 The Medical Library with 5,000 volumes and 256 journals is the Mindanao repository for World Health Organization publications.Founded in 1983, the medical school has Level 3 Accredited Status from the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities, while being acknowledged by the Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Development in Medical Education, and was recognized by the Professional Regulations Commission and the Board of Medicine for having ranked second in the national Physician Licensure Examination over 11 consecutive years.The school was chosen by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development as a satellite medical institution for its project on the development of research capabilities.