What is the cheapest NMC approved university?

Osh State Medical University in Kyrgyzstan is among the cheapest NMC approved options at around 2.5 lakh per year. Jalal Abad State Medical University is similarly priced. In Russia, Bashkir State Medical University and Orenburg State Medical University offer low fees with NMC recognition.

How do I verify NMC approval status?

Visit the official NMC website and check their list of recognized foreign medical institutions. The list is updated periodically so check the most recent version. Your admission counselor should also provide documentary proof of recognition before you apply.

Are cheap NMC approved universities good quality?

Quality varies regardless of price. Some affordable universities like Kazan Federal University have excellent FMGE pass rates above 35 percent. Others may have weaker results. Focus on FMGE performance data rather than assuming price indicates quality.

Can NMC approval be withdrawn after I join?

Yes NMC can withdraw recognition if a university fails to maintain standards. However established universities rarely face this issue. Choose universities that have been recognized for many years and have large numbers of Indian alumni to reduce this risk.

Should I choose NMC approved or cheaper non-approved?

Always choose NMC approved universities if you plan to practice in India. A non-recognized degree cannot be used professionally in India regardless of how affordable it was. The entire purpose of studying MBBS abroad is to return and practice medicine legally.

Do all NMC approved universities have same FMGE pass rate?

No, FMGE pass rates vary significantly from 10 percent to over 60 percent across NMC approved universities. Recognition only means the degree is valid for the exam. Your actual success depends on education quality at the specific university and your own preparation.

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Affordable NMC Approved Medical Colleges Abroad

Last updated: December 2024

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Universities

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NMC Approved

$0K - $10K

Annual Fees

Countries

Studying at an NMC approved university is essential for practicing medicine in India after graduation. However many students assume that recognized universities are expensive. The reality is quite different as several affordable options exist across multiple countries.

NMC recognition ensures your degree will be valid in India and you can appear for the FMGE licensing examination. Without this recognition even the cheapest MBBS degree becomes worthless for working in India. This page focuses specifically on budget friendly universities that hold valid NMC approval.

Russia dominates the affordable recognized university segment with over 40 NMC approved medical schools. Many of these charge under 4 lakh rupees per year in tuition with total 6 year costs between 25 to 35 lakhs. Decades of experience in training Indian doctors makes Russian universities a reliable choice.

Georgia offers fewer but excellent recognized options. Universities like Tbilisi State Medical University and European University are NMC approved and known for strong FMGE results. Total costs range from 28 to 38 lakhs which is competitive given their quality.

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have multiple recognized universities at even lower price points. While FMGE pass rates tend to be moderate these countries suit students with strict budget constraints who still want valid recognized degrees.

The list below shows NMC approved universities sorted by annual fees from lowest to highest. Each entry includes FMGE pass rate data to help you balance cost against outcomes.

NMC Recognized

All universities on this list are officially recognized by the National Medical Commission. Your degree will be valid for FMGE and practice in India.

Affordable Fees

Sorted by annual fees from lowest to highest. Compare costs easily and find the best value NMC approved universities.

Affordable NMC Approved Universities (100 total)

Sorted by annual fees - cheapest first. All universities are NMC recognized.

