Lincoln American University

Lincoln American University (LAU) is a private medical university in Georgetown, Guyana, established in 2016 to provide internationally oriented, English-language medical education at an accessible cost.

The university is registered with Guyana's National Accreditation Council and built its curriculum to align with the standards expected by international medical regulators, positioning its five-year MBBS/MD programme for graduates who intend to sit licensing examinations and pursue clinical training in North America, the Caribbean and beyond. The programme runs in three stages: a foundational pre-clinical phase covering basic biomedical sciences, a para-clinical phase introducing systemic and diagnostic medicine, and a clinical sciences phase built around hospital-based rotations.

LAU markets itself to an international student body, drawing applicants from the Caribbean, North America, Africa and Asia who are seeking an alternative route into medicine outside their home country's competitive admissions systeMs. Its campus operates from Water and Barrack Street in the Kingston area of central Georgetown, close to the country's main public hospital, which the university cites as a partner site for clinical rotations. Like several of Guyana's other for-profit offshore medical schools, LAU has pursued recognition from bodies such as the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, the World Directory of Medical Schools and various national medical councils, since these listings determine whether its graduates are eligible to practise or sit licensing exams in the countries they return to.

The university also runs a dedicated finance and tuition-payment portal for students.