UFV partners with Grenada university to offer fast-track admission into vet, med school
CHILLIWACK — University of the Fraser Valley has announced a new admissions partnership with a university in Grenada that will grant qualified UFV students fast-track admission into the St. George’s University School of Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine.
“St. George’s University is delighted to offer this new opportunity for aspiring doctors and veterinarians from the University of the Fraser Valley to pursue degrees in medicine and veterinary medicine with us,” said Dr. Marios Loukas, Dean of St. George’s University School of Medicine. “SGU is proud to partner with UFV to create more avenues for qualified Canadian students to become practicing physicians and veterinarians, while helping to address Canada’s ongoing physician shortage.”
The partnership creates a “4+4” pathway enabling students who have successfully completed a four-year pre-medical or pre-veterinary sciences curriculum at UFV admission to the four-year MD or DVM programs at SGU. UFV students interested in pursuing the pathway must maintain strong overall undergraduate and sciences GPAs and complete all prerequisite coursework in the health sciences.
“This partnership between UFV and SGU brings together two global Universities that are committed to supporting students’ educational goals and aspirations. We are confident that the UFV students who pursue this opportunity with SGU will be successful not only because our academic programs prepared them well to succeed, but also because SGU has a strong history of excellence and facilitating a learning environment where their students can thrive” said Dr. James Mandigo, Provost and Vice-President Academic at UFV.
Qualified students can complete the basic sciences component of the SGU MD program in either two years of study in Grenada, or one year at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom and one year in Grenada. Students’ clinical rotations in their third and fourth years of study will take place with SGU affiliates, including those in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. SGU School of Medicine works with a network of more than 75 hospitals and health systems in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom providing clinical and ambulatory training.
Students pursuing the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will complete three years of study in Grenada and a clinical year at an SGU-affiliated university in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, or the Netherlands.
UFV students who are accepted into the MD program while meeting the academic requirements will be awarded a scholarship of US $85,000 at SGU School of Medicine. Students will also be eligible to be considered for all of SGU’s School of Medicine scholarships.
SGU granted more than $71 million (US) in scholarships in the 2023-2024 academic year.