List of medical schools in the Caribbean

This is a list of medical schools in the Caribbean. Schools are listed in alphabetical order by country or territory, then by name. The list includes medical schools recognized by their local governments that award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) and/or Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees.

All recognized medical schools are listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDMS). Several agencies may also accredit Caribbean medical schools, as listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA).^[1]

Categories: Regional vs. Off-shore

Caribbean medical schools can be categorized as either "regional" or "offshore". Regional medical schools train students to practice in the country or region where the school is located. Offshore medical schools in the Caribbean primarily train students from the United States and Canada who intend to return home for residency and clinical practice after graduation.^[2] Most offshore medical schools are dual-campus programs: basic sciences are completed in the Caribbean, while clinical clerkships are completed at teaching hospitals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.^[3]

List of current Caribbean medical schools

Country or territory	School	Established	Degree	Regional/offshore	Listed in World Directory of Medical Schools[4]	ECFMG eligible graduates[4] (Sponsor Notes tab)	Graduated students (year 2019 unless otherwise noted)'[4]	Accreditation (by organization(s) listed in DORA-FAIMER directory [5][6][7]	UK eligible graduates[a]
Anguilla	American University of Anguilla School of Medicine	2022	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007696[9]	Yes (From 2025)			Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	American University of Antigua	2004	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000993 [10]	Yes	216	Accredited by CAAM-HP as of 2022.[11]	Yes
	Metropolitan University College Of Medicine	2017	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0005227[12]	No		Applicant to CAAMP-HP accreditation as of August 2022 [13]	Maybe
	Atlantic University School of Medicine	2017	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0004816 [14]	No.[b]			No
	University of Health Sciences Antigua School of Medicine	1983	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001902 [15]	Yes (From 1984)	25 (year 2018)		Yes
Aruba (NL)	American University School of Medicine Aruba	2018	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0005747[16]	Yes (From 2022)	0		Yes
	Aureus University School of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000848 [17]	Yes	22	As of June 14, 2023, Aureus is no longer accredited by ACCM.[18]	Maybe
	Nucleus University School of Medicine	2021	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007309 [19]	No			Yes
	Xavier University School of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002232 [20]	Yes	22	Accredited for six years until December 31, 2028 by ACCM,[21]	Maybe
	Bay University School of Medicine	2020	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0006801 [22]	No			Yes
Bahamas	Western Atlantic University School of Medicine	2022	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007614 [23]	Yes		Provisional Accreditation by CAAM-HP.	Yes
Barbados	American University of Barbados	2011	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002490 [24]	Yes		Initial Provisional Accreditation by CAAM-HP for 2018–2020[11]	Yes
	American University of Integrative Sciences	1999	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000410 [25]	Yes	40 (year 2018)	Candidacy for Accreditation by CAAM-HP pending full site visit as of February 2021[26]	Yes
	Bridgetown International University	2019	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0004994 [27]	No			Yes
	International University of Barbados School of Medicine	2017	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0005054[28]	No			Yes
	Queen's University College of Medicine	2018	MBBS or MD	Offshore	Yes, F0004859[29]	No			Yes
	Ross University School of Medicine	1978	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001354 [30]	Yes (From 1979)	637	Accreditation with Conditions extended by CAAM-HP (Review pending).[11]	Yes
	University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine (Cave Hill)	1967	MBBS	Regional	Yes, F0000245[31]	Yes	61	Accreditation for five years, 2023-2028 by CAAM-HP[11]	Yes
	Victoria University of Barbados	2017/19	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0005028 [32]	No			Yes
	Washington University of Barbados School of Medicine	2016	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0004140[33]	No			Yes
Belize	American Northwest University	2018	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007783[34]	No			Yes
	Central America Health Sciences University Belize Medical College	1996	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001805[35]	Yes			Yes
	Washington University of Health & Science	2012	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002692[36]	Yes			Yes
	Columbus Central University School of Medicine	2006 (as American Global University School of Medicine)	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002284 [37]	Yes	25		Yes
Bonaire(NL)	International University School of Medicine (IUSOM)	2010	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002436[38]	No			Yes
British Virgin Islands	Ponce Health Sciences University	2024	MD	Offshore	No			Preliminarily accredited by Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM)	Yes
Cayman Islands (UK)	St. Matthew's University School of Medicine	1997	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001649[39]	Yes	31	Accredited for six years to June 30, 2025 by ACCM[21]	Maybe
