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University of North Carolina School of Medicine Review

About University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Overview​

The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is a 4-year MD program that opened in 1879, although there is evidence that instruction started before the civil war. UNC School of Medicine offers multiple educational opportunities and programs for students to explore their interests. These include primary care programs, dual degrees, scholarly concentrations, programs for diverse students, research, foreign language education, international opportunities, technology in medical education (TiME), and a rural program. The TEC Curriculum has three separate phases. It is student-centered and patient-centered, with the ability to respond to the changing healthcare environment. The application phase of the curriculum can be completed at the Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington, and Chapel Hill campuses. UNC has a Cicerone Mentor Program to provide peer mentorship across the classes.

Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health Care System through close collaboration and a commitment to service.

Patient Care
We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education
We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research
We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration amongst disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

To be the nation’s leading public school of medicine.

University of North Carolina School of Medicine Details

1879

First Class

180

Class Size

$32,660

In-State Tuition

$59,540

Out-Of State Tuition

dual degree programs

  • MD/PHD

  • MD/MPH

  • MD/MBA

living

Campus: Chapel Hill

Cost of Living Index:

130*

Walkability Score:

36**

Climate:

  • - Annual High Temp: 70.5°F
  • - Annual Low Temp: 47.8°F
  • - Av. Annual Rainfall: 47.37 inch
  • - Av. Annual Snowfall: 4 inch

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