OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN STUDENTS TO STUDY MEDICAL SCIENCE IN PHILIPPINES

Medical studies in India are setting up new targets with each passing year. Every year numerous students appear for the NEET exam, which is the annual entrance exam for pursuing medical studies, but only a few thousands of them manage to get admitted in the medical colleges in India. The number of seats available for students is much less compared to the number of examinees. This problem was prevalent for a long time and still rises up every year. Though there are some private colleges emerging these days, only a handful of candidates can afford the cost of education in these colleges for five consecutive years. Due to such critical situation of the medical seats in India, many students with the dream of being a doctor would not be able to pursue medical studies.

From the past few years, students who have their will to study medicine, opt to go for colleges abroad. There are some countries like China, Russia and Philippines who have renowned medical schools and accept admission of foreign students gladly. The Indian students, who have a dream of studying medicine but under affordable circumstances, choose to get admitted in the colleges abroad. As far as these countries go, Philippines have been the first choice of the students. There have been quite a few thousand Indians who have been found to study medicine in Philippines as of 2019.

Some of the renowned medical colleges of Philippines are as follows:

1.     University of Perpetual Help, Las Pinas

2.     Davao Medical School Foundation, Davao

3.     Angeles University Foundation, Angeles

4.     Bicol Christian College, Legaspi

5.     Emilio Aguinaldo College, School of Medicine, Manila

6.     Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao

7.     Cebu Institute of Medicine, Cebu

8.     Central Philippine University College of Medicine, Iloilo

9.     De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, Dasmarinas

10.                         Far Eastern University, Dr Nicanor Reyes

ADVANTAGES OF STUDYING IN PHILIPPINES:

The medical institutes of Philippines are reaching new heights with the sky reaching developments. Most of the international students who enrol in the university are found to be Indians. Philippine is the third largest English speaking country in the world and so, communication for Indians becomes easy. The cost of carrying out your education in one of the colleges here would range between 12-20 lakhs. The future prospects of studying medical in these colleges are very bright as the authorities send the students to work first-hand in the developed countries of the world like USA and UK. The state of the art facilities in these universities give the taste of real life treatments which are practised in USA. The students get an international approach to deal with health issues, which is much different than traditional Indian ways.

The total duration of the course is 5 and half years and it is known by the name of MD (Doctor of Medicine). The course has been recognised and approved by World Health Organization and Medical Council of India. To sum up, it can be said that studying medicine in Philippines is an approachable way to be successful in one’s career.