Universidad de Ciencias Medicas

Universidad De Ciencias Medicas

Universidad de Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED) is a non profit medical school located in San José, Costa Rica. The school is known for teaching medicine and is recognized as one of the best medical schools in Latin America. UCIMED was originally founded in 1976 by surgeon and investigator Dr. Andres Vesalio Guzman Calleja (Surgeon General) by the name of Escuela Autónoma de Ciencias Médicas (Autonomous School of Medical Sciences). In 1999 the medical school decided to become independent and thus changed its name to UCIMED - Universidad de Ciencias Medicas Dr. Andres Vesalio Guzman (Medical Sciences University). Three years after its name change in March 2003 the National System of Accreditation for Superior Education (SINAES) accredited the university for its teaching in medicine.

In 1998 UCIMED introduced pharmacology as a major.