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Medical School Admissions Worldwide

Admission to medicine is organised very differently from one country to the next. This page explains what we record and links to the guides and filters that help you compare.

Last updated 13 October 2026

Entry routes

We classify each program's route only when the school or authority states it:

  • School-leaver / direct entry — Admission straight from secondary school. 143 programs
  • Graduate entry — Requires a previous university degree or a set amount of university study. 25 programs
  • Transfer — Entry into a later year from another medical program.
  • Combined / integrated route — A preparatory or bachelor's stage linked to the medical program; progression conditions apply. 13 programs
  • Other verified route — A route that does not fit the categories above. 4 programs

Preparatory or premedical years are recorded separately from the medical qualification. For combined routes we record whether progression to the medical stage is guaranteed or conditional, as published. School-leaver vs graduate-entry medicine.

What a program record can include

  • Required prior qualification, bachelor's or university-credit requirements, and science prerequisites
  • Entrance examinations (national exams, aptitude tests, school-run exams) and interviews
  • Language requirements and tests
  • Nationality or residency restrictions and the application route for each applicant category
  • Application fees, intakes and deadlines for a stated year — never rolled forward

We never assume an examination requirement from the country alone. If a requirement is not on an official page, the profile says “Not verified”.

Domestic and international applicants

Many schools admit only through a national allocation system, and many have separate routes, quotas or fees for international applicants. Whether a school accepts international applicants is recorded as accepted, restricted, not accepted or not verified — and it is a filter, not a condition for being listed. It is also separate from the teaching language. International admissions collection · Domestic vs international admissions.

Before you apply

WorldMedicalSchools.com is not an admissions service. Apply only through the school or the official national admission system.