NMC Approved Medical Colleges Abroad | Full Recognized List

NMC has approved 45 Medical Colleges abroad in China. In these Colleges/Universities, Indian students can study MBBS and come back to India after passing. Students will then get a doctor's license to work in India after clearing the NEXT / MCI Test.

All 45 listed NMC approved or recognized Medical Colleges abroad in China are entirely owned and managed by the Chinese Government, Ministry of Education.

In all these 45 Universities, a complete MBBS course is taught in the English language, except in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). In HUST the last two years, all studies and exams are taken in the Chinese language only. 

There will be a Chinese language class in all the 45 listed NMC approved Medical Colleges abroad in China for 45 minutes, three days a week. This Chinese language class is required to interact with local patients from 4th year in a foreign country. 

In China, the MBBS course is for 4 years 9 months + 1-year internship, which the student can do either in China or India.

NMC has made a list of 54 approved or recognized Medical Colleges and Universities in Russia. Indian students can study MD (same as MBBS) in these Universities and come back to India after getting the degree. Then after clearing the NEXT exam students will get a doctor's license to work in India .

In Russia and many other countries, the name of the MBBS course is MD. It is the same as MBBS. Please do not think that it is like Post Graduation Degree of MD in India.

All 54 listed Medical Colleges abroad in Russia is entirely Government Universities.

Out of these 54 Universities in about 14 universities, the entire course is in English with few clinical classes in the Russian language.

But in the rest of 40 Universities, the entire course is either Russian or in a Bilingual language (1st 3 years English and last 3 years Russian) only. WHO does not approve some NMC Approved colleges like Crimea Federal University and Pskov State University. 

In Russia, the MBBS course is for 6 years + 1-year Internship compulsorily to be done in India after clearing the NEXT test. Please note that the Internship done in Russia is not valid in India.

Under the foreign approval scheme, NMC has recognized 7 Medical Colleges or Universities in Kyrgyzstan. In these Universities, Indian students can study medicine and come back to India after passing. Students will then get a doctor's license to work in India after clearing the NEXT Test.

In Kyrgyzstan, the MBBS course is termed as MD, the same as MBBS in India. Please do not confuse with MD in India.

In all these 7 NMC listed Medical Colleges or Universities abroad in Kyrgyzstan, the entire course is in English with a few clinical classes in the Russian language.

There will be a Russian language class in all the seven universities, which will be required to interact with local patients from the 4th year. Some studies will be on Latin Terminology also.

In Kyrgyzstan, MBBS course duration is of 2 types:

• Type 01: 5 years + 1-year internship compulsorily in India
• Type 02: 6 years + 1-year internship compulsorily in India

As per the approved list of NMC, 16 Medical Universities or Colleges are recognized in Ukraine. In these Universities, Indian students can study MD (equivalent to MBBS) and come back to India after passing. Students will then get a doctor's license to work in India after clearing the NEXT Test.

In Ukraine, the MBBS course is termed as MD. It is the same as MBBS. Please do not confuse with MD (PG Degree) in India.

In that NMC approved or recognized 16 listed Medical Colleges or Universities, 14 are Government-owned Universities, and the rest two are private.

Out of these 16 Universities in about four to six universities, the entire course is in English with a few clinical classes in the Russian language.

But in the rest of the Universities, the entire course is in the Russian language or Bilingual only.

Students studying in Ukraine will have to clear an additional exam called KROK-1 and KROK-2 to get the final Degree. KROK-1 is taken after the 3rd year and KROK-2 after the 6th year. A student will get a total of 3 chances to clear the KROK exam. If a student can not pass KROK-1 after 3rd year, then he/she must go back to the home country, discontinuing his/her studies in Ukraine.

In Ukraine, the MBBS course is for 6 years + 1-year internship compulsorily to be done in India after clearing the NEXT Test.

NMC has recognized 7 Universities in Bangladesh. There are a total of 87 Medical colleges under these 7 Universities, which are approved and recognized by NMC. In these Colleges, Indian students can study MBBS and come back to India after passing. Students will then get a doctor's license to work in India after clearing the NEXT Test.

Out of that list of 87 NMC approved Medical Colleges in Bangladesh, nearly 60 Private Medical colleges accept Indian students.

In all these 87 Medical Colleges, complete MBBS course is taught in the English language. 

In Bangladesh, knowledge of the Bengali or Hindi language is essential to interact with local patients from the 4th year. Until now, the Bengali language is not taught in the Colleges making the studies a little bit incomplete for Indian students. 

In Bangladesh, the MBBS course is for 5 years + 1-year internship, which the student can do either in Bangladesh or India. Internship in Bangladesh is valid in India.

As per the approved list of Foreign Medical Colleges, NMC has recognized 40 Philippines Universities. In these 40 Universities, Indian students can study medicine and come back to India after passing. Students will then get a doctor's license to work in India after clearing the NEXT EXAM.

In the Philippines, the medicine course is known as MD. It is the same MBBS undergraduate course. Please do not confuse with MD (PG) in India.

In all these Philippines Universities, the entire course is in the English language with a few clinical classes in the local Tagalog language.

Out of these 40 MBBS Universities in the Philippines, Indian students are accepted in only a few Private Universities.

In all the universities in Philippines, there will be a Tagalog language class too. This is the language required to interact with local patients in the final year. Some lessons will be on Latin Terminology also.

In the Philippines, MBBS / MD course duration is of 2 parts with an additional NMAT exam:

• Part 01: 2 years BS course, which is a Bachelor of Science.
• NMAT Exam: There will an entrance exam called NMAT after completion of BS. 
• Part 02: 4 years + 1-year internship compulsorily to be done in India.
• Internship in Philippines is not valid in India.

Students will get a total of 3 chances to pass the NMAT exam.