The University entered into a partnership with St. George’s University’s (SGU) School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine in Grenada, West Indies on August 12 to provide students studying biology and health studies a new option for medical and veterinary school.
“It is very competitive to get into medical or veterinarian school, and this agreement will give our students an edge for admissions,” said Bernadette Dunphy, Co- Director of the Pre-Professional Health Advisory Committee.
Students pursuing medical school will complete the first two years at St. George’s University, while their final two years will be spent in clinical rotations at an affiliated hospital in the United State or the United Kingdom.
Students pursuing veterinarian school will complete their first three years at St. George’s University, while their final year will be completed at an affiliated veterinarian school in the United States, Canada, Australia or Ireland.
The University was originally introduced to SGU during a pre-health advisors trip that Dunphy attended in Grenada a few years prior. “When I was at SGU and touring the medical and veterinarian schools, I quickly saw that an agreement would be beneficial for both SGU and MU,” said Dunphy.
“The campus is gorgeous and state of the art, the facilities superb, they had just finished construction of super-dorms on campus and the faculty was engaging and top notch,” Dunphy continued.
University students that meet the requirements of the program will have the opportunity to attend medical or veterinarian school on the island of Grenada and receive a combined BS/MD or BS/DVM degree.
Eligibility into the SGU School of Medicine program requires students to maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.4, and obtain a score of at least 25 on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
Eligibility for acceptance into the SGU School of Veterinary Medicine requires students to maintain a GPA of at least 3.1, as well as a score of at least 1,100 on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Dunphy explains that in addition to the GPA, MCAT and GRE requirements qualified University students must also meet the admission criteria of SGU School of Medicine or SGU School of Veterinary Medicine.
“SGU School of Medicine and SGU School of Veterinary Medicine will select suitable candidates that meet their respective standards and establish dates for promotion interviews,” said Dunphy.
Over the past few years, SGU has made numerous improvements. SGU recently reported that during the past three years, more SGU students have been accepted into first-year residency programs than any other University. They continued to state that during this past year more than 800 graduates received residency positions in the United States.
Charles R. Modica, the Chancellor of SGU explains that the University will now join the 1,500 New Jersey students whom matriculated from SGU since it was founded 35 years ago.
St. George’s University has been recognized as one of the best schools in the region. Many American universities have also partnered with SGU, such as the New Jersey Institute of Technology, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Caldwell College, Franklin Pierce University, University of Sciences, and Widener University. SGU also created similar partnerships with the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Grenada, Guyana, and Uganda.
The SGU partnership is one of many that the University has made over the past few years. Dunphy explains that in the future, the University hopes to continue to create articulation agreements to offer students more opportunities upon graduation at the University.
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