					NMC	WHO
International Scientific Educational Centre of NAS RA	Yerevan	$400 (₹33,400)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1997	N/A
Comilla Medical College	Comilla	$1,250 (₹1,04,375)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mkhitar Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University	Yerevan	$1,500 (₹1,25,250)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1920	N/A
Peking University Health Science Center	Beijing	$1,800 (₹1,50,300)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1956	N/A
Vinnitsa National Medical University	city of Vinnytsia	$1,800 (₹1,50,300)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Tongji Medical College	Wuhan	$2,000 (₹1,67,000)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1907	N/A
Batken State University	city of Batken	$2,000 (₹1,67,000)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kazan State Medical University	Kazan	$3,500 (₹2,92,250)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1814	N/A
Zaporizhzhia State Medical University	Zaporizhzhia	$5,000 (₹4,17,500)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Yerevan Haybusak University	Yerevan	$6,000 (₹5,01,000)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1991	N/A
Shirak University	Shirak Province	$6,000 (₹5,01,000)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1934	N/A
International Medical Faculty	N/A	$10,000 (₹8,35,000)	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern State Medical College	a nearby urban area	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Issyk-Kul State University	Kyrgyzstan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1951	N/A
Fudan University Shanghai Medical College	Shanghai	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1927	N/A
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine	Shanghai	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1927	N/A
Zhejiang University School of Medicine	Hangzhou	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1912	N/A
Huazhong University of Science and Technology	Wuhan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1953	N/A
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Kharkiv	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1805	N/A
Sun Yat-sen University	Guangzhou	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1924	N/A
Sichuan University West China Medical Center	Chengdu	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1892	N/A
Harbin Medical University	Harbin	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1926	N/A
Russian-Armenian University	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1997	N/A
Gavar State University	Gavar	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1993	N/A
Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine	Changsha	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Capital Medical University	Beijing	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1960	N/A
Nanjing Medical University	Nanjing	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1934	N/A
St. Luke'S Medical Center College Of Medicine	Philippines	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1907	N/A
Wuhan University School of Medicine	Wuhan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1943	N/A
China Medical University	Shenyang	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1931	N/A
Jilin University Norman Bethune Health Science Center	Changchun	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2000	N/A
Shandong University School of Medicine	Jinan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1911	N/A
Nantong University Medical School	vibrant city of Nantong	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1912	N/A
Southern Medical University	Guangzhou	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dalian Medical University	Dalian	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1947	N/A
Yerevan State Medical University	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1920	N/A
Kant Medical Institute	city of Dehradun	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haybusak University	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1990	N/A
University of Traditional Medicine	Armenia	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1991	N/A
Saint Tereza Medical University	Armenia	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
American University of Armenia	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1991	N/A
Naryn State University	Naryn	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1994	N/A
Artik State College	city of Artik	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute	Gyumri	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1934	N/A
Vanadzor State University	Vanadzor	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1969	N/A
Bashkir State Medical University	Ufa	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Armenian Medical Institute	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1990	N/A
Talas State University	city of Talas	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1994	N/A
Caucasus University	Tbilisi	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2004	N/A
Kursk State Medical University	Kursk	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
National Agrarian University of Armenia	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1994	N/A
Eurasia International University	Yerevan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1996	N/A
Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University	Turkistan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1992	N/A
National Institute of Health	Bethesda	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1887	N/A
Georgian National University SEU	Ontario	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
David Tvildiani Medical University	Tbilisi	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2001	N/A
Orenburg State Medical University	Orenburg	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Perm State Medical University	Perm	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1916	N/A
Public Health and Health Management	N/A	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dhaka Medical College	capital city of Bangladesh	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1946	N/A
Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College	Sylhet	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1962	N/A
Rangpur Medical College	northern city of Rangpur	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1970	N/A
Rostov State Medical University	N/A	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Siberian State Medical University	Tomsk	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chittagong Medical College	Chittagong	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1957	N/A
Saratov State Medical University	Saratov	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1909	N/A
Rajshahi Medical College	Rajshahi	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mymensingh Medical College	Mymensingh District of the Dhaka Division	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1924	N/A
Smolensk State Medical University	Smolensk	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Khulna Medical College	Khulna	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2001	N/A
Barisal Medical College	Barisal	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1968	N/A
Faridpur Medical College	Faridpur	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1992	N/A
Jessore Medical College	Bangladesh	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2010	N/A
St. Petersburg State Medical University	St	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tver State Medical University	Tver	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1944	N/A
Volgograd State Medical University	Volgograd	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Dinajpur Medical College	historical Ananda Sagar area of Dinajpur City	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1992	N/A
Bogra Medical College	Bogra Cantonment	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2014	N/A
Sher-e-Bangla Medical College	Barisal	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1968	N/A
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College	Dhaka	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1975	N/A
Cebu Institute Of Medicine Verified	N/A	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ternopil State Medical University	Ternopil	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1944	N/A
Sir Salimullah Medical College	Dhaka	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1987	N/A
Carol Davila University Of Medicine	Bucharest	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1869	N/A
Bogomolets National Medical University	Kyiv	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1841	N/A
Lviv National Medical University	Lviv	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kharkiv National Medical University	Kharkiv	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1805	N/A
University of Santo Tomas	Manila	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dhaka National Medical College	Dhaka	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tbilisi State Medical University	Tbilisi	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1918	N/A
New Vision University	Georgia	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2008	N/A
University of the Philippines Manila	Philippines	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1908	N/A
De La Salle University	Manila	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1911	N/A
Odessa National Medical University	city of Odesa	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1907	N/A
Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College	Dhaka	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	2001	N/A
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University	Dhaka	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1976	N/A
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University	Republic of Kazakhstan	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1961	N/A
Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy	Dnipropetrovsk	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1930	N/A
Bangladesh Medical College	Dhaka	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1997	N/A
Kyrgyz National University	Bishkek	Contact for fees	Contact for fees	N/A	NMC	WHO	N/A	1951	N/A

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* FMGE Pass Rate: Green (>50%), Yellow (30-50%), Red (<30%)

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