About American University
of Antigua College of Medicine
 American
University of Antigua
College of Medicine provides a medical education equal to the highest
U.S. medical education standards. The purpose of the training at
AUA is to prepare students to pass the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination
(USMLE), for U.S. medical licensure, and to provide the foundation
for postgraduate specialty training in the U.S.
Practicing medicine
is more than a profession; it is a calling. If you aspire to
become a physician, you are part of a special breed. Doctors are
committed to the health and well-being of their fellow human beings.
They provide an essential service to communities. If you are committed
to the hard work, at AUA your aspiration will become your reality.
 The government of Antigua
has adopted a national mandate to become the preeminent provider
of medical services in the Caribbean. AUA students experience hands-on
learning from their first semester, accompanying attending physicians
on rounds and having patient contact at the hospital. AUA is the
first medical school in the Caribbean with a U.S. model medical
education to be hospital-integrated.
 Students take their
first four semesters of basic sciences courses at the Antigua campus.
Our faculty is experienced and dedicated to teaching, and many have
received distinguished teacher awards from the students of the medical
schools at which they taught before they came to AUA. The fifth
semester Preliminary Clinical Training course is taught through
the auspices of the Greater Miami Health Education and Training
Campus GMHETC). After the fifth semester students take the USMLE
Step I, and then proceed to clinical rotations, both mandatory and
elective, at AUA affiliated hospitals in the U.S.
 Antigua is an ideal
location for the study of medicine. It is among the most modern
of the Caribbean islands; students can find every amenity and comfort
of home. Surrounded by natural beauty and fabulous beaches, calm
and friendly Antiguans, and an abundance of recreational possibilities,
students find living in Antigua to be part of a fulfilling experience,
of becoming a doctor.
See From
the President, AUA History,
Mission
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