Caribbean Medical Schools 2026: The Complete List of Medical Schools in the Caribbean

List of Caribbean Medical Schools 2026

The list of Caribbean medical schools in 2026 comprises 27 English-taught medical schools on 16 islands plus Guyana, from St. George's University in Grenada to Texila American University in Georgetown. Each Caribbean medical school below is sorted by island, with city, programme type and a short profile. UHSA in Antigua is our official partner university.

Linked names lead to a university page or a detailed school profile on our site, with tuition, campus life and the clinical years. If an island is already on your mind, our guides to studying medicine in Grenada and studying medicine in St. Kitts and Nevis show daily life on the ground.

How Many Caribbean Medical Schools Are There?

There are more than 60 medical schools in the Caribbean region in 2026, counting Spanish-taught faculties in Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Of these, 27 Caribbean medical schools teach in English for international students, with an MD built around the USMLE. St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Barbados host three each.

The number changes slowly. New schools open, existing schools merge campuses or move. Saint James School of Medicine, for example, brought all of its teaching together in St. Vincent in 2024 and opened a new campus at Golden Vale the same year. The All Saints college in St. Vincent has continued as Richmond Gabriel University since 2022.

Does that make the count a moving target? Hardly. The 27 schools in the table above are the stable core that students from the USA, Canada and Europe actually consider. Everything else is a national faculty training doctors for its own country.

Which Islands Have Medical Schools in the Caribbean?

Medical schools in the Caribbean exist in 2026 on Grenada, Barbados, Sint Maarten, Saba, Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Curaçao, Aruba, Grand Cayman, Dominica, Montserrat, Jamaica and Trinidad, plus Guyana on the South American mainland. The Eastern Caribbean between Antigua and Grenada has the densest cluster of English-taught schools.

Each island feels different. Grenada and Barbados are established study destinations with many international students and good flight connections to New York, Miami and Toronto. Sint Maarten and Aruba combine tourism infrastructure with a very international population. Saba, Nevis and Montserrat are small and quiet, ideal for students who want to study without distraction.

On the Dutch Caribbean islands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten use the Caribbean guilder, Aruba the florin and Saba the US dollar, and US dollars are accepted almost everywhere. The English-speaking islands of the Eastern Caribbean share the East Caribbean dollar. Students from Germany, Austria and Switzerland usually feel at home within weeks. Life is relaxed. The workload is not.

What Are the Largest Caribbean Medical Schools?

The largest Caribbean medical schools in 2026 are St. George's University in Grenada, Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados and the American University of the Caribbean in Sint Maarten. All three were founded in the 1970s, have trained tens of thousands of doctors together and run clinical rotations at teaching hospitals across the United States.

St. George's University has shaped Grenada since 1976. The True Blue campus is a small town of its own, with lecture halls, research facilities and student housing on a peninsula south of the capital. Ross University moved its medical school from Dominica to Barbados in 2019 and teaches near Bridgetown. AUC has taught in Sint Maarten since the 1990s and sends its students to clinical rotations in the US and the UK.

Size is a strength, but not the only one. Saba University School of Medicine is known for small classes, Trinity School of Medicine for its proximity to the hospital in Kingstown. A comparison of the top schools by clinical network, cost and intakes is in our Caribbean medical schools ranking 2026 and in the best Caribbean medical schools for US students.

Medical Schools in Antigua: AUA and UHSA

Antigua has two medical schools in 2026: the American University of Antigua in Coolidge and the University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) in Piccadilly. UHSA is the official partner university of Medschool Experts and offers our applicants a substantial tuition discount, one clinical year in the USA and a four-year graduate-entry track.

Regular tuition at UHSA is roughly 7,300 euros a year (8,500 USD) before our partner discount. That puts UHSA among the most affordable English-taught MD programmes in the region. The four-year graduate-entry track is open to applicants with a prior degree or a completed year of biology, chemistry and physics. School leavers start with a longer track.

The American University of Antigua is the larger of the two schools, with a purpose-built campus near the airport. Both schools profit from the same island advantages: direct flights to the US and Europe, English as the everyday language and a calm, safe environment. The full picture of UHSA is in our UHSA profile and on the UHSA university page.

