Located on the Caribbean Island of Grenada in the West Indies, St. George’s University (SGU), has been making a name for itself as an international medical school, graduating doctors who have practiced their specialties all over the world.
Having contributed over 19,000 physicians to the global workforce, the modern medical school’s students, graduates, and faculty from over 150 countries have practiced in every state in the US, as well as in more than 50 countries, including Thailand.
Founded in 1976 with the goal of drawing the best talent and practices from around the world, SGU welcomes individuals with various backgrounds, experiences, and talents that help create SGU’s richly diverse student body. Today, the university has a network of 75+ affiliated hospitals and health centres in the US and UK. It also offers students the opportunity to begin their medical studies in Grenada or the UK.
“Thanks to the rigorous curriculum and excellence of the faculties that provided a superb education, especially my biochemistry and pharmacology professors, my academic experience at SGU was great,” says Thai SGU graduate Natcha Rummaneethorn, an emergency medicine resident physician in New York.
St. George’s University School of Medicine is approved by the Medical Council of Thailand and its graduates are eligible to sit for the Thai licensing examination. SGU has Thai graduates currently practicing in the US and UK.
While SGU medical students can choose to start studying medicine in Grenada or the UK, Thai students have an additional option to study the preclinical portion at Mahidol University International College (MUIC) in Thailand before progressing to the four-year Doctor of Medicine program with SGU.
“I liked the adventure,” says Boonyanuth Maturostrakul, Thai SGU graduate who is also board-certified physician currently a Nephrology fellow in the US. “I really wanted to travel, and to come to the States, to Grenada, and to have spent my first year in England, was such a dream. With SGU, I found that if you try hard enough, your dreams come true.”
Entry points are available for students from any education system around the world. Students presenting secondary school diploma such as M6 in Thailand, Advanced Level and International Baccalaureate credentials are placed in five-, six- or seven-year Medical Degree Pathways based on academic background and performance. There is also a four-year MD Program for those entering with an undergraduate degree. For international students, including from Thailand, SGU applicants are exempt from the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) admission requirement.
“The education I received there was very good and compares favourably to the experiences of other doctors I have met around the world,” says Rekha Hanvesakul, MD ’96, a Thai SGU graduate currently practicing internal medicine at BNH Hospital in Bangkok. “I really learned a lot—both academically and culturally—and am proud to be a St. George’s graduate.”
SGU has three intakes each year, August, January and April. Applications are accepted all year round.
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