ADVISORY FOR INDIAN STUDENTS WISHING TO STUDY MEDICAL COURSE IN KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
(Updated as on 23.04.2026)
- In view of several complaints received at the Mission from the students regarding non-payment of fee to the university, non-fulfilment of contractual obligations, misleading students by providing false and unrealistic information by Educational Consultants/Contractors (EC) and misappropriation of fee paid by sub-agents of Educational Consultants/Contractors (EC), students desirous of pursuing medical education in the Kyrgyz Republic are advised to avail the services of only those Educational Consultants/Contractors (EC)s who have registered their company/firm in India. Before signing the contract with EC, Students and their parents/guardians should verify and confirm the Corporate Identification Number (CIN), Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN) and Permanent Account Number (PAN) of Educational Consultants/Contractors (EC). Students should also obtain the contact numbers and address details of the Educational Consultants/Contractors (ECs) in India and the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Students should ensure that itemized breakup of all charges towards Tuition Fee year-wise, accommodation, food and other expenses are clearly mentioned in the contract/agreement/acceptance letter issued by the universities, before signing it. They can also compare the details given at the website of the universities and at the portal https://edugate.edu.gov.kg/
- Prospective students are strongly advised to exercise due diligence in ascertaining from the Universities / Educational Consultants/Contractors (EC) whether the medical universities in the Kyrgyz Republic especially the newly established private universities have the requisite infrastructure and laboratory, English speaking faculty etc. as per the NMC’s Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations -2021 published in the ‘The Gazette of India’ on November 18, 2021.
- Prospective students are strongly advised to come to the Kyrgyz Republic for studying Medical Course on ‘Student Visa’ only and not on any other categories of visa.
- To ensure your Medical Diploma (Degree) is valid for practice in India, your University must strictly adhere to the Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC). For a Foreign Medical Graduate to be eligible for the grant of permanent registration (licensure) in India, the following conditions must be met:
- (a) (i) Undergone a course leading to foreign medical degree with minimum duration of fifty-four months;
- (ii) Undergone an Internship for a minimum duration of twelve months in the same foreign medical institution;
- (iii) Received a foreign medical degree with medium of instructions in English; and
- (iv) Studied the mandatory subjects specified in the Schedule-I of NMC Gazette Notification dated November18, 2021(see below);
- (b) Registered with the respective professional regulatory body or otherwise, competent to grant license to practice medicine in their respective jurisdiction of the country in which the medical degree is awarded and at par with the license to practice medicine given to citizen of that country;
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(c) Undergone supervised internship in India for a minimum term of twelve months, after applying for the same to the Commission; and
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(d) has cleared the National Exit Test or such other mandated test or tests conducted by the Commission.
SCHEDULE-I
(See Regulation 4 of Gazette Notification dated 18.11.2021)
CRITERIA TO RECOGNISE FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES APPLYING FOR LICENCE OR PERMANENT REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE IN INDIA
1. The guiding principle for licensing a foreign medical graduate to practice in India is to ensure that the Foreign Medical Graduate fulfils the requirements of education and training equivalent or commensurate with that of an Indian medical graduate.
2. Eligibility for primary medical qualification in a country outside India:
(i) Duration of course and training in subjects leading to primary medical qualification:
(a) Any person who pursue the foreign medical degree should have undergone a course of theory, practical and clinical training equivalent to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) of India; and
(b) Should have been completed internship of twelve months in addition to such course referred to in clause
(a), in the same foreign institution where the primary medical qualification has been obtained, along with hands-on training in clinical subjects including but not limited to Community Medicine, General Medicine, Psychiatry, Paediatrics, General Surgery, Anaesthesia, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Emergency or Casualty services, lab services and their sub-specialties.
(ii) Content of course or Training leading to primary medical qualification
(a) The course and internship or clinical clerkship shall commensurate with the MBBS course of India in accordance with the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997and subsequent amendments thereto, and shall include the subjects mentioned therein as are duly recognised by the Commission under sub- section (2) of section 61of the Act;
(b) The course curriculum shall be made available for review by appropriate authorities, and if necessary, in
the website of the institution or university where the course is being pursued at the time of joining the course.
(iii) Location of medical college or institution and administration of the course or training:
The entire course, training and internship or clerkship shall be done outside India in the same foreign medical institution throughout the course of study and no part of medical training and internship shall be done in India or in any country other than country from where the primary medical qualification is obtained.
(iv) Duration of course:
The total duration of the foreign medical graduation course shall be completed within ten years from the date of joining the course.
- Students are therefore advised to exercise due diligence while taking admission for medical course in Kyrgyz Republic particularly in the Private Universities.
- If Passports of students are withheld by the Educational Contractors or anyone else, for any reasons other than for the renewal of student visa, it must be brought to the notice of University authorities/ Embassy of India immediately. Students must have the possession of their Passports always.
- In case of any difficulty, the Consular Wing of the Embassy of India Bishkek can be contacted on the following emergency number: +996- 555710041 or email- cons[dot]bishkek[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in
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