Higher learning in Aruba provides several courses. Students with a HAVO (Senior general secondary education), MBO-diploma (middle-level appluied education, oriented towards vocational training), or even VWO (lower years) may opt to continue with their higher education. University of Aruba offers degree courses such as undergraduate, masters and even doctorate courses that range between time duration of 2 to 4 years.

Before people apply to medical school, they typically engage in the undergraduate pursuits that are most likely to prepare them for the intensity of those programs. Pre-med coursework can put students on the path to further study and, ultimately, to careers in the medical field.