The UCF College of Medicine is one of the nation\u2019s most beautiful medical schools, according to BestMedicalDegrees.com, an online source for information about medical degree programs and health careers.<\/p>\n
UCF was ranked 13 of the 40 most attractive medical school campuses in the United States. In making the top of the list, the College of Medicine joined established medical schools including Harvard, Boston University, Duke, Vanderbilt, Stanford and Yale.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine experience a unique environment, living in a \u2018medical city\u2019 that includes a number of hospitals and health institutes set within a 650 acre park-like environment,\u201d the editors wrote. They praised the medical school\u2019s modern architecture, landscaping, palm trees and lakes, calling the college a beautiful location \u201cto practice the healing arts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The editors took into account the architecture, campus landscape and local environment in making their choices. \u201cObviously, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there\u2019s nothing scientific or objective about this list, but we hope you enjoy looking at it as much as we enjoyed putting it together,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Deborah German, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the medical school, said she was \u201ctotally delighted\u201d with the designation. \u201cOur vision in creating our campus was to create a place that would inspire and instill the values needed by our future physicians and scientists and to do so within the parameters of a state budget.\u201d<\/p>\n