South America · South America
Medical Schools in Uruguay
3 verified medical schools awarding a primary medical qualification in 2 cities.
Initial reconciliation completed. Every candidate from the official discovery sources has been verified, excluded, flagged as a duplicate or listed as unresolved. Not a guarantee of completeness.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026.
Medical education in Uruguay
Medical qualification structure
- The Universidad de la República awards the Doctor en Medicina title after a seven-year program. Source: fmed.edu.uy · verified October 13, 2026
- Private universities offer six-year Doctor/a en Medicina programs recognised by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Source: universidad.claeh.edu.uy · verified October 13, 2026
Verified medical schools
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Faculty of Medicine, Universidad CLAEH
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CLAEH
Punta del Este · University faculty
Doctor of MedicineOperatingBasic record - View School
Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República
Montevideo · University faculty · Public
Doctor of MedicineOperatingInternational applicants acceptedBasic record - View School
Medicine Program, Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Montevideo · University faculty
Doctor of MedicineOperatingBasic record
How this country was researched
- Research status
- Initial reconciliation completed
- Candidates in discovery sources
- 3
- Verified operating or listed schools
- 3
- Unresolved candidates
- 0
- Excluded after checking
- 0
Discovery sources
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República - Carreras de grado · Universidad de la República (Udelar)
- Universidad CLAEH - Facultad de Medicina · Universidad CLAEH
- Universidad Católica del Uruguay - Programas · Universidad Católica del Uruguay
- Other private university home pages checked (Universidad de Montevideo, Universidad ORT Uruguay, Universidad de la Empresa, IUACJ) · Universities
- Wikidata discovery hints (data/discovery/by-country/UY.json) (discovery hints only) · Wikidata
Limitations: No consolidated official list of medical programs was reachable; candidates were built from the public university and private universities' own program pages. Smaller private institutes recognised by the MEC were not exhaustively checked.