UNPHU medicine school agreement with Columbia University

The School of Medicine at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena (UNPHU) in Santo Domingo has announced the signing of an agreement with Columbia University in New York City for academic cooperation programs including student exchanges and joint research. The program also allows for clinical rotations between both universities. Graduating students will work 4-12 weeks, medical specialty students five weeks, and there will be practices at clinics associated to UNPHU and at the Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, plus cultural immersion programs. The UNPHU also has programs with other international centers of higher learning, including Tufts University, Boston University, University of Massachusetts (USA), Universidad de Barcelona, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Universidad Javierana (Colombia), Universidad de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), and Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (Monterrey, Mexico).