percent of the Match class. Psychiatry followed at 10 percent of the class, and Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, and Pediatrics rounded out the top five at seven percent each. Primary care specialties accounted for 45 percent of the Match class while 22 percent of the class will train in surgical subspecialties.
Nationally, this year's Match was the largest in its 74-year history, with more than 48,000 applicants submitting certified rank order lists.
With their next destinations determined, Pritzker’s fourth-year students will finish their undergraduate medical training over the next two months and graduate at the Divisional Academic Ceremony on May 22.
View the full, anonymized 2026 Match results here.
The hospitals accepting the most Pritzker students to their categorical and advanced programs were:
| Institution | # of Students |
| 1. University of Chicago | 23 |
| 2. University of California System | 12 |
| 3. Harvard University | 10 |
| 4. Northwestern University | 6 |
| 5. ISMMS Mount Sinai Hospital | 3 |
| UT Southwestern Medical School | 3 |