Overseas medical qualifications we may accept

  1. Summary
  2. When we assess whether an overseas primary medical qualification is acceptable
  3. When and how to check your primary medical qualification is acceptable
  4. Our criteria for acceptable overseas qualifications
  5. Overseas medical qualifications we do not accept
  1. Overseas medical qualifications we may accept
  2. Information for medical schools and universities
  3. Is my qualification acceptable
  4. Definitions of terms we use

We assess primary medical qualifications (PMQs) from the following institutions on a case by case basis to check if they meet our criteria. This means we need to assess the programme of study of each person who has a PMQ from an institution listed here. This does not mean that the qualification will not be acceptable. But we need to do a full assessment to determine this.

We may add an institution to this list if we have information that it offers some PMQ courses that meet our criteria and others that do not or where other concerns have been identified.

If you hold a PMQ from an institution on this list, please contact us before you book a PLAB test place or apply for registration with us.

You need to include your GMC reference number (if you have one) and details of your awarding body. We will assess your qualification as quickly as possible. There may be a delay while we gather information from your medical school or awarding body.

Is my PMQ acceptable if it is not on this list?

If you hold a PMQ from an institution that does not appear on this list, or has previously appeared on this list, but no longer does, it does not mean that your PMQ is automatically acceptable. Your PMQ must satisfy all our criteria for overseas qualifications to be considered acceptable.

 Country

Medical institution 
Afghanistan

  • Hakim Sanayee University Faculty of Medicine

  • Bayazid Rokhan Institute of Higher Education
Aruba

  • Aureus University School of Medicine (formerly known as All Saints University of Medicine)

  • Xavier University School of Medicine 

Antigua and Barbuda
  • Metropolitan University College of Medicine

Bangladesh

  • Army Medical College Jessore

Belarus
  • Gomel State Medical University
Brazil
  • Escola Superior de Ciencias da Saude
  • Tiradentes University (Faculdade Integrada Tiradentes, Universidade Tiradentes Aracaju)

Cayman Islands

  • St Matthew's University School of Medicine 

China

  • Beihua University – also known as:
    Kirin Medical College
    Jilin Medical College

  • College of Basic Medical Sciences of Jilin University - also known as:
    Medical College of Jilin University
    Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University
    Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University
    Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences
    Kirin Medical University 

  • Chengde Medical University – also known as:
    Chengde Medical College
    Hebei Chengde Medical School
    Hebei Chengde Health School
    Rehe Medical College
    4th Branch of Medical University of China

  • Gannan Medical University – also known as:
    Gannan Medical College
    Gannan Health Science School
    Ganzhou 626 Health Science School
    Ganzhou Medical College

  • Hainan Medical University

  • Hangzhou School of Medicine, Hangzhou Normal University

  • Hebei University of Engineering School of Medicine (for those students who graduated from 2020 onwards)

  • Hubei University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine (for students that have completed the 5 year course)

  • Hubei University of Chinese Medicine (for any doctors that graduated prior to 2024)

  • Jiangnan University Wuxi Medical College

  • Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (for those students that graduated prior to 2019)

  • Jinggangshan University Medical School  

  • Nantong University

  • Shandong Second Medical University – previously known as Weifang Medical College

  • Shenyang Medical College

  • Wenzhou Medical University

  • Xian Jiaotong University

  • Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Costa Rica
  • Universidad Autonoma de Centro America Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
Curacao
  • Avalon University School of Medicine

Ecuador
  • Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo Facultad de Salud Pública

Georgia

  • Alte University School of Medicine

  • Caucasus International University School of Medicine

  • Caucasus Medicine School (for all transfer students who began their study from 2022 onwards)

  • East European University Faculty of Healthcare Sciences

  • Georgian National University SEU Faculty of Medicine (for students that began their study after 20/09/24)

  • Grigol Robakidze University (for all transfer students)

  • New Vision University 

  • Ken Walker International University Faculty of Medicine and Stomatology (for transfer students only)  

Guyana

  • American International School of Medicine

  • Lincoln American University School of Medicine

  • Twin Island University School of Medicine

India
  • Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak - B.P.S. Government Medical College for Women 
Iraq 
  • Mosul University - Nineveh College of Medicine
  • Nineveh University - Nineveh College of Medicine
  • University of Al-Ameed College of Medicine

