Your medical education should be transformative.
As Georgia’s newest medical school, we carry both a profound responsibility and a rare opportunity. Being new is our advantage. We are free to innovate boldly and unencumbered by the limits of “the way it’s always been done.” This moment represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape Georgia’s health future—building a medical school grounded in partnership, guided by public purpose, and committed to improving health in all 159 counties for decades to come.
Our curriculum will be rigorous and demand excellence while also joyful and driven by curiosity. We will cultivate reflection and mindfulness—the ability to pause between stimulus and response, where judgment, compassion, and wisdom live. When learning is meaningful and connected to purpose, it doesn’t just produce outstanding physicians; it creates lifelong learners who love what they do.
We will emphasize the use of technology via artificial intelligence, big data, and cutting-edge developments while still being mindful these are tools in service of something irreplaceable—critical thinking, patient-centered care, the healing power of an in-person relationship, and a doctor who truly listens. Technology is the instrument, not the mission. The patient, their family, and the community should remain at the heart of every decision.
As the birthplace of public higher education, UGA’s land- and sea-grant missions have served the state of Georgia for over 240 years. UGA has spent generations building bridges to every corner of the state and beyond. Our medical students won’t just learn medicine—they will have access to the full breadth of a flagship university experience. This will include immediate clinical experiences embedded within the community, interdisciplinary professional education in partnership with multiple schools and colleges, and impactful research opportunities. Your education will transcend the classroom into the community and across the state equipped with the skills and values that matter most in serving patients.
Patients expect excellence from their doctors. So do we.