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

Public / private

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

Public / private

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

Public / private

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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9 institutions

Public / private

5 / 4

Typical duration

5 years + 1 internship

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