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Grenada, West Indies

St. George's University is a medical and veterinary school on the island of Grenada in the West Indies. The school was founded over 30 years ago as a medical school. The school has operated continuously, even through the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983. Even then, the school held temporary classes at various school campuses on the East Coast of the United States. It was at that time as well, that a second campus was established for St. George's University in Barbados, West Indies. The veterinary medicine school was added later.

St. George's University has nine science departments: Anatomical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Biochemistry and Genetics, Bioethics, Pathology, Microbiology, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, and Clinical Skills. St. George's University also has five separate clinical departments, which include: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics.

Students gather at the college, two times per year. The last two years of their four-year program are spent at various hospitals in the United States and the United Kingdom. Those hospitals include: The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, Mt. Vernon Hospital, Miami Children's Hospital, Maryland General Hospital, Spring Grove Hospital Center, Atlantic Health System, JFK Medical Center, and 37 other hospitals. In the United Kingdom, the affiliates include The Great Western Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and 13 other hospitals.

While St. George's University is known for its programs in medicine, the school also offers Bachelor's and Master's Degrees. Bachelor's degree programs include international business; life sciences; medical sciences; premedical and veterinary medicine. St. George's University is also developing programs in hotel management/tourism, teacher training, marine biology, nursing, pharmacy, and physician's assistant.

In 1999, St. George's University opened the School of Veterinary Medicine. Students involved in that program study veterinary anatomy, histology, embryology, physiology, parasitology, virology, pharmacology, large animal medicine, ethics/jurisprudence, small animal surgery pathology and immunology, among other courses.

Prospective students wishing to enroll at St. George's University can do so through the online application process, or by phone.

Quick Facts:

There are over 6,400 alumi of St. George's University practicing medicine throughout the world. At the school, there are faculty and students who represent more than 85 countries.

Of the U.S. eligible students who apply for residency positions, 99 percent are routinely accepted.

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