A NEW medical school will open in Cebu this year.

The University of Cebu (UC) School of Medicine will open in June, and tuition discounts await top college graduates who will pursue medicine in the university.

UC Chancellor Candice Gotianuy yesterday announced the opening of the medical school in the UC-Banilad Campus.

She also announced that the UC Medical Center will also start operating in May this year, providing a good learning venue for the universitys medical students.

We have gotten a lot of good faculty members with good track record on board with us, Gotianuy said in a press conference.

Dr. Ma. Melfer Montoya, dean of the UC School of Medicine, said the Commission of Higher Education granted the university a permit to operate the medical school last December yet.

The medical school will start holding classes on June 22.

She said the medical school has more than 100 slots available for the first school year. Weve started processing applicants since January, she said.

Top graduates of pre-medicine courses who will study in the UC School of Medicine may enjoy tuition discounts and book allowances.

Qualified summa cum laude graduates can avail themselves of free tuition and a P20,000-book allowance.

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