Thread: which asian medical schools cater to the european system?

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can someone please tell me, what asian medical schools, are designed for the european system of study, i.e. the 6 year medical school with no pre B.Sc. degree, not the american thing, where you need a B.Sc. to enter then do 4 years of med school.

i was really psyched about the philipines, then i found out it was the USA system, B.Sc. then 4 years, which won't work for me at the time.

i've been doing some research, but some of these asian school websites, don't have that elaborate information and reading about qualifications is even more vague.

i'm mostly interested in south east asia.

spank u

Because of their British history, I am guessing schools in India maybe?

Originally Posted by samahantayo

Because of their British history, I am guessing schools in India maybe?

that's it? and the chinese and korean schools are the USA system, B.Sc. to enter?

say it isn't so!

In Southeast Asia, Malaysia might be following the MBBS system and Singapore might be but I'm not sure. There are also MBBS programs in some Philippine schools catering to Indian students. It's being promoted by a company (Indian) called HCMI but I still have doubts about it's acceptability in other parts of the world.

ye, i didn't seem to find any MBBS school in the philippines when i was browsing, you got any names i can check out better? malaysia is also an option.

Originally Posted by wd40

ye, i didn't seem to find any MBBS school in the philippines when i was browsing, you got any names i can check out better? malaysia is also an option.

The MBBS program in the Philippines are VERY NEW programs (I would not advise going to these programs as it is very risky). What happened is that an enterprising Indian company HCMI noticed the lack of applicants to many Phil. Schools. They formed tieups to at least 6-8 med schools to open MBBS programs to cater to Indian students. Unless they can prove that their graduates can practice in other countries, those are risky programs.

Malaysia have excellent med schools especially IMU although I don't know how competitive it is to get in.

what about india? can someone tell me a little bit about the schools there, i like the first hand anecdotal evidence sometimes better than what's on the websites anyway.

Originally Posted by wd40

what about india? can someone tell me a little bit about the schools there, i like the first hand anecdotal evidence sometimes better than what's on the websites anyway.

no one has got any info on indian med schools? what schools are recommended etc.?

There is manipal in india which is private following the mbbs system.
Agakhan in pakistan also private caters to students from all over. MBBS system.
There are a coupla good schools in china - Tianjin MU , China MU.
Non of them require B.Sc.

OK... I'm not a medical student yet, but I can tell you about the system here in India coz I live here right now. Medical colleges here which operate under indian universities all follow the same system - 5 and 1/2 years MBBS right after 12th. Out of this, 4 and 1/2 yrs forms the actual course and 1 year is compulsory rotating internship. From what I have heard, the medical colleges under the Manipal University have foreigners studying there. I haven't really heard of foreigners opting for other medical colleges...... but there are many people who lived outside India for most of their lives but are of Indian origin studying in other medical schools. Hope this helps.