After successfully establishing Cebu Doctors’ Hospital,
its core founders conceived the opening of a school of
medicine as another venue of service that may have a significant
effect and contribution to the welfare and progress of
the nation.
Through hard work and sheer determination, the Board of
Directors of Cebu Doctors’ Hospital unselfishly
devoted their time to secure from the then Ministry of
Education, Culture, and Sports, a permit to operate a
medical school later called Cebu Doctors’ College
of Medicine.
On April 21, 1977, Cebu Doctors' College of Medicine (CDCM)
incorporation papers were signed and the Securities and
Exchange Commission approved its status as a non-stock,
non-profit foundation on December 21, 1977.
CDCM formally opened its doors as a medical institution
in June of Academic Year 1977-1978. Out of the numerous
applicants, only eighty pioneer freshmen were accepted.
Since then, its Board of Trustees has pursued a program
of expansion which continues to this date enabling CDCM
to grow and earn its mark as one of the best medical schools
in the country.
On November 23, 2004, Cebu Doctors' College of Medicine
officially became Cebu Doctors' University College of
Medicine, with the acronym CDU-CM, after Cebu Doctors'
College was granted University Status by the Commission
on Higher Education.
