Academic Support
Academic success is at the heart of our mission. After all, when students succeed, we succeed. FIU Medicine provides an array of educational support services to help our students achieve their academic potential. From academic advisors, to a learning specialist, to a peer tutoring program, we are committed to the academic success of all our students.
Health & Wellness
What is more important than good health? Medical school is tough, and it is easy to lose track of one’s health, even as you focus on the health of others. FIU Medicine offers a comprehensive health and wellness program that will help you maintain personal self-care while balancing the demands of medical school and beyond. The program includes FIU Health, the Medical Student Counseling and Wellness Center, Panther Wellness, and more than 40 wellness events every year.
Career & Professional Development
At the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, earning a medical degree is just the beginning. Our award-winning Road to Residency (R2R) Program is a comprehensive, four-year co-curricular initiative that supports students through every stage of career development—from self-discovery to successful residency placement.
With year-over-year high residency placement rates, R2R empowers students to identify career goals, assess their strengths, explore specialties, and navigate the residency application process with confidence. The program integrates academic advising, specialty-specific programming, reflective writing, and progressive mentorship, all while emphasizing wellness, inclusivity, and personal accountability.
Recipient of the 2024 AAMC Careers in Medicine Career Advising Program Award, R2R brings together deans, faculty, advisors, alumni, and mentors to ensure every student is equipped for success.
The Office of Student Affairs-Careers and Professional Development Services
Panther Communities
At the heart of the FIU Medicine experience lies the Panther Communities (PC’s). Every student is assigned to a learning community when they enter medical school, and that will be their family within a family until they graduate. The PC’s support the educational program through co-curricular initiatives that enhance student learning, leadership, collaboration, skills-acquisition, mentorship, and problem-solving. It’s signature programs include MedLead, Community Service Learning and Culinary Medicine.
Student Organizations & Interest Groups
Medical school is busy enough, so why join an organization or interest group? There are plenty of reasons why! Learn more about yourself, improve your leadership and organizational skills, acquire new skills, explore career options, network with professionals, give back to the community, enhance your curriculum vitae, or just decompress from your studies and have fun! With more than 50 organizations, interest groups, and honor societies, students can significantly enhance their education experience while preparing for the road ahead.
See which student organization & interest group is right for you.
Community Engagement
As a community-based, socially accountable medical school, community service is our identity and service learning is the foundation upon which our educational program was developed. Working with the Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP® (NHELP), our students learn in the best classroom available, our patients’ homes. The PLC Community Service program provides additional opportunities for medical students to support NHELP. Student service doesn’t end there. With organizations like MedSWISH, the Breast Health Initiative, and programs like the Student Faculty Collaborative Clinic at UHI, our students have ample opportunities to give back to the community by staying actively involved.
International Experiences
Ours is a world community, and the health of our nation is impacted by the health of our world. The College of Medicine has developed affiliations with academic, clinical and research partners worldwide, allowing students to explore different health systems, learn new cultures, and address illness and disease not frequently seen in the United States. Our medical students have broadened their horizons by participating in for-credit and voluntary international experiences in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
FIU Campus Life
Life at FIU is more than just going to class. The Modesto A. Maidique Campus, situated in west Miami-Dade, offers students everything you would expect from a major university, including retail stores, restaurants, bistros, libraries, hair salons, auto care services, recreation centers, an art museum, a performing arts center, a nature preserve, intramural fields, and sporting arenas.
