As the world shrinks and young people everywhere search for exciting educational possibilities, more and more leave their home countries for universities study abroad. Over 5,000 such students interested in careers in medicine have found their way to St. George’s University on the tiny tropical island of Grenada in the West Indies.

What is your dream? To practice forensic science in South Africa, pulmonology in Taipei, heart surgery in California? No matter where you want to take your medical career, St. George’s University is the place to start.

A global medical perspective.

St. George’s University is a renowned medical school with a 26-year history of expertise. From the start they sought to create an international center of medical education uniquely designed to meet the demands of an emerging global society. St. George’s University created the first truly global curriculum drawing on the best of US and UK medical systems. It is this tradition of commitment to academic leadership that has drawn Nobel Prize winners to its Academic Board, and professors and visiting scholars from the most prestigious institutions in the world, including Harvard University, London School of Tropical Health, and Rockefeller Institute. In fact the University has a strong and stable faculty of 800 members, with full-time professors that average tenure of 10 years of service. It also has a network of prestigious clinical training affiliations with well established US and UK institutions. St. George’s provides students with the options they need to better plan where they ultimately want to practice medicine.

A tranquil and beautiful campus that’s ideal for study.

Surrounded by the beautiful Caribbean, St. George’s University School of Medicine presents a multitude of opportunities to any hard-working student who is looking to pursue a career in medicine.

Located on the True Blue Peninsula in Grenada, its School of Medicine and campus provide a secure and tranquil environment that is ideal for the study and pursuit of a medical education. The campus spreads out over 42 stunning acres containing everything from laboratories and lecture halls to dormitories, athletic centers and more. You could say it’s a paradise fit for a king, but actually they built it for hard-working, dedicated students. And there are more than 85 countries represented here making it a culturally rich and diverse academic community.

Student support from application to graduation and beyond.

To accommodate its culturally diverse student body from all over the world, St. George’s University offers unparalleled student support services ensuring that its students achieve academic success. The University’s professors are known to be highly accessible and create close professional relationships with their students. The University also provides a variety of academic support services, including seminars in study skills, time management, test-taking, tutorials, the Specialized English Language Programs geared toward the study of medicine, as well as counseling and peer counseling. Dr. Rekha Hanvesakul, a St. George’s University graduate now practicing internal medicine at BNH Hospital in Bangkok, also appreciated the small number of students in the class when she was there. “Having a small student body was great in that everyone was so nice and helpful and supportive of one another.”

5,000 graduates can’t be wrong.

Once they were students, but today over 5, 000 graduates are practicing medicine in all specialties and subspecialties around the world. Here, they learned from the University’s unique belief that a medical school should do more than just make you a doctor. It should inspire you to become an example of all the great things medicine can do.

Ask Dr. Reginald Abraham.

So when it came time for him to pursue a career in medicine, St. George’s University was the perfect fit.

The diverse community, global perspective on medicine and world of opportunities inspired him to take the international experience even further. For Dr. Abraham, that meant clinical rotations in England and New York, a surgical residency at Yale University and a Fellowship in Cardio-thoracic Surgery at New York Medical College. Now, with a specialty in minimally invasive heart surgery and off-pump coronary artery surgery, he is one of the top surgeons in California.

Are you up for the challenge?

No one said it’s going to be easy. This is, after all, medical school. But for the last five years their students have earned an impressive pass rate of 90% on their United States Medical Licensing Exam (first time test takers). And to date, nearly 5,000 of our graduates have gone on to practice in over 36 countries around the world.
How do they do it? At St. George’s University, student success is their first priority, and to ensure you get the most out of the experience, they provide a myriad of student support services and scholarship opportunities. Plus, a comprehensive financial aid program to help students successfully navigate the process from application to graduation and beyond.

To find out more about all that St. George’s University can offer you : call (631) 665-8500, ext. 220 or 301. Visit them at www.sgu.edu/som or email them info@sgu.edu and see where a St. George’s University education will take you...

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