North America · Central America
Medical Schools in Nicaragua
4 verified medical schools awarding a primary medical qualification in 2 cities.
Research in progress. Some schools are verified; the candidate list from official sources has not been fully reconciled.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026.
Medical education in Nicaragua
Medical qualification structure
- At UNAN-León General Medicine is a six-year, in-person daytime program. Source: unanleon.edu.ni · verified October 13, 2026
Verified medical schools
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Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNAN-León
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNAN-León
León · University faculty
General MedicineOperatingBasic record - View School
National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Managua (UNAN-Managua) - Medicine
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Managua - Carrera de Medicina
Managua · Medical school
Medicine (degree program)Status not verifiedBasic record - View School
Universidad Americana (UAM) - General Medicine
Universidad Americana - Medicina General
Managua · Medical school
General MedicineStatus not verifiedBasic record - View School
Universidad Cardenal Miguel Obando Bravo (UNICA) - General Medicine
Universidad Cardenal Miguel Obando Bravo - Medicina General
Managua · Medical school
General MedicineStatus not verifiedBasic record
How this country was researched
- Research status
- Research in progress
- Candidates in discovery sources
- 5
- Verified operating or listed schools
- 4
- Unresolved candidates
- 1
- Excluded after checking
- 0
Discovery sources
- Consejo Nacional de Universidades (CNU) · CNU · not accessible
- Consejo Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación (CNEA) · CNEA · not accessible
- University websites (UNAN-Managua, UNAN-León, UAM, UNICA, UCN) · Universities
Limitations: The national bodies (CNU, CNEA) were unreachable, so no official list was used. The candidate list comes from university websites, may be incomplete, and was not reconciled against an official register.