White Coat Ceremony
White Coat
Ceremony
Join Carle Illinois in welcoming the newest class of Physician Innovators officially launch careers that will shape the future of medicine.
July 6, 2026, 3:30 pm CT
I Hotel & Conference Center, Champaign, IL
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The 2026 Carle Illinois College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m. CT, Monday, July 6, 2026 at I Hotel & Conference Center, Champaign, IL.
With a solemn pledge to do good for patients, Carle Illinois College of Medicine’s newest Physician Innovators officially launch careers that will shape the future of medicine. Join us for this milestone event for the Class of 2030!
Class Profile
First-year students
Our Class
- 64 students beginning their journey
- 52% Women in medicine
- 15 Languages spoken
Academics
- 56% with Engineering majors
- 78% of those are Bioengineering
- 23% students with advanced degrees, including 2 PhDs
- 38 Universities
- 8 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- 24 different undergraduate majors, including 5 different engineering majors
Locations
- 18 States represented overall
- 27% of class from Illinois
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Students beginning their journey!
Students beginning their journey!