The aim of this study was to know about the considerations of those admitted to the medicalsurgical postgraduate programs at the University of Cartagena.An observational descriptive methodology was implemented using the databases of the Graduate Department of Medicine.It was noted that the largest number of applicants are from the University of Cartagena followed by the University of Sinu, however in the last year 2017 the second place of admissions, corresponded to graduates of the University of Antioquia.