Studying medicine...?

Question

What are the prospects and is it possible for international students to pursue medicine in the USA, Canada or Australia? What are usually the policies of the med schools regarding international students?

Thanks!

Answer 1

G'day,

From the 3 countries you mentioned, Australia may be the cheapest alternative, due to currency exchange. This means that tuition fees and living expenses are cheaper. On top of tuition fees, you will need to pay for campus fee (vary from each uni) and Overseas Student Health Cover (abt AUD$350/yr) and text books (abt AUD$400). These are the rough estimate of the fees for your study each year.

Before coming to Australia, you will need to pay the fee for student visa processing and health check-up. You may also be required to take an IELTS test for indication of your English proficiency (depending which country you come from) for application to uni and for visa.

Living cost... Sydney and Canberra have the highest living cost, followed by Melbourne & Brisbane, then Perth, Darwin, Adelaide & Tasmania the lowest.

There are only 42 (soon to be 43) universities in Australia, all of them are fully accredited and tightly regulated, therefore the quality and recognition of their graduates are equal from wherever university you are studying from.

The Australian uni's offering medical are as follows (no particular orders):

ANU (www.anu.edu.au)

Bond Uni (www.bond.edu.au)

Griffith Uni (www.griffith.edu.au)

Uni of Adelaide (www.adelaide.edu.au)

James Cook (www.jcu.edu.au)

Uni of Melbourne (www.unimelb.edu.au)

Monash (www.monash.edu.au)

Murdoch Uni (www.murdoch.edu.au)

UNSW (www.unsw.edu.au)

Uni of Sydney (www.sydney.edu.au)

Uni of Western Aus (www.uwa.edu.au)

Uni of Notre Dame (www.nd.edu.au)

Uni of Tasmania (www.utas.edu.au)

Uni of Western Sydney (www.uws.edu.au)

Uni of Wollongong (www.wollongong.edu.au)

Uni of QLD (www.uq.edu.au)

Tuition fee & requirements will be available in those websites. Please make sure that the information you accessing are the ones for international students, not for local students, as there are some difference in regards to tuition fees. Once decided on the uni, fill in the application form and send it together with certified copy of your academic qualification (in English and original language). The process will take abt 2-3weeks, depending on the time of the year.

Hope this helps. Good luck for your study :)

Answer 2

Most US med schools don't accept them, a few accept maybe 10% international students. Buy an MSAR, which gives all Canadian and US med schools, and their stats regarding grades, scores, and how many international students they accept (if they do).