American University of Antigua - 6 Year Medical Programme

The American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine provides a medical education equal to highest U.S. medical educational standards. The purpose of the training at AUA is to prepare students to pass the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), for U.S. medical licensure, and to provide the foundation for postgraduate specialty training. AUA students begin their clinical experience during their first semester at the Holberton Hospital in St. Johns, Antigua (200 beds). Clinical rotations are completed at U.S. teaching hospitals.

The curriculum is modeled after U.S. medical schools and the university does their utmost to prepare students for the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) which is required in order to graduate.Students take their first four semesters of basic sciences courses at the Antigua campus. The faculty is experienced and dedicated to teaching, and many have received distinguished teacher awards from the students of the medical schools at which they taught before they came to AUA. The fifth semester Preliminary Clinical Training course is taught through the auspices of the Greater Miami Health Education and Training Campus (GMHETC). After the fifth semester students take the USMLE Step I, and then proceed to clinical rotations, both mandatory and elective, at AUA affiliated hospitals in the U.S.

AUA offers two distinct programs for students interested in earning a medical degree - a four year MD program and a six year MD program. 

The six year degree program leads to both an Associate in Science (AS) in Pre-Health Sciences degree and an MD degree. The program incorporates college level science and humanities courses in a pre-medical program followed by medical school courses.

This track is ideal for graduating high school students who are committed to medicine and are ready to begin their medical studies immediately after completing high school. It is also the path for non-traditional students who need to complete prerequisite courses before being accepted to the medical program.

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