Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP)
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP)
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Ribeirão Preto Medical School
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP)
FMRP International Relations Commission
Comissão de Relações Internacionais da FMRP (CRInt-FMRP)
Address: Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900
Didactic Block Annex A, 2nd floor
Vila Monte Alegre
Ribeirão Preto/SP
CEP: 14049-900
Contact: crint@fmrp.usp.br
School Overview
The mission of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School [Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto] (FMRP) is to provide excellence in higher education, training health professionals with a high level of qualification and leadership potential, grounded in ethical, moral, scientific, and humanistic principles. The school is committed to developing qualified researchers through its graduate programs and producing high-quality, innovative research with international reach, pushing the boundaries of knowledge while being attentive to societal needs. Additionally, it maintains ongoing interaction with the public sector and society to promote quality healthcare and disseminate new knowledge. FMRP aims to be recognized nationally and internationally as a model of excellence in undergraduate and graduate education and in the training of specialized professionals. This recognition is based on the ethics, competence, entrepreneurship, and leadership of its graduates, the unique quality of its scientific production, and the social impact of its health promotion activities. FMRP values social commitment through:
- Training health professionals and researchers.
- Producing and disseminating new knowledge, thereby contributing to the scientific, technological, and cultural development of the country.
- Addressing community health needs.
- Engaging with the public sector to help define priorities and public policy strategies.
FMRP is dedicated to continuously improving education, research, and outreach activities, fostering innovation and creativity in a planned and integrated manner, and striving for excellence. The institution upholds principles of conscious management (including legality, morality, impersonality, publicity, transparency, and efficiency), ethics (adhering to principles of justice and humanist values), mutual respect (treating all individuals fairly and respectfully), and quality in its work environment (promoting teamwork, personal responsibility, integrity, and respect for individuality). FMRP is located on the Ribeirão Preto Campus, in the city of Ribeirão Preto.
Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP) is composed of sixteen departments (name and code):
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology (RBI)
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Pathogenic Bioagents (RBP)
- Department of Clinical Medicine (RCM)
- Department of Genetics (RGE)
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (RGO)
- Department of Health Sciences (RCS)
- Department of Medical Imaging, Hematology, and Clinical Oncology
- Department of Neonatal nursing and Pediatrics (RPP)
- Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences (RNP)
- Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Head and Neck Surgery (ROO)
- Department of Orthopedics and Anesthesiology (ROA)
- Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine (RPA)
- Department of Pharmacology (RFA)
- Department of Physiology (RFI)
- Department of Social Medicine (RMS)
- Department of Surgery and Anatomy (RCA)
Education
Undergraduate Education
FMRP offers the following Undergraduate Programs:
- Biomedical Informatics
- Biomedical Sciences – Emphasis on Basic Health Sciences and Health Biotechnology
- Medicine
- Nutrition and Metabolism
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Speech Therapy
Graduate Education
FMRP offers Graduate Programs* in various Areas of Concentration, including the following:
| Program | Area of Concentration | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Basic and Applied Immunology | – Basic and Applied Immunology | (M/D) |
| Biochemistry | – Biochemistry | (M/D) |
| Biological Sciences (Genetics) | – Genetics | (M/D) |
| Biological Sciences (Pharmacology) | – Pharmacology | (M/D) |
| Cell and Molecular Biology | – Cell and Molecular Biology | (M/D) |
| Child and Adolescent Health | – Child and Adolescent Health | (M/D) |
| Clinical Oncology, Stem Cells and Cell Therapy | – Normal and Neoplastic Cellular Differentiation – Stem Cells and Cell Therapy |
(M/D) |
| Gynecology and Obstetrics | – Gynecology and Obstetrics | (M/D) |
| Health Sciences Applied to the Locomotor System | – Health Sciences Applied to the Locomotor System | (M/D) |
| Hemotherapy and Biotechnology (Professional Master’s Degree) | – Biotechnology – Hemotherapy and Transfusion Medicine |
(M) |
| Imaging Sciences and Medical Physics (Professional Master’s Degree) | – Diagnostic Imaging – Medical Physics |
(M) |
| Management of Health Organizations (Professional Master’s Degree) | – Management of Health Organizations | (M) |
| Medicine (Clinical Medicine) | – Clinical Medicine | (M/D) |
| Medicine (Clinical Surgery) | – Clinical Surgery | (M/D) |
| Medicine (Mental Health) | – Mental Health | (M/D) |
| Medicine (Neurology) | – Neuroscience – Neurology |
(M/D) |
| Medicine (Professional Master’s Degree) | – Medicine | (M) |
| Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences (Professional Master’s Degree) | – Chronic-Degenerative and Immune-Mediated Diseases of the Nervous System – Developmental Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology |
(M) |
| Nutrition and Metabolism | – Nutrition and Metabolism | (M/D) |
| Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery | – Morphophysiology of Facial Structures – Physiopathological Mechanisms in the Visual and Audio-Vestibular Systems |
(M/D) |
| Pathology | – Pathology | (M/D) |
| Physiology | – Physiology | (M/D) |
| Public Health | – Public Health | (M/D) |
| Rehabilitation and Functional Performance | – Physical Education – Physiotherapy |
(M/D) |
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs
| Program | Area of Concentration | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering | – Bioengineering** | (M/D) |
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry [Instituto de Química de São Carlos] (IQSC)
São Carlos School of Engineering [Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos] (EESC)