Ross University Caribbean Medical School
Thank you for your interest in Ross University School of Medicine. We understand that choosing a medical school is one of the most important decisions of your life. This website was designed to provide you with information about our educational program leading to an M.D. degree, descriptions of our facilities and curriculum, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Ross University School of Medicine is celebrating its 30th anniversary in the 2008-2009 academic year. Since 1978, we have been providing an outstanding medical education to prospective physicians. In fact, Ross University School of Medicine has proudly graduated more than 6,500 physicians during its three decades of service.
At Ross University School of Medicine, our mission is to prepare highly dedicated students to become effective, successful physicians. We do this by focusing on imparting the knowledge, skills, and values required for our students to establish a successful and satisfying career as a physician.
Students choose Ross because of our faculty, our curriculum, our technologically advanced campus and because of our well earned reputation for providing the education that enables our students to pass their U.S. licensing exams and obtain excellent residencies. Ross has clinical education centers in Miami, FL, and Saginaw, MI. A new clinical education center is scheduled to open in Freeport, Grand Bahama, in January 2009.
These accomplishments are a testament to the quality of our Foundations of Medicine curriculum, dedicated faculty, and excellent facilities at our Dominica campus in the Caribbean. Such an effective learning environment provides a strong foundation for our students to successfully complete clinical rotations at U.S. teaching hospitals affiliated with Ross University. In the past year, Ross University School of Medicine placed roughly 600 physicians in U.S. residencies-more than any other medical school in the world. In addition, we are continually adding new teaching hospitals to our list of affiliates.
Recruited from leading medical institutions around the world, the Ross University faculty has outstanding credentials in teaching and research. While members of the Ross faculty do conduct research, their primary responsibility is teaching-to maximize their availability to our students and provide them with the support needed to meet the extremely demanding requirements of the Ross curriculum. Our faculty is focused not only on their knowledge of the science of education, but also on learning new methods of teaching and new ways to reach our students. This results in a more successful education and leads to a better overall education for our students.
After graduation, our students are eligible to practice medicine in all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Puerto Rico upon successful completion of the requisite licensing examinations. Graduates of Ross University have gone into virtually every specialty of medicine, including transplant nephrology, invasive cardiology, plastic surgery, pulmonary medicine, neonatology, endocrinology, rheumatology, geriatric medicine, infectious diseases and hematology/oncology. The success of Ross alumni is a true testament to the rigor of our medical training as well as a testament to the character and attitude of our students.
To thrive as a profession, medicine needs many different kinds of people. There are more than 50 specialties and subspecialties. Many physicians go into private practice while others teach, do research, run screening programs, establish companies, edit journals and more.
In short, there's plenty of room for people who are passionate about medicine. At Ross University School of Medicine, we are committed to finding those students who have that passion. If that's you, we want to know more about you.
If you have any questions, please contact our office by phone (877-ROSS-EDU) or email (Admissions@RossU.edu). We look forward to the prospect of having you as a member of our student body.
