Best Foreign Medical Schools

Important Notes:

• The information in this reference guide, although based upon the most current information available at the time of publication, is subject to change.
• Graduates not eligible for admission to the exams or for ECFMG Certification include, but are not limited to: Graduates licensed only in stomatology, ayurvedic or homeopathic medicine, or those awarded only the diploma of Physician-Epidemiologist-Hygienist, Physician-Biochemist, Physician-Cyberneticist, Physician-Biophysicist, Licensed Medical Practitioner, or Assistant Medical Practitioner.

Final Medical Diploma

ECFMG requires all medical school graduates to submit two copies of their final medical diploma. For the exact name of the final medical diploma you must supply, refer to the country of your medical school below. See Final Medical Diploma for complete information, including the items that you must submit with the copies of your diploma.

Final Medical School Transcript

When ECFMG sends your medical diploma to your medical school for verification, ECFMG will request the medical school to include your final medical school transcript when the school returns the verification of your medical diploma to ECFMG. If ECFMG is unable to obtain your final medical school transcript directly from your medical school, ECFMG will contact you and request that you submit to ECFMG two copies of your final medical school transcript. ECFMG will then send a copy of the final medical school transcript to the medical school for verification. See Final Medical School Transcript.

Country of Medical School starts with:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q/R | S | T | U | V/W | X/Y/Z

A

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Albania	Mjek I Pergjithshem diploma
Angola	Doctor em Medicina diploma
Argentina	Medico diploma
Aruba	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Austria	Medicinae Universalis Doctor diploma

B

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Bangladesh	MBBS diploma
Belarus	Kvalifikacija (Physician) diploma
Belize	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Bolivia	Titulo en Provision Nacional de Medico Cirujano or Licentiate en Medicina diploma
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Lekar or Zdravnik diploma
Bulgaria	Master’s / Physician diploma
Burundi	Doctor of Medicine diploma

C

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Cameroon	Docteur en Medecine diploma
Central African Republic	Docteur en Medecine diploma
Chile	Medico Cirujano diploma
Colombia	Medico or Medico Cirujano diploma
Cook Islands	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Cote d’Ivoire	Doctorat d’Etat en Medecine diploma
Cuba	Doctor en Medicina diploma
Czech Republic	M.U.Dr. (General Practitioner) diploma

D

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Denmark	Candidatus Medicinae diploma
Dominican Republic	Doctor en Medicina diploma

E

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Egypt	MB ChB diploma
Estonia	Doctor of Medicine diploma

F

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Finland	Licenciate in Medicine diploma

G

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Georgia	Physician diploma
Ghana	MB, ChB diploma
Grenada	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Guinea	Docteur en Medecine diploma
Guyana	Doctor of Medicine or MBBS diploma

H

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Honduras	Doctor en Medicina y Cirugia diploma
Hungary	Orvosdoktor or MD diploma

I

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
India	MBBS diploma
Iran	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Ireland	MB BCh BAO diploma
Italy	Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia diploma

J

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Japan	Igaku (Bachelor of Medicine) diploma

K

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Kenya	MB ChB diploma
Kyrgyzstan	Physician or Doctor of Medicine diploma

L

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Latvia	Physician or Doctor of Medicine diploma
Liberia	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Lithuania	Physician diploma

M

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Madagascar	Docteur en Medecine diploma
Malaysia	Doktor Perubatan or MBBS diploma
Malta	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Mexico	Titulo de Medico Cirujano diploma
Moldova	Doctor of Medicine Diploma
Morocco	Docteur en Medecine diploma
Myanmar	MBBS diploma

N

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Netherlands	Arts diploma
New Zealand	MB ChB diploma
Niger	Docteur en Medecine diploma
North Korea	Doctor diploma

O

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials

P

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Panama	Doctor en Medicina diploma
Paraguay	Doctor en Medicina y Cirugia or Titulo de Medico Cirujano diploma
Philippines	Doctor of Medicine or MBBS diploma
Portugal	Licenciatura em Medicina diploma

Q/R

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Russia	Doctor of Medicine diploma

S

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Saint Maarten	See “Netherlands Antilles”
Samoa	Doctor of Medicine diploma or MBBS diploma
Senegal	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Seychelles	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Singapore	MBBS diploma
Slovak Republic	Medicinae Universae Doctor diploma
Solomon Islands	Doctor of Medicine diploma
South Africa	MB ChB diploma
Spain	Licenciado en Medicina y Cirugia diploma
Sudan	MB, BS diploma
Sweden	Lakarexamen diploma
Syria	Doctor of Medicine diploma

T

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Tajikistan	Physician diploma
Thailand	Doctor of Medicine diploma
Trinidad and Tobago	MBBS diploma
Turkey	Doctor of Medicine diploma

U

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Ukraine	Doctor of Medicine diploma
United Kingdom	MB ChB or MB ChB BAO diploma
Uzbekistan	General Practitioner diploma

V/W

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Viet Nam	Doctor of Medicine diploma

Country of Medical School	Required Credentials
Zambia	MB ChB diploma

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