Cuba	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana	1976	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000461[40]	Yes (From 1953)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina	1999	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000327[41]	Yes	2327	Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila	1978	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000555[42]	Yes		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Cienfuegos	1979	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001401[43]	Yes (From 1990)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma	1982	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000427[44]	Yes		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín	1967	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000510[45]	Yes		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas	1984	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001402[46]	Yes (From 1986)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas	1970	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001166[47]	Yes		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Pinar del Rio	1968	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001164[48]	Yes (From 1976)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spiritus	1986	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000557[49]	Yes (From 1992)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba	1962	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000509 [50]	Yes (From 1963)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara	1966	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001347[51]	Yes (From 1970)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Camaguey	1980	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001833 [52]	Yes		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Guantanamo	1979	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000556[53]	Yes (From 1984)		Cuban Ministry of Higher Education	Yes
	Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Mayabeque	2011	MD	Regional	Yes, F0007534[54]	No			Yes
Curacao (NL)	Avalon University School of Medicine	2003	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000591[55]	Yes	61	Accredited for six years until December 31, 2028 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Maybe
	Caribbean Medical University School of Medicine	2007	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002431[56]	Yes	23	Accreditation denied by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	John F. Kennedy University School of Medicine	2014	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0003392[57]	Yes (From 2015)			Yes
	St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine	2003	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000044[58]	Yes	28	Accredited for five years until December 4, 2028 by Agency for Accreditation of Educational Programs and Organizations (AAEPO), Kyrgyzstan a WFME[59] Accredited Agency[60]	Yes
Dominica	All Saints University School of Medicine	2006	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002272[61]	Yes	37	Accredited since May 2019 by ACCM[21]	Yes
	American Canadian School of Medicine (ACSOM)	2023	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0008211[62]	Yes[63]		Preliminary Accredited since 2023 by ACCM[21] Accredited since 2023 by IAAR[21]	Yes
Dominican Republic	Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo Escuela de Medicina	1972	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001847[64]	Yes (From 1978)	196	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Accreditation with Conditions for 5 years, 2018 - 2023 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Departamento de Medicina	1974	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000465[65]	Yes (From 1978)	149	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Departamento de Medicina	1538	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001356[66]	Yes (From 1953)		Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Católica Nordestana Facultad de Ciencias Medicas	1978	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001357[67]	Yes (From 1979)	256	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao Escuela de Medicina	1983	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001835[68]	Yes (From 1984))		Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Central del Este Escuela de Medicina	1971	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001355[69]	Yes	462 (2017)	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) Escuela de Medicina	1983	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001836[70]	Yes (From 1988)	195	Accreditation for 5 years, 2023-2028 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña Escuela de Medicina	1966	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000518 [71]	Yes (From 1973)	110	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago Escuela de Medicina, Santiago de Los Caballeros	1979	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000661[72]	Yes		Secretary of State for Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago Escuela de Medicina, Santo Domingo	1981	MD	Regional	Yes, F0001358[73]	Yes		Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
	O&Med Medical School, Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad Dominicana O&M	2013	MD	Regional	Yes, F0003600[74]	Yes		Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Yes
Grenada	St. George's University School of Medicine	1977	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000768[75]	Yes	1101	Grenada Ministry of Health, Voluntarily Withdrawn (January 2021) from CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
Guadeloupe (France)	Université des Antilles et de la Guyane	1982	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000663[76]	Yes (From 2000)			Yes
Guyana	University of Guyana	1985	MBBS	Regional	Yes, F0001261[77]	Yes		Accreditation with Conditions, 2017-2022 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	American International School of Medicine	2000	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001260[78]	Yes	15 (year 2016)		Maybe
	Georgetown American University	2014	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0003427[79]	Yes			Yes
	Green Heart Medical University	2005	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002252[80]	Yes			Yes
	Lincoln American University	2017	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0004722[81]	Yes			Maybe
	Texila American University	2011	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002428[82]	Yes	24	Accreditation for 3 years, 2023 - 2026 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	Twin Island University School of Medicine	2014	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007797[83]	No			Yes
	Rajiv Gandhi University of Science and Technology School of Medicine	2012	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0003494[84]	Yes (From 2016)			Yes
	American School of Medicine	2022	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007840[85]	No			Yes
	Narendra Modi School of Medicine	2023	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0008337[86]	No			Yes
	North Shore Medical Institute	2023	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0008009[87]	No			Yes
Haiti	Université Chrétienne de la Communauté de Caïman Faculté de Médecine	2012	MD	Regional	Yes, F0008170[88]	No			Yes
	Université d'Etat d'Haïti Faculté de Médecine	1867	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000770[89]	Yes (From 1953)			Yes
	Université Lumière Faculté de Médecine	2006	MD	Regional	Yes, F0002410[90]	Yes			Yes
	Université Notre Dame d'Haïti Faculté de Médecine	1997	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000708[91]	Yes (From 2002)			Yes
