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A nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting schools, SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located in the heart of Dallas. SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs.

The University of Puerto Rico, founded in 1903, is a public university system made up of eleven campuses distributed throughout Puerto Rico; all campuses are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. With a vibrant academic community of over 62,000 students, 5,000 faculty members and 8,000 non–teaching employees, the University is the largest Hispanic Serving Institution in the United States. In Puerto Rico one of every two degrees at the college level is granted by the University of Puerto Rico. The University of Puerto Rico is dedicated to: serving the people of Puerto Rico and upholding the ideals of a democratic society; cultivate the love of learning; preserve, enrich, and disseminate the fundamental cultural values of the people of Puerto Rico within the Island’s Caribbean and Latin American context; collaborate with other institutions and agencies in studying the Island’s socioeconomics and political problems, and in devising solutions to those problems; and maintaining the institution’s commitment to the ideals and values of the Puerto Rican society

Celebrating 45+ years of higher learning on the island of Grenada, no other medical school in the world provides more new doctors to the US healthcare system. In 2024, SGU placed more than 930 graduates into US residencies in more than 22 specialties.* St. George’s University is a dynamic center of higher education with a global network of academic, medical, and scientific collaborators in education, medicine, research, and science. Since opening in 1977, more than 21,000 graduates have gone on to successful careers in medicine, veterinary medicine, public health, science, and business, and have practiced in all 50 US states and more than 50 countries around the world. Currently, more than 7,000 students from 140+ countries attend SGU and are taught by more than 2,300 esteemed faculty members recruited from across the world. SGU offers advanced, premedical, and pre-veterinary degrees in its Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and independent and dual graduate degrees in the sciences, public health, and business. In addition, undergraduate degree programs are available through its School of Arts and Sciences. Supporting the One Health, One Medicine philosophy, SGU’s programs are accredited and approved by many governing authorities, including the Grenada Medical and Dental Council (GMDC). In addition, the School of Veterinary Medicine is fully accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education, and SGU’s Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine is accredited by the US Council on Education for Public Health—one of only a few non-US institutions to receive this coveted approval. SGU is affiliated with educational institutions worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. Start your SGU journey! sgu.edu/experience *Data as of March 2024