Study Medicine in Charlestown, Caribbean
Medical University of the Americas · Charlestown · Caribbean
Medical University of the Americas in Charlestown teaches medicine in English. The programme runs 4 years, the academic year starts in January, May, September. Medschool Experts shows you where you can realistically get a place to study medicine abroad.
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Programmes
Medicine
Tuition fees
Approx. USD 18,000/year for basic sciences semesters; clinical rotations in the USA/Canada billed separately per rotation
Duration
4 years
Language of instruction
Admission process
Bachelor's degree with science prerequisites; MCAT recommended; minimum GPA 2.5; biology, chemistry, organic chemistry required
Intake
January, May, September
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Study Medicine in Nevis, the Caribbean
Medical University of the Americas is based in Charlestown, the Caribbean. The medicine programme is taught in English and takes 4 years.
Teaching starts in January, May, September. Use the facts above as a first filter: field of study, teaching language, length of the degree and the start of the academic year.
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Medical University of the Americas (MUA) is a private medical school located on the island of Nevis, part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The university offers a 4.5-year MD programme structured around the North American licensing pathway. The pre-clinical phase is completed on the Nevis campus; the clinical phase is undertaken at affiliated teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada. MUA is part of the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG).
MUA is accredited by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP). Graduates are eligible to sit the USMLE licensing examinations.
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Marcel Kloos
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Marcel Kloos founded the company while still studying abroad himself; since then more than 500 study places have been arranged. Originally from Stuttgart, he studied dentistry in Sofia from 2015 to 2021 and is a federally recognised dentist.
He now lives in Bern and runs the company full-time as its owner. He visits the partner universities in person on a regular basis.
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أكثر من 500 طالب حصلوا على مقاعدهم.
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