University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences is located at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It is the only school of medicine in the state of North Dakota.

The school has trained roughly half of the physicians currently practicing in the state. Roughly 20 percent of the American Indian doctors in the United States were trained at the school. Also, the medical school has been ranked third nationally in the area of rural medicine.

Research is an important part of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In fiscal year 2006, research awards totaled $19.8 million.