Our Mission…Your Dream

Medicine is a profession. It is also a business. But at its heart, it’s a calling. Very few undergo the rigors of medical school and residency who are not driven by some inner calling to improve the well-being of others.

Medicine has become what it is today through the contributions of thousands of men and women who experienced that calling and acted on it. If you have it, we hope you too will act on it.

At Ross University School of Medicine, our mission is “to prepare highly dedicated students to become effective, successful physicians.” The two key words in that statement are “successful” and “dedicated.”

We want you to become successful in medicine, however you define that for yourself—whether it’s caring for patients in a rural, underserved area or pushing the frontiers of medical knowledge in a big city medical center. Only you can decide what’s right for you.

But whatever you choose, it will require dedication. Becoming a doctor involves mastering many different skills. None of them are intrinsically easy—few things in life that are worthwhile ever are.

That’s why the success of Ross University's mission—our ability to produce effective, successful physicians—depends on your dreams. Your dream of becoming a doctor is ultimately what will sustain you in the long, demanding road toward becoming an M.D.

If you have the dream of becoming a physician, you can count on Ross University School of Medicine to help you do everything possible to make it come true.