A higher education or university level institution offering a prescribed course of medicine The following are examples of the names that such institutions may bear and which vary from one country to another or even within countries: Medical College; College of Surgeons; Medical Institute; Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy; Institute of Medicine and Surgery; Faculty of Medicine; Faculty of Medical Sciences; Faculty of Medicine and Surgery; Academy of Medicine or Medical Academy; University Center for Health Sciences; Medical University; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Data reported by medical schools are tabulated and analyzed separately from those of graduate schools Student counts exclude M D , D V M , D D S , and D O candidates, interns and residents unless they are concurrently working for a master's or Ph D in a science or engineering field or are enrolled in a joint M D /Ph D program