11 Reasons Why Indian Students Choose Ukraine For Medical Studies Over India

As the Russian invasion in Ukraine enters its sixth day on Tuesday 1st March, more than 100 civilians are already killed including children and at least 14,000 Indians are still left stranded in the war-hit country of Ukraine.

However, in the previous week, thousands of Indian nationals were brought back home to India from Ukraine through the initiative by the Indian embassy in Ukraine.

Among those Indian nationals brought back to the country and those still stuck in Ukraine, most are medical students pursuing their courses in Ukraine.

Throughout this conflict between the two European nations, it came to light that a huge number of students from different countries choose Ukraine to pursue their medical education.

Around 80,000 international students study in Ukraine and a total of 18,095 are Indians as per the data provided by the Ministry of Education and Science in Ukraine. 24% of overseas students in Ukraine were Indians in the year 2020.

Here are the 11 reasons why Indian students choose Ukraine over India for medical studies:

1. Quality Education: The country Ukraine is known across the globe for providing high-quality education and this attracts a lot of international students including Indians who look for quality education in their own country but fails to afford it.
2. No entrance exam for Medical seats: One of the major reasons to study medicine in Ukraine is that no entrance exam is conducted by famous medical institutions to provide a seat to any students. In India, as the students struggle a lot to pass entrance exams and secure a seat in medical colleges by competing with a huge number of students so they choose Ukraine.
3. Cheaper tuition fees: It is well-known to everyone how costly it is to pursue medical in Indian private medical institutions but in comparison Ukraine provides much cheaper private medical colleges which are affordable for every section of people.
4. Global Recognition: The medical colleges in Ukraine and the degrees provided by them are recognized by worldwide medical councils including the World Health Council, Indian Medical Council, General Medical Council of UK, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, and European Council of Medicine. The MBBs institution in Ukraine got approval from global bodies like UNESCO and WHO.
5. Average Medical Infrastructure: Ukraine provides an average medical infrastructure with 33 medical colleges and standard infrastructure.
6. Opportunity in India: Those students returning from Ukraine with medical degree gets a better opportunity in India as they sit for the Foreign Medical Graduates exam after clearing which they become eligible for a license to practice medicine.
7. Scarcity of seats in India: India provides a very limited seat for medical candidates despite the huge number of students interested to pursue the course. The country has 84,000-odd MBBS seats and 1.61 million candidates had registered for NEET exams last year for these seats.
8. English is the only mode of Instruction: Language is another important element that students give a thought to before going to take admission in any institution and in the case of medical courses it plays a very significant role. In all colleges of Ukraine, the only mode of instruction is English which is simple for students as they don't need to learn foreign languages that become mandatory in other foreign countries.
9. Ukraine ranks 4th in Europe for having the largest number of graduate and post-graduates specializations in medicine.
10. Low Living Cost: Along with the less expensive fee for admission in the MBBS institution in Ukraine students also have to pay a low cost for their living in the country which costs much in other foreign countries.
11. Multicultural Environment: The medical students in Ukraine enjoy a multicultural environment as its institutions provide education to students from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

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