Medico Abroad, consultants for medical courses in foreign institutions, conducted a student interaction with Medical University of Belarus Vice-Dean Alena Beliakova here on Monday.
Speaking to the reporters, Ms. Beliakova said the university has been offering medical courses to students from abroad since 1981. Indian students came to the university in 1991. There were 754 overseas students from 35 countries including India enrolled in different courses in the medical stream.
Ms. Beliakova said the medical education was imparted in English Medium. The university offered a six- year degree course in medicine as other also specialised courses. The degrees awarded by the university were recognised all over the world including the USA, the UK and India, she said.
Medico Abroad chief executive V.R. Ram said the foreign students were provided with comfortable dormitories in the proximity of the university. The university allowed students to bring their cook if they were in significant numbers. The students would have to pay around Rs. 19 lakh to Rs. 21 lakh towards course fee, lodging and boarding.
Maximum number of graduates from this university were clearing the screening test conducted by the Medical Council of India. Students from the university were placed in jobs or were into private practice in India after successful completion of their education in Belarus, he added.
