About Us

The American University of Barbados, School of Medicine is CAAM-HP accredited and among the top universities of the Caribbean. We intend to prepare our students to be global leaders in all aspects of healthcare. Our goal is not simply to create 'doctors' but 'medical scholars' imbued with a lifelong desire for knowledge and service.

Studying medicine at AUB is a great opportunity which brings you close to the frontiers of current scientific knowledge. This choice sets you upon a path towards the noble profession of medicine with a unique model of medical education which we believe is second to none.

The USA based medical curriculum is designed specifically to meet the licensing requirements in the United States and other nations around the globe. The balanced student-faculty ratio allows for highly personalized discussions and interactions between students and professors. The global outreach of our faculty and administration ensures that students have significant exposure and opportunities.

Our students come from all over the world with rich experiences, thereby building up a truly cosmopolitan community of scholars at American University of Barbados. The medical school serves as a launch pad for medical professionals and guides them in providing better healthcare consequently alleviating suffering from the communities around the world.

Motto

'Knowledge for life'

Vision

AUB aspires to produce medical graduates who are emotionally and culturally sensitive with world-class competence, so that they can be valued and respected as responsible citizens. The aim of the university is not only to produce medical doctors with a good clinical knowledge, but also to instill in them ethics and values by which they can treat their patients with a human touch.

Mission

American University of Barbados seeks to serve the global community by providing medical education using advanced and innovative technology and pedagogy, to train physicians in an environment that fosters appreciative inquiry, collaborative research and human sensitivity.