University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Accreditation & recognition

What does the recorded accreditor evidence say?

ACCM: Accredited to June 30, 2031.

WDOMS F0002044 lists ECFMG graduation years 2008–Current and a Canada Sponsor Note. Remaining ECFMG, residency, visa and jurisdictional licensing requirements still apply; neither the listing nor accreditation guarantees a residency position or licence.

This status is one layer of the decision. Applicants should also inspect the school’s World Directory Sponsor Notes, current ECFMG eligibility, and every state or provincial licensing rule that applies to their intended career path.

Admissions

What should an applicant confirm?

UMHS expects 90 semester credits and recommends a bachelor’s degree. Published prerequisites cover chemistry, biology, physics, English and calculus/statistics, with some substitutions. MCAT scores are required for U.S. citizens/permanent residents and applicants educated as undergraduates in the U.S.; Canadian and other applicants are generally not required to take it, but must report all attempts if taken. A U.S.-educated Canadian should clarify the overlapping rules. Transcripts, references and an interview also apply.

Progression and examination gates

The school’s web policy requires passing Basic Science courses at 70% or better and maintaining a 2.0 cumulative GPA; failing a repeated course is grounds for dismissal. Step 1 precedes core clinical rotations. The current Student Handbook supersedes the web summary, which still contains obsolete Step 2 CS language; obtain current exam, repeat and dismissal policies in writing.

Confirm prerequisite credits, MCAT policy, transfer-credit limits, language requirements, start dates, interview process and any preparatory or extended track attached to an offer. MDCaribbean does not infer an “acceptance rate” when a school does not publish an auditable denominator.

• Ask whether acceptance is direct to the MD program or conditional on a pre-matriculation course.
• Request written progression and dismissal standards before paying a non-refundable deposit.
• For Canadians, verify provincial student-aid and bank medical-line-of-credit treatment separately.

Tuition & financial aid

The published price is not the total cost.

Recorded published figure: US$204,720 calculated standard-track tuition + selected school-fee illustration at September 2026 rates: four basic-science and six clinical/Maine semesters. Insurance and other costs excluded.

Build a term-by-term model that adds mandatory fees, health and evacuation insurance, books, housing, flights, clinical relocation, exam charges and financing interest. A repeated term or delayed rotation can materially change the final debt.

Build an adjustable budget with the Total Cost Explorer using this school’s published academic charges. Seven schools are supported; living expenses and other exclusions still need review.

The school-fee column includes $800 lab/school fees and $30 student-government fees for each of four basic semesters. This is our full-semester arithmetic, not a school-quoted total or full attendance budget. Excludes health, evacuation and liability insurance, living costs, exams, interest, repeats, ARP and the Extended Basic Science track. Maine credit proration and rotations beyond 78 weeks can change billing; confirm your schedule. Rates may change.

Financing: distinguish eligibility from availability

UMHS states it does not participate in U.S. Federal Student Aid and has no federal school code for in-school deferment. It describes private credit-based and limited institutional financing; approval is not guaranteed. Canadian new federal funding for international private for-profit schools ended August 1, 2026, with limited continuing-student provisions. Confirm provincial, bank and school funding separately.

Clinical rotations

Where and how are clerkships delivered?

Four basic-science semesters in St. Kitts are followed by a fifth-semester Maine program, then 78 rotation weeks: 48 core and 30 elective. The published overview describes U.S./Canadian opportunities and requires a Step 1 pass before core rotations. Confirm actual site allocation, timing and location eligibility for your citizenship and intended licence.

Ask for the current core-site list, whether the school schedules every core rotation, typical wait time, expected relocations, housing responsibility, supervision model and any site surcharge.

Residency outcomes

What does the reported result actually measure?

School-reported 93% Match rate for participating 2026 graduates and 94% overall for participating graduates across all class years. The cumulative figure is not a one-year or entering-cohort rate. The school’s named 2026 placement list is not the denominator of either percentage.

Placement counts, first-time attainment and multi-year placement rates answer different questions. The most useful disclosure includes the entering cohort, attrition, on-time graduation, applicants to residency, matched applicants, timing, specialty and whether SOAP or post-Match placements are included.

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