The study of tropical medicine prepares students for work in tropical and developing countries. Programs in this field expand upon students' existing knowledge and concern the outstanding challenges of practicing medicine in regions where resources are often limited.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.