Which Caribbean Medical Schools Lead to a US Residency?

Caribbean medical schools lead to a US residency in 2026 when three conditions come together. The school is officially accredited by an agency recognised by the World Federation for Medical Education, it is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools, and the graduate obtains ECFMG certification after passing USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK.

With ECFMG certification, a Caribbean graduate applies through ERAS and enters the NRMP Main Residency Match like any international graduate. In the 2026 Main Match, 9,682 international medical graduates matched into first-year positions out of 44,344 positions offered. US citizens who studied abroad matched at a rate of 70.0 percent, non-US citizens at 56.4 percent.

Which schools fit your own US plans is part of every consultation, because the details sit in the World Directory entries and change over time. Our overview of accredited Caribbean medical schools and the USMLE and ECFMG pathway 2026 explain the mechanics step by step.

Caribbean Medical Schools in the Wider Region: National Universities

Beyond the 27 English-taught schools, the wider Caribbean has national medical faculties in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba in 2026. They teach mainly in Spanish, train doctors for their own health systems and complete the full list of medical schools in the Caribbean for students who speak Spanish fluently.

How to Choose From the List of Caribbean Medical Schools

Choosing from the list of Caribbean medical schools in 2026 comes down to five questions: where the clinical rotations take place, how many intakes the school offers, what the full programme costs, whether a graduate-entry track exists and whether the degree fits a later move to the USA or Europe. Island lifestyle comes last.

Most schools start in January, May and September. That flexibility is one of the strongest arguments for the Caribbean. Nobody waits a full year. Cost differs widely, from roughly 7,300 euros a year at UHSA before our discount to considerably higher fees at the largest schools. Our breakdown of Caribbean medical school cost lists the figures school by school.

Clinical years deserve a close look. Ask where the core rotations take place, which states and which hospital types. A school with rotations in the city where you want to live later gives you a head start in the Match. MUA, UMHS and Windsor in St. Kitts and Nevis show how much the three schools of a single country can differ in this respect.

Caribbean MD: Route USA or Route Europe?

A Caribbean MD opens two directions in 2026. The US route runs through USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK, ECFMG certification and the NRMP Match. The European route, for example to Germany, runs through German at B2 level, the medical language exam (Fachsprachprüfung), the knowledge test (Kenntnisprüfung) and finally the Approbation.

Both routes are clearly achievable. The language steps for Germany can be prepared during the MD, so graduates do not lose time after the final exams. Many of our students keep both doors open until the clinical years. Details are in our guide to the Caribbean medical degree in Germany and the EU and in Caribbean MD: USA or Europe.

Can You Transfer From a Caribbean Medical School to Europe?

A transfer from a Caribbean medical school to a European university is possible in 2026. Medschool Experts is the world's leading expert for this kind of transfer and frequently achieves entry into year 4 or year 5 at top universities. The outcome depends on the individual file, which we review in a free consultation.

The question comes up more often than people expect. A family moves back to Europe, a partner gets a job in Vienna, or a student simply decides to finish the degree closer to home. We plan the move with the student, from the transcript analysis to the application at one of our 25+ partner universities in Europe. Our guide to the study transfer from the Caribbean to Europe shows how it works.

Your Place at a Caribbean Medical School

Medschool Experts helps students in 2026 find the right Caribbean medical school, from the shortlist to the first day on the island. We review your file, compare the schools from the list that fit your goals, handle the application and secure our partner discount at UHSA in Antigua. The first consultation is free.

Since Marcel Kloos began his own medical studies abroad in Sofia in 2015, our team has placed 500+ students at 25+ partner universities. For the Caribbean we also plan the German preparation for the Europe route and the recognition steps after graduation. Admission requirements differ from school to school, so we clarify them personally in a free consultation.

Smaller schools have their own profiles too. Read about Avalon University in Curaçao or Saint James School of Medicine in St. Vincent, and see the American University of Antigua profile for the second school on our partner island.