Aureus University School of Medicine is chartered and recognized by the government of Aruba and is a fully accredited Caribbean Medical School. The university is authorized to confer the M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree upon its successful graduates.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Aureus University School of Medicine is recognized and approved by the University of Copenhagen’s Avicenna Directories to be enlisted in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) database of medical schools. Click here for the official listings.
International Medical Education Directory (IMED)
Aureus University School of Medicine is listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED), a division of the United States of America’s Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Aureus University School of Medicine, Aruba is recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), and students and graduates are eligible to apply and sit for any step of the USMLE, in fulfillment of the ECFMG Certification requirements for a U.S. residency position.
Medical Council of Canada (MCC)
Aureus University School of Medicine is listed with the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). Graduates are eligible to apply to sit for the Canadian licensing exams. A graduate must have passed the Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination (MCCEE), and both Medical Council of Canada (MCC) Qualifying Examination Parts I and II (MCCQE) in order to apply for licensure by the Medical Council of Canada. Aureus graduates are eligible to sit for MCCEE, MCCQE Parts I and II, and apply for licensure.
The Match
Aureus University School of Medicine graduates are eligible to participate in the National Resident Matching Program. The Match is a United States-based private non-profit non-governmental organization created to place U.S. medical school students into residency training programs located in United States teaching hospitals.
United States Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certification is required of all international medical graduates to be able to start medical residency training in the United States. Aureus University’s ECFMG recognition enables its graduates to be eligible for ECFMG Certification.
As a requirement of the WFME (World Federation of Medical Education), all medical schools must be accredited by an accrediting agency through their Recognition Program. “The Recognition Programme aims to ensure patient safety through competent practicing doctors, and it aims to protect medical students from studying in poor quality schools.”
“ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) has announced that effective in 2023, eligibility for USMLE and employment as a doctor in the United States will be restricted to graduates from medical schools/programmes accredited by an agency which is recognized by the WFME Recognition Programme or to an equivalent standard.”
Medical Council of India
Aureus University School of Medicine is listed on the Medical Council of India website: (MCI). Aureus University School of Medicine, Aruba graduates are recognized and qualified for enrollment as a medical practitioner for the purposes of issuance of Eligibility Certificate, entitling a candidate to appear in the Screening Test and grant of provisional/permanent registration by the concerned State Medical Council.
United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE)
At the competition of the basic sciences curriculum in Aruba, Aureus students are eligible and required to take the USMLE Step 1 exam. USMLE Step 2 and Step 3 exams are administered during clinical rotations in the United States.
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
Upon competition of clinical sciences and passing of USMLE Step 1 and 2 exams, Aureus students are qualified to participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) of the United States. Please contact the individual state boards for information regarding the practice of medicine in the United States.
