In addition to the Nursing department, the San Beda University administration put up another department to strengthen its health sciences program. The San Beda College of Medicine (SBCM) was formally established on March 9, 2002, with the task of offering a four-year course leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)The Rector-President's Report 2001-2007 as its fifth unit. It has a faculty of over 70 medical lecturers, who come mostly from the University of the Philippines Manila.
