| St. Matthew's University | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Improving Life by Degrees |
| Established | 1997[1] / 2002[2] |
| Type | For-profit |
| Chancellor | John Marvin, MBA |
| Location | Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands |
| Colors | Purple, Sea green and Yellow |
| Website | www.stmatthews.edu/ |
St. Matthew's University (SMU) is a for-profit university located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. SMU has a School of Medicine and a School of Veterinary Medicine, which confer M.D. and D.V.M. degrees, respectively. St. Matthew's University is owned by R3 Education, Inc.[3]
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SMU was founded in Belize in 1997 by Grand Forks, North Dakota native Jeffrey S. Sersland and was named for Sersland's friend Matthew Uhrich of North Dakota.[4] In 2001, the board of directors abruptly changed the university's administration, with Sersland and his wife both removed from their positions on campus. In 2002, the school moved to the Cayman Islands under interim president B.D. Owens.[5] Sersland then formed the Medical University of the Americas - Belize in 2002[4] which closed in 2007[6]
The School of Veterinary Medicine was established in 2005.[7] The school was acquired by Greenwich, Connecticut-based Equinox Capital in conjunction with Chicago-based Prairie Capital in 2005.[8]
SMU is chartered by the government of the Cayman Islands.[2]
SMU School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine, a recognized accrediting agency listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools (DORA).[9]
St. Matthew's is approved by the New York State Education Department (NYSED)[10] and the Florida Department of Education's Commission for Independent Education[11] for the purpose of providing clinical rotations in those states.
The university is listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED)[2] and in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine.[12]
In the United States, the medical boards of the following states have listed St. Matthew's University as an institution whose graduates are ineligible for licensure::
In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council has listed St. Matthew's University as an institution whose graduates from the Belize campus are ineligible for licensure.[17]
St. Matthew's University school of Veterinary Medicine (SMUSVM) is listed by the American Veterinary Medical Association and its graduates qualify for entrance into the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) or the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence (PAVE) certification programs.