MedPathways Global

East Asia

China's Ministry of Education authorises a fixed list of universities to teach MBBS in English to international students.

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25 institutions

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25 / 0

Typical duration

6 years (5 + 1 internship)

Eastern Europe

Russian state medical universities offer 6-year English-medium General Medicine (MD/MBBS-equivalent) programmes.

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14 institutions

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14 / 0

Typical duration

6 years

Middle East

Saudi medical colleges teach in English; seats for non-Saudi students are limited and often scholarship- or residency-based.

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12 institutions

Public / private

8 / 4

Typical duration

6–7 years (incl. internship)

South Asia

Government and private medical colleges, organised by province, with published selection-list merit where available.

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98 institutions

Public / private

47 / 51

Typical duration

5 years + house job

Central Asia

Popular low-cost destination for Pakistani students; most English-medium MBBS programmes run 5–6 years.

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7 institutions

Public / private

4 / 3

Typical duration

5–6 years

Central Asia

Kazakh medical universities offer General Medicine programmes; teaching language, clinical training and overseas licensing eligibility must be checked for each programme.

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8 institutions

Public / private

7 / 1

Typical duration

5–6 years

Central Asia

State medical institutes in Uzbekistan run English-medium programmes with growing intake from South Asia.

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6 institutions

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6 / 0

Typical duration

6 years

Europe

Georgian universities offer 6-year English-medium MD programmes aligned with the European credit system.

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8 institutions

Public / private

3 / 5

Typical duration

6 years

Europe / Middle East

Several Turkish universities run English-medium medicine programmes; admission for foreigners uses YÖS/SAT or the university's own exam.

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8 institutions

Public / private

4 / 4

Typical duration

6 years

Middle East

Top Iranian medical universities have international campuses teaching in English.

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7 institutions

Public / private

7 / 0

Typical duration

7 years

South Asia

Bangladesh offers a 5-year MBBS plus 1-year internship with a curriculum close to Pakistan's; foreign seats are allotted through DGME.

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25 institutions

Public / private

14 / 11

Typical duration

5 years + 1 internship

East Asia

Japan has 82 institutions with a 6-year medical degree programme (国立=national, 公立=public/prefectural-municipal, 私立=private), per MEXT's official per-university admissions-quota list, plus the Ministry of Defense's National Defense Medical College. Most programmes are taught in Japanese; very few (e.g. International University of Health and Welfare) offer an English-medium MD track for international students.

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82 institutions

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51 / 31

Typical duration

6 years

North America

US medical schools award the MD as a four-year graduate degree after a bachelor's degree; international applicants are accepted by relatively few schools and usually need US pre-medical coursework and the MCAT.

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25 institutions

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7 / 18

Typical duration

4 years MD (after a bachelor's degree)

Europe

UK medical schools offer a five- or six-year MBBS/MBChB; international places are capped and applications go through UCAS with an admissions test (UCAT) and interview.

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25 institutions

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24 / 1

Typical duration

5–6 years + 2-year foundation

North America

Canada has 17 medical schools offering a four-year MD (three years at McMaster and Calgary) after undergraduate study; very few places are open to international applicants.

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17 institutions

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17 / 0

Typical duration

3–4 years MD (after undergraduate study)

South Asia

Indian MBBS admission is through NEET-UG and counselling by MCC and state authorities; foreign nationals and NRIs apply through designated quotas.

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25 institutions

Public / private

18 / 7

Typical duration

5.5 years (4.5 + 1 internship)

Europe

Ireland has six medical schools offering direct-entry or graduate-entry medicine. Confirm the current programme accreditation and non-EU admissions route with the Medical Council and each university.

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6 institutions

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5 / 1

Typical duration

5–6 years; 4 years graduate entry

Europe

Poland offers six-year medical degrees, including English-language tracks at several state universities. Confirm the programme and annual admission limit in the national registers.

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9 institutions

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9 / 0

Typical duration

6 years

Europe

Hungary has four established medical universities with English-language General Medicine programmes. Entry commonly includes science assessments and an interview.

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4 institutions

Public / private

4 / 0

Typical duration

6 years

Europe

Romanian medical programmes are accredited at programme level. International applicants should verify the exact language track and current ARACIS decision for their intake.

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2 institutions

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2 / 0

Typical duration

6 years

Europe

Czech medical faculties offer six-year General Medicine programmes; several teach in English. Confirm accreditation dates and the faculty's entrance examination.

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8 institutions

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8 / 0

Typical duration

6 years

Europe

Dutch medicine programmes are numerus-fixus degrees with competitive selection. Most bachelor's programmes are taught in Dutch, so verify language and diploma-equivalence requirements before applying.

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8 institutions

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8 / 0

Typical duration

6 years (3 bachelor + 3 master)

North Africa

Egyptian universities offer MBBCh medicine programmes. Confirm the five-year academic course, two-year internship and international entry requirements with each university.

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8 institutions

Public / private

6 / 2

Typical duration

5 years + 2 internship

Europe

German Humanmedizin is a 6-year, state-examination (Staatsexamen) programme, mostly German-taught at public universities. Places are allocated nationally through Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung (hochschulstart.de); a few private faculties admit directly.

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31 institutions

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30 / 1

Typical duration

6 years + state examinations

Europe

French medicine is studied within a public university UFR santé after PASS/LAS first-year selection; the degree leads to the Diplôme d'État de docteur en médecine. All medical faculties listed are public.

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34 institutions

Public / private

33 / 1

Typical duration

9–11 years (incl. specialisation)

Europe

Italian Medicina e Chirurgia is a single-cycle 6-year Laurea Magistrale with nationally programmed (numero chiuso) places, allocated via the national/local IMAT or TOLC-MED entrance test. Public places are coordinated through the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca and Universitaly; several private universities run parallel English-medium tracks.

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36 institutions

Public / private

31 / 5

Typical duration

6 years (single-cycle)

Europe

Spanish Grado en Medicina is a 6-year degree registered in the official RUCT; EU access uses EvAU/Selectividad admission grades and NUC for non-EU applicants, with places restricted (numerus clausus) at both public and private faculties.

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31 institutions

Public / private

23 / 8

Typical duration

6 years