UIB medical graduates achieve one of the best MIR (Medical Residency) employability rates in the entire country
The UIB stands out with the sixth highest rate in the State and an academic performance that places it in seventeenth position
PalmThe University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) has consolidated its strong position in the ranking of universities offering medical studies following the results of the latest Medical Residency Exam (MIR), the test that grants access to a residency position. Graduates achieved an 85.2% employability rate, the sixth highest among Spanish universities in terms of the percentage of applicants who, after taking the exam, ultimately choose a residency position. National employability rates range from 89.6% to 54.1%. Regarding academic performance, if universities are ranked according to the student's position relative to the average grade at each institution (the indicator known as the 50th percentile or p50), the UIB ranks seventeenth, within the upper range of the 42 universities from which the applicants came. According to this indicator, which reflects the MIR score or the ranking obtained by the average student among the 13,711 applicants, the UIB has a p50 score of 4,325. For reference, the best university has a p50 score of 2,300 and the worst, 7,175. This indicator is considered relevant because it shows the overall performance of a university and the typical ranking of its students.
The analysis based on the public or private nature of the institutions shows that the UIB (University of the Balearic Islands) ranks above the average for public universities, which as a whole have a P50 score of 4,358, while private universities stand at 5,446. Six of the ten universities with the worst results are private, and only two private universities are among the top ten.
Excellence in public healthcare training
The Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine considers these results an objective demonstration of the excellence of healthcare training within the Spanish public university system and that the UIB is consolidating its competitive position. These results correspond to only the third graduating class of UIB medical students to take the MIR exams. The Faculty team emphasizes that, unlike other institutions with decades of history, the UIB has achieved, in just a few years, a performance comparable to, and in many cases superior to, that of well-established institutions. According to the Faculty, these results reinforce the academic standing of a still young but rapidly consolidating institution. The Faculty of Medicine also highlights the faculty's commitment to the educational model and congratulates the students on their achievements.