Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine - Campuses

Campuses

The main campus is located in Miami, Florida. Starting in 2004, the Miller School began offering instruction on the campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of the parent campus in Miami. FAU is a public university, and the State of Florida supports the Boca Raton program with an annual contribution of $15 million. MD students are admitted to either the Miami or Boca Raton programs and spend all four years studying on the selected campus. In April 2005, the Boca Raton program was expanded into a full four-year medical degree program. The Boca Raton program emphasizes continuity of care and community-based medicine. All graduates of the Boca Raton program received University of Miami degrees rather than FAU degrees. Full-time Miller School clinical faculty, working with community-based faculty physicians at multiple Palm Beach County hospitals and clinics, provide the supervision and venues for clinical training. Among these sites are Boca Raton Community Hospital, Bethesda Memorial Hospital, JFK Medical Center, and the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. As of 2011, FAU has created its own medical school, independent of the University of Miami; Training sites and Miller School faculty associated with the regional campus are being integrated into the newly established MD/MPH program. Starting with the Class of 2014, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine no longer offers incoming students the option of attending the Boca Raton campus.