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The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is a commonwealth in political union with the United States located at a strategic location in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 14 islands.

The CNMI is approximately 1,458 miles southeast of Tokyo, Japan; 1,654 miles east of Manila, Philippines; 1,703 east of Taipei, Taiwan; 1,900 miles southeast of Hong Kong; 2,200 miles southeast of Seoul, Korea; 2,900 miles north of Sydney, Australia; and 3,200 miles west of Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Who we are

The University of Loyola at CNMI is a private, independent nursing and medical school in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Western Pacific.

It was founded in 2007 by Dr. Johnny Y. Fong, a licensed physician in California, Illinois and the Philippines, and a successful businessman with investments in the United States, the Philippines and Saipan.

The university is owned by the Loyola Medical College Foundation, a non-profit educational entity committed to provide and promote excellence in medical and nursing education.

The foundation allocated an initial $500,000 to the school which shall come in increments of $100,000 on an as-needed basis.  The foundation’s investments in the CNMI are expected to reach over $20 million once the construction of its own university building is completed.

The Loyola Medical College Foundation also owns, manages and operates the San Beda College of Medicine, San Beda College of Nursing, and St. Ignatius Health Science College in the Philippines.  These colleges have a passing rate of 88 percent in national board examinations.

* San Beda College of Medicine -- A four-year graduate level institution which offers a Doctor of Medicine degree. Graduates of the San Beda College of Medicine are approved to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), the licensing examination for physicians in the United States. Its graduates are approved for entry-level residency positions in the US.

* San Beda College of Nursing – A four-year undergraduate level institution offering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. It has many graduates practicing as registered nurses throughout the United States. The San Beda College of Nursing now ranks third in the Philippines in its category.

* St. Ignatius Health Science College – A two-year undergraduate level institution offering an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing (ASDN). It is affiliated with Fresno City College, which is California’s first community college and has an NCLEX passing rate of 96%.

The Loyola Medical College Foundation is a unit of the Loyola Group of Companies which include, among other entities, Kaiser Group of Medical Clinics and Residential Facilities Inc.

It is owned by physicians who are United States citizens. Through its affiliates, Kaiser Group of Medical Clinics and Residential Facilities Inc. has employment contracts and affiliation agreements with more than 1,000 highly trained physicians, nurses, and hospitals in the Philippines and in the US.

Among the major health facilities in the Philippines that have business relationships with Kaiser Group of Medical Clinics and Residential Facilities Inc. are St. Luke’s Medical Center, The Medical City, Makati Medical Center, the Philippine General Hospital, Asian Hospital, the Philippine Heart Center, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute of the Philippines, and the Philippine Lung Cancer.

Mission

The central mission of the University of Loyola at CNMI is to educate students in an integrated way and equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to become responsible and compassionate members of the community dedicated to the service of others.

Vision

The University of Loyola at CNMI envisions itself as the nexus of education in the Pacific by producing dedicated, skillful, ethical and compassionate professionals in a progressive and competitive educational environment where future leaders of the medical and business communities can develop their civic and intellectual minds.

Objectives

The University of Loyola at CNMI intends to provide its students with the education and experience necessary to become intellectual, ethical and dedicated leaders in their professional fields.  Before graduating from the CNMI, each student will give substantial evidence of competency in his/her field by demonstrating the following:

     * The ability to acquire, manage, integrate and apply knowledge gained, to the members of the community.

    * The ability to critically evaluate new knowledge and determine its relevance to the changing environments and needs of the community.

    * An understanding of the organization and financial atmosphere of the student’s field.

    * An understanding of the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of the community and their roles in the student’s field.

    * The ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with members of the student’s field and the community in general.

    * The ability to learn independently with a critical awareness of the scope and limitations of one’s knowledge, skills and values.

    * An understanding of the ethical dimensions of the student’s field and his responsibility to the code of ethics for his respective field.

    * An understanding of the obligations to patients/clients, the profession, and society.

    * The virtues of fidelity to trust, respect for others, excellence, duty, honor and integrity, humility and accountability, and compassion.

    * An awareness of the importance of maintaining one’s own well-being and of balancing the demands of professional and personal life.