The Faculty of Medicine at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche is responsible for administrative management and organization of the training that leads to undergraduate degrees in physiotherapy, medicine, podiatry, and occupational therapy.
This university division’s mission is to train future health professionals with criteria of excellence on a scientific and human level, fostering the acquisition of skills and adapting them to the growing needs in today's society. Dynamic needs that justify our desire for continuous improvements in quality, setting goals, implementing processes, evaluating results, and proposing improvements.
Its vision is to be a leader in teaching and research in the field of health sciences.
The Faculty of Medicine is conceived as a teaching and research center committed to society, with critical scientific thinking and directed towards the student and patients. Our primary aim is quality. Quality in teaching and quality in research. Quality understood as factor of progress and continuous improvement of all university functions and activities: teaching, teacher training, research, infrastructure, service management, etc.
The values that define our set of principles, rules, and beliefs are leadership, teamwork, pursuit of excellence, transparency and communication, innovation and entrepreneurship, honesty and integrity, ethics and professionalism, social commitment and respect for diversity and human rights.