This program consists of 1 years pathway program (PreClinical) followed by 4 years of the MD Degree. Thanks to an international partnership with Northumbria University (NU), St. George’s University (SGU) provides the opportunity for students to earn a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree and complete up to three years in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, through the St. George’s University of Grenada School of Medicine/Northumbria University Four-Year MD Program, as well as Five- and Six-Year Medical Degree Pathways (SGU/NU). The SGU/NU partnership has welcomed more than 2,000 medical students to Newcastle since commencing in 2007.
The partnership offers one program and two pathways: a four-year MD program (MD4), a five-year Medical Degree Pathway, and a six-year Medical Degree Pathway. Each program/pathway allows students to complete the first part of their education at Northumbria University with an MD degree awarded by SGU.
Students will begin their studies at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and complete one, two or three years of study, depending on their enrollment in either the four-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) program, or, five- or six-year Medical Degree Pathway. They will then complete one year of Principles of Clinical Medicine at St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies, which will lead on to clinical rotations in the US or UK
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