Dear Aspirant,

If you are looking for pursuing medicine abroad, here are the best places to do so and the colleges that can be taken into consideration.

1. China

Most Indian students who want to pursue medicine abroad choose this option when they want to pursue MBBS, BDS or MD. This is because it is low cost and good and also the medium of instruction is English with no minimalistic qualifications and eligibility criteria.

Institutions to consider in China are:

• Fudan University

• Jiangsu University

• Central South University

• Zhengzhou University

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• Southeast University

• Huazhong University of Science and Technology

• Tianjin Medical University

• Dalian Medical University

• Wuhan University

• Capital Medical University

2. Russia

Since Russia also offers medicine programmes in English, a lot of students from India consider this option. In fact, the Indians who go to Russia to study, 99% of them are medical students. This also has a low cost of education, giving it an upper hand in comparison to other countries. One major difference in this degree is that MD in Russia is for 6 years with an additional one year of Russian language. It even offers the course of Sports Medicine for those interested.

Colleges:

• Lomonosov Moscow State University

• Russian State Medical University, Moscow

• Volgograd State Medical University,Volgograd

• Kursk State Medical University, Kursk

• Kazan State Medical University, KAZAN

• Tver State Medical Academy

• I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy

• People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow

3. Ukraine

If you are looking for a job across Europe with a low cost education, Ukraine is your destination. The medium of instruction mostly is English and also, since the format is same as other European colleges, it is easy to find jobs in the continent once you have a degree from Ukraine.

Colleges:

• National Technical University of Ukraine

• National Pedagogical University

• Taurida National University

• Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University

• Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

• National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

• National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

• National Mining University

• Kharkiv National University

4. United States of America

The ultimate destination to study abroad definitely makes this list. The admission in most of the universities is through AMCAS while most institutions accept MAT and DAT scores for admission. The most common degrees are Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and also requires you to give IELTS or TOEFL depending on the college. It is difficult to get admission in these colleges but it is always worth the try.

Colleges:

• Harvard University

• Stanford University

• Johns Hopkins University

• University of California—​San Francisco

• University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)

• Washington University in St. Louis

• Yale University

• Columbia University

• Duke University

• University of Chicago (Pritzker)

5. United Kingdom

It is the most competitive place to pursue medicine in, because it offers the best institutions of medicine from all over the world. Getting admission is difficult and also there are more restrictions for international students. Courses which are generally offered are MBChB or MBBS and MD. The Aspirants are required to get through UCAS and also BMAT or UKAT.

Colleges:

• University of Oxford

• University of Cambridge

• UCL

• Imperial College London

• Kings College London

• The University of Edinburgh

• The University of Manchester

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Queen Mary University of London

• The University of Nottingham

For more insight, visit:

https://studyabroad.careers360.com/articles/explore-best-destinations-study-medicine-abroad

Hope this helps. All the best!