Japan

  • Nara Medical University
Kazakhstan
  • Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, also known as:

    - Alma-Ata State Medical Institute
    - Alma-Ata State Medical Institute named after S.D. Asfendiyarov
    - Almaty State Medical University
    - JSC National Medical University
    - Kazakh State Medical University named after S.D. Asfendiyarov
    - Kazakh National Medical University named after S. D. Asfendiarov (KNMU)

  • Karaganda Medical University, also known as:

    - Karaganda State Medical Academy
    - Karaganda State Medical Institute
    - Karaganda State Medical University
  • Semey Medical University, also known as:

    - Semipalatinsk State Medical Academy
    - Semipalatinsk State Medical Institute
    - State Medical University Semey
  • International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Ahmet Yassawi Faculty of Medicine

Mauritius

  • University of Technology Mauritius Anna Medical College

Nigeria

  • Ondo State University of Medical Sciences
Korea, Republic of
  • Seoul National University

Russia
  • Far Eastern State Medical University (for transfer students only)

  • Mari State University Medical Faculty

  • North-Western Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (formerly known as St Petersburg State Medical Academy n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy and Saint Petersburg Medical Institute of Hygiene and Sanitation and Leningrad Medical Institute of Hygiene and Sanitation)

  • Privolzhsky Research Medical University (formerly known as Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy)

  • Ryazan State Ivan Petrovich Pavlov Medical University Medical Faculty

  • St Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University (formerly known as 1st St Petersburg IP Pavlov Medical Institute, 1st Leningrad IP Pavlov Medical Institute, St Petersburg State Medical University and Sankt-Petersburgsij Gosudarstvennij Medicinskij Universitet)

  • St Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy (formerly known as St Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Institute, Leningrad Red Banner of Labor Medical Pediatric Institute and Leningrad Medical Pediatric Institute) 

Samoa

  • Oceania University of Medicine 

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • International University of Health Sciences 

  • St Theresa’s Medical University

  • Windsor University School of Medicine (for students who graduated on or before 30 October 2012)

Saint Lucia

  • American International Medical University School of Medicine

  • College of Medicine and Health Sciences, St Lucia

  • Destiny University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (formerly known as College of Medicine and Health Sciences) 

  • Spartan Health Sciences University (for courses commenced on or after 1 January 2009)

Saint Maarten (formerly the Netherlands Antilles)

  • American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • All Saints University College of Medicine (for all students that began their study after 2020)

  • American University of St. Vincent School of Medicine 

  • Saint James School of Medicine

  • Richmond Gabriel University College of Medicine (formerly known as All Saints University College of Medicine)

Serbia 
  • University of Nis

  • University of Novi Sad

Somalia
  • Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine & Health Science

Sri Lanka

  • South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine

Syrian Arab Republic

  • Al Sham Private University Faculty of Medicine (for transfer students only)
Sudan

  • Al-Fajr College for Science and Technology (for transfer students only)

  • Napata College
Thailand

  • Navamindradhiraj University Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital
Turkey

  • Bozok Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

  • Koc Universitesi Tip Fakultesi (for transfer students only)

Uganda

  • Kigezi International School of Medicine

Ukraine 

  • Dnipro Institute of Medicine and Public Health

  • (M. Gorky) Donetsk National Medical University Faculty of General Medicine

  • Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University (alternate names: Ivano-Frankvisk State Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk State Medical Academy, Ivano-Frankivsk State Medical Institute)

  • Kharkiv National Medical University

  • Kharkiv Institute of Medicine and Biomedical Science
  • Uzhhorod National University Faculty of Medicine
  • Lugansk State Medical University located in Lugansk (students who completed their studies before 30 September 2014)

  • Lugansk State Medical University located in Rivne, previously located in Rubizhne

  • South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky Faculty of Medicine

  • Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University 

United States of America 

  • Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Touro University of California College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUCOM) (this only applies to students who graduated on or after 1 January 2010)

  • Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
 Yemen
  • 21 September University for Medical and Applied Sciences
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