Education Ministry authorizes Rede D'Or-linked college to open medical school in Rio in 2027
The Faculdade Idor program will have 100 seats a year, estimated monthly tuition of R$13,000 to R$14,000 and a three-year internship; practical training will include public health (SUS) units.
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Faculdade Idor de Ciências Médicas, linked to the D'Or Institute for Research and Education and to the Rede D'Or hospital chain, has received authorization from the MEC (Brazil's Ministry of Education) to create a medical degree in Rio de Janeiro, Folha de S.Paulo reported. Classes are expected to start in January 2027.
There will be 100 seats a year, in classes of up to 50 students, and monthly tuition should be between R$13,000 and R$14,000. Admission may be through the school's own entrance exam, through Enem (Brazil's national high school exam) scores or through tracks for candidates with international backgrounds. The institution plans 10% socioeconomic scholarships, plus retention and merit scholarships; tuition amounts and selection rules will be published in a call for applications.
Practical training will have two fronts: the Idor and Rede D'Or teaching hospital complex and units of the SUS (Unified Health System, Brazil's public health network), through an agreement with the Municipal Health Department, such as Hospital do Andaraí and the Maurício Silva Family Clinic, in the city's North Zone.
The program will total 8,200 hours, 42% of them in supervised internships. The internship phase will last three years, one more than national guidelines require. According to Idor president Fernanda Tovar-Moll, the launch is the result of years of planning, and Rio was chosen because it is where the institution first built up its academic activities.
Folha notes that the authorization comes amid stricter regulation of medical education, after students performed poorly on Enamed (the National Medical Training Assessment Exam), which led the MEC to open oversight proceedings for medical schools.