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Funding Your Medical Education

We recognize that financing your medical education is a significant investment and a long-term commitment. To assist you and enrich your efforts, we provide financial aid options and scholarships for eligible MD students.

Government Loans

For U.S. students in the MD program, St. Matthew’s University is approved to participate in federal student loan programs that are administered by the U.S. Department of Education. MD program participants from Canada can access loans through their province of residence, such as OSAP for Ontario students.

Scholarship Opportunities

The U.S. Merit Scholarship and Opportunity Grant help make medical school accessible for eligible U.S. students in the 4-year MD program, with support extending up to $95,000 USD. The Canadian Merit Scholarship, Citizens Grant and Opportunity Grant benefit eligible Canadian students in the MD program, with up to $135,000 USD in available financial support. Eligible international students in the MD program benefit from up to $65,000 USD in grant and scholarship opportunities.

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St. Matthew's University MD program graduates achieve residency placements across a range of impactful medical specialties.

St. Matthew's University MD program graduates achieve residency placements across a range of impactful medical specialties.

Committed To Your Success

Achieve your dream of becoming a practicing physician with St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine (SMUSOM). Since 1997, we have educated and trained 2,300+ Doctor of Medicine (MD) program graduates!  

Successful MD students experience five semesters of classroom and lab-based learning on our Grand Cayman campus, followed by five semesters of clinical rotations at affiliated teaching hospitals, clinics and medical centers in the U.S., and select elective rotation sites in Canada.Excitingly, our MD alumni have practiced in the U.S., Canada and internationally!

What Is Match Day?

Match Day is an important milestone for medical students, when aspiring doctors find out where they will be training during their residency programs. 

Match Day occurs at the end of Match Week in March. On Monday of that week, students find out if they have achieved a residency placement; then on Friday, Match Day, they learn where exactly they have been matched.

The SMUSOM team works diligently throughout the residency placement process to provide students with the guidance and help they need to achieve their goals, including application advice, practice interviews and personal support. We’d love to help you achieve your residency goals as well!

Learn more about the SMUSOM experience from a graduate who is currently in residency:

What Makes SMUSOM Different

* 96% Three-Year Residency Placement Rate is the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match.

88

Residency Matches

(2023-2025)

24

Cities / States Across 

North America (2023-2025)

96%

Three-Year Residency Placement Rate.*

13

Medical Specialties

(2023-2025)

Meaningful Support and Guidance

At St. Matthew's University, we proudly provide individuated support services that help our MD program participants achieve their academic, USMLE and residency placement goals. These include the Learning Center, faculty advisors, student counseling, wellness services and much more!

Specific to residency preparation, our career advising programs, such as the Road to Residency, Specialty Spotlight Series and mock interviews, provide students with the advice and practice opportunities they need to step confidently into the residency application process at the beginning of their final semester in medical school.

The readiness of our students is demonstrated in the breadth of different residency programs they enter across the U.S and Canada, and the success metrics they have achieved related to both residency and the USMLE exams.

What Makes SMUSOM Different

90%

USMLE Step 1 First-Time Pass Rate Over Three Years. ²

2,300+

MD Program

Graduates

96%

Three-Year Residency Placement Rate. ¹

97%

USMLE Step 2 CK First-Time Pass Rate in 2024. ³

Join an Accredited Medical School

SMUSOM is accredited by the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM), which is recognized by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME). WFME standards have been deemed comparable to the standards used to accredit medical schools in the United States by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA).

1. 96% Three-Year Residency Placement Rate is the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match.

2. First-time pass rate defined as total number of students passing the USMLE Step 1 on their first attempt divided by the total number of students taking USMLE Step 1 for the first time during the calendar years 2022-2024. In order to sit for the USMLE Step 1 exam, the student must successfully complete the Basic Science curriculum and such other prerequisites as the school may establish at its discretion.

3. First-time pass rate defined as total number of students passing the USMLE Step 2 CK on their first attempt divided by the total number of students taking USMLE Step 2 CK for the first time in calendar year 2024. In order to sit for the USMLE Step 2 CK exam, the student must successfully complete the Clinical Medicine curriculum and such other prerequisites as the school may establish at its discretion.

Preston Browning, MD

Resident Physician (Pediatrics)

East Carolina University

SMUSOM Alum 2023

Faculty were just warm and they really invested their time and their energy into making sure they we understood material, that we knew the resources that were available and the things that were really important for tests. They offered us many opportunities for tutoring and extra time with the material.

Kayla Lee, MD

Resident Physician (Family Medicine),

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pennsylvania) |

SMUSOM Alum 2024

Check out what our former MD students had to say about their academic experience at SUSOM.

Meaningful Support and Guidance

SMUSOM teachers and attendings have taught me so much and I could not be happier with the training and guidance I have received. The clinical coordinators really do work with you to give you the best experience possible and it shows.