Bridgetown International University
Bridgetown International University, School of Medicine (BIU) is a private medical university situated in Barbados, a Caribbean English-speaking island country in North America.
The University was established in 2016 with a mission to provide quality and affordable medical education to aspiring doctors, add more physicians to the healthcare ecosystem of the world, and contribute to the betterment of health for all.
Moving forward, we aspire to be an accessible premier institution for providing healthcare education and training in all spheres of medicine and emerge as an elite transformational organization for quality medical education.
Admission Overview
At Bridgetown International University, we invite applications for admission to our MD Program from medical aspirants worldwide. While applications for admissions are accepted throughout the year, fresh batches start in the month of January, May, and September. To study medical in Barbados at Bridgetown International University, students are not required to go through any entrance examination except in the case when entrance examination is required by any medical authority in their home country. For more details, check out the Admission Overview to study medicine in Barbados.
Eligibility
Eligibility Criteria for Barbadian and International Students (Except Students Who Are Indian Citizens or Overseas Citizens of India):
1. The candidate must be at least 17 years of age or will attain the age of 17 by the end of the year of application. In other words, if a candidate is born on or before 31st December 2002, he or she can apply for 2019 intake;
2. The candidate must have completed the 12th Standard Schooling with a science background and must have separately qualified in the disciplines of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology; and
The candidate must have achieved a score of at least 50% aggregate in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
For more details on eligibility to get admission in a medical course in Barbados, go to Eligibility Criteria page.
Faculty
BIU is blessed to have high quality and experienced doctors and professors from different countries who have a zeal to impart knowledge to the young medical aspirants who aspire to save the world with their medical innovations. The faculty at BIU is very friendly and supportive of its students and can be contacted by students at any time.
To make the teaching and learning experience even better, BIU maintains a low student-teacher ratio so that students can get the faculty attention that they deserve and resolve their concerns quickly.
Faculty members closely work with students to help them in their research and medical projects that carve the way for discoveries in the field of medicine.