The medical school was founded in 2004, two years after Gulu University was established.
[1] The school's campus lies within the boundaries of the town of Gulu, the largest urban center in Northern Uganda, approximately 345 kilometres (214 mi), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
This location houses the administrative block as well as the pre-clinical lecture rooms and laboratories.
The clinical years involve instruction, teaching and examination in the major four disciplines of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics.
In February 2012, the school introduced pharmacy studies, starting with a certificate course.