	Université Quisqueya Faculté des Sciences de la Santé	2002	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000709[92]	Yes			Yes
	Université St François d’Assise Faculté de Médecine et Science de la Santé	2016	MD	Regional	Yes, F0008171[93]	No			Yes
	Université Joseph Lafortune Faculté de Médecine	2005	MD	Regional	Yes, F0002883[94]	No			Yes
	Université Royale d'Haïti Faculté des Sciences de la Santé	2015	MD	Regional	Yes, F0005005[95]	No			Yes
	Université de la Fondation Dr. Aristide Faculté de Médecine	2011	MD	Regional	Yes, F0005006[96]	No			Yes
Jamaica	All American Institute of Medical Sciences	2011	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002376[97]	Yes		"Initial Provisional Accreditation Withdrawn" by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine (Mona)	1948	MBBS	Regional	Yes, F0000014[98]	Yes (From 1953)	279	Accreditation for five years, 2023-2028 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	Caribbean School of Medical Sciences	2015	MD	Off-shore	Yes, F0004969[99]	No			Yes
	Bioprist Institute of Medical Sciences	2024	MD	Regional				Accredited by CAAM-HP 2024.[100]	Yes
Montserrat (UK)	University of Science, Arts and Technology Faculty of Medicine	2003	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000836[101]	No[c]		"Not accredited" by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	Vanguard University School of Medicine	2014	MD	Off-shore	Yes, F0003145[102]	No		Not accredited. CAAM-HP decided that Initial Provisional Accreditation be withdrawn and recommended that the school re-apply for accreditation in two (2) years, in 2017. School did not re-apply	Yes
Puerto Rico	University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine	1950	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000139[103]	Not Applicable		Not Applicable	Yes
	Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine	1979	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000137[104]	Not Applicable		Not Applicable	Yes
	Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine	1980	MD	Regional	Yes, F0000138[105]	Not Applicable		Not Applicable	Yes
	San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	1979	MD	Regional	Yes, F0002338[106]	Not Applicable		Not Applicable	Yes
Saba (NL)	Saba University School of Medicine	1993	MSc (MD until 2010/14)	Offshore	Yes, F0001887[107]	Yes (From 1994)	134	Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) [108]	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	International University of the Health Sciences (IUHS)	1998	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001171[109]	Yes		Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis[110]	Maybe
	University of Medicine and Health Sciences	2008	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002044[111]	Yes	126	Re-accredited for three years to December 31, 2024 by ACCM.[21] Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis[110]	Yes
	Medical University of the Americas	2000	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001163[112]	Yes	88	ACCM, Accredited for three years to December 31, 2025 [21]	Yes
	Windsor University School of Medicine	2000	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001715[113]	Yes		Accreditation for 2 years, 2023 - 2025 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Partially [d]
	Universal Caribbean University School of Medicine	2018	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0005094[114]	No			Yes
Saint Lucia	American International Medical University	2007	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002364[115]	Yes	16 (year 2009)	"Accreditation denied" (July 2018) by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
	College of Medicine and Health Sciences/aka Destiny University	2001	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001374[116]	2001 - 2017	8 (year 2007)		Maybe
	Commonwealth University College of Medicine	2019	BS-MD	Offshore	Yes, F0007248[117]	No			Yes
	International American University College of Medicine	2004	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000976[118]	Yes	31 (year 2017)		Yes
	Spartan Health Sciences University	1980	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000517[119]	Yes	22	"Programme placed on Probation for 3 years, 2019 - 2022" by CAAM-HP.[11]	Partially [e]
	Washington Medical Sciences Institute	2011	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002561[120]	No			Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Richmond Gabriel University	2011	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002495[121]	Yes		"Not Accredited" by CAAM-HP.[11]	Maybe
	American University of St Vincent School of Medicine	2012	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0002562[122]	Yes	4		Maybe
	Saint James School of Medicine	2000	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001852[123]	Yes	25	Full accreditation pending review by CAAM-HP.[11] ACCM[21]	Maybe
	Trinity School of Medicine	2008	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0001966[124]	Yes	50 (year 2016)	Accreditation for 3 years, 2019-2022 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes
Sint Maarten(NL)	American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine	1978	MD	Offshore	Yes, F0000464[125]	Yes (From 1979)	362	Accredited for six years to December 31, 2027 by ACCM[21]	Partially[f]
Suriname	Anton de Kom University of Suriname Faculty of Medical Sciences	1892	Physician	Regional (Exclusively)	Yes, F0000168[126]	Yes (From 1953)			Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine (St. Augustine)	1967	MBBS	Regional	Yes, F0001442[127]	Yes (From 1989)	236 (year 2017)	Accreditation for five years, 2023-2028 by CAAM-HP.[11]	Yes

See also

• Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professions
• Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine
• World Directory of Medical Schools
• International medical graduate
• Offshore medical school
• List of medical schools

Notes

1. As indicated by UK medical councils list of degrees they will not or may not accept^[8]
2. In 2017, ECFMG determined that certain officials of the university provided ECFMG with false information and documents.
3. Yes in years 2003 – 2018. In 2018, ECFMG determined that a certain official of the University of Science, Arts & Technology engaged in irregular behavior in connection with providing false information to ECFMG.
4. Maybe for students who graduated on or before 30 October 2012; Yes for students who graduated thereafter
5. Yes before 2009, but only possibly/maybe from courses that commenced on or after 01.01.2009
6. Maybe/possibly for courses that commenced before 1 September 2019; Yes for courses that commenced thereafter