The medical school was founded in 2011 and started operations at Silver Sands.[4] As of November 2015, the school had 135 students, with two Barbadians for every five foreign students.[5]
In 2016, the AUB acquired the former BET building,[6] and moved its operations there. In February 2020, American University of Barbados awarded medical degrees to 67 graduates at its inaugural graduation ceremony.[3] As of 2020, students were enrolled from 24 countries.[3]
In 2017, the Medical Council of India included the American University of Barbados in its list of foreign universities / institutions that have been approved by authorities in their respective nations.[11]
American University of Barbados (AUB) is listed in World Directory of Medical School[12]
^"American University of Barbados". CAAM–HP – Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.