Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM)
CIM on their marker
I am proud to say that my father is a graduate of one of the best medical schools in the Philippines and the best medical school in Cebu.
Cebu Institute of Medicine or popularly known as CIM (although a lot of people refer to it as Velez as the founder is Dr. Jacinto Velez) is actually the no. 1 Med school in Cebu City. The doctors who graduate from here are recognized anywhere in the Philippines and are also internationally recognized.
Somehow the students prefer the brick ground than the cemented area.
CIM is found in Ramos Street just beside the Cebu Velez Hospital. Already beyond its 50 years, most of the famous and skilled doctors are known to be graduate of this school.
Landscaping the once dry and empty area.
CIM now is following the new style of education which is the PBL or Problem based learning which is centered on the students learning on their own. The lectures of teachers are not the only source of learning and the students do small group discussions. This encourages the students to do critical thinking.
Project of the Synergists of CIM
My father said that CIM is very difficult that even one of his foreigner classmates said that “he nearly died there”. Now with CIM following this new style of education students will even experience a more challenging style of learning. I’ll be honest and say to get in this school is hard and to survive and finish it is even harder. I don’t need to see my Achi (elder sister) go through 3 years of several sleepless nights to know that this school can really stress yo out but then the result of the hard work is priceless. When you finish CIM you become a world class Doctor. There’s just that sense of awe when you hear someone say “hey! You’re from CIM!”.
At the entrance of Cebu Institute of Medicine
The pictures I showed there is a project of the Synergists Batch (my dad’s batch). To those interested to go in CIM all you have to do is take the NMAT which is the National Medical admission test. You will be qualified if you have finished any four year college course. Then there is the interview. Before it would’ve been Dr. Poblete but now I heard it’s now Dr. Meneses.
To those who would like to be in CIM one day I would like to quote the words of the Dr. Poblete: “Here in CIM you study medicine, you drink medicine, you sleep medicine, and you dream medicine..”
Good luck to all future doctors! 
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sir The Photoblogger…good morning po… alam nyo na po buh yung cut off ng nmat score sa CIM ngayon na year.? i’ve heared din kasi na they’re raising the cut off rate na po for NMAT score this year… thank you sir… it would be a big help
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@Melon Lord hello there, as of now I know that the cut-off is still 40%. No official announcements have been made regarding the cut-off score so I advice you wait till around Feb or March, they might have announcements. God Bless your journey to med school
Gud pm! sir, i would like to ask magkanu po ba tuition fee ngeun sa CIM ?? tnx.
@Aye I dunno the exact amount but it’s around 70k php