AKFA University Medical School was launched in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2019 under presidential decree #3450 (29 December 2017) and a Cabinet of Ministers resolution (15 February 2019), founded by AKFA Group and AKFA Medline in academic partnership with South Korea's Gachon University Medical School. On 26 June 2023 the parent institution officially renamed itself Central Asian University (CAU) as it expanded its programs and regional ambitions beyond medicine into engineering, dentistry, business, architecture, and hospitality management; the medical school itself continued operating without interruption and is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools as 'Central Asian University Medical School, Uzbekistan' with an explicit note that it was formerly named 'Akfa University Medical School (2019-2023).' Today the university enrolls more than 2,200 students across six schools, holds a QS Stars 4-star rating (the only private Uzbek university to do so as of 2025), and its Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program is a six-year, English-medium course combining pre-clinical foundation sciences, systems-based clinical training, six supervised clinical internships, simulation-based learning, and a state licensing examination at the end. Because this school changed its public name partway through its history, prospective applicants -- particularly those researching it under its original 'AKFA' name -- should expect official communications, WDOMS records, and eventually diplomas to reference 'Central Asian University,' and should independently verify current NMC (India) or other home-country regulatory recognition before applying, since no such recognition was confirmed on official or regulator sources at the time of this research.
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English (confirmed on the official program page; the university's own admission-regulations page allows IELTS 6.0+/TOEFL iBT 60+/SAT English 585+ to exempt Medicine and Dentistry applicants from the English entrance exam)
September
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Private
AKFA University Medical School was launched in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2019 under presidential decree #3450 (29 December 2017) and a Cabinet of Ministers resolution (15 February 2019), founded by AKFA Group and AKFA Medline in academic partnership with South Korea's Gachon University Medical School. On 26 June 2023 the parent institution officially renamed itself Central Asian University (CAU) as it expanded its programs and regional ambitions beyond medicine into engineering, dentistry, business, architecture, and hospitality management; the medical school itself continued operating without interruption and is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools as 'Central Asian University Medical School, Uzbekistan' with an explicit note that it was formerly named 'Akfa University Medical School (2019-2023).' Today the university enrolls more than 2,200 students across six schools, holds a QS Stars 4-star rating (the only private Uzbek university to do so as of 2025), and its Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program is a six-year, English-medium course combining pre-clinical foundation sciences, systems-based clinical training, six supervised clinical internships, simulation-based learning, and a state licensing examination at the end. Because this school changed its public name partway through its history, prospective applicants -- particularly those researching it under its original 'AKFA' name -- should expect official communications, WDOMS records, and eventually diplomas to reference 'Central Asian University,' and should independently verify current NMC (India) or other home-country regulatory recognition before applying, since no such recognition was confirmed on official or regulator sources at the time of this research.
CAU operates a centralized, purpose-built campus in Tashkent at 264 Milliy Bog Street, bringing academic buildings, laboratories, a library, student residences, a sports center, a cafeteria, a bookstore, coworking/meeting spaces, and a dedicated student 'chill zone' and social room together in one location. The university has invested specifically in accessibility -- tactile ground tiles, braille-marked lift buttons, and adapted bathrooms are called out on the official facilities page -- and runs a calendar of student-life programming, including a weekly 'Day of Spirituality and Enlightenment' cultural session and an annual 'Nations Day' festival where international students showcase their home cultures, food, and dress. Medical students share this general campus infrastructure with students from CAU's other five schools (Engineering, Dentistry, Business, Architecture & Design, and Hospitality Management & Tourism) rather than having an entirely separate medical-only campus, though the Medical School itself has named faculty (led by Dean Dr. Murodbek Ahrorov) and departments such as Anatomy & Neuroscience, Endocrinology, and a dedicated Simulation Center housed in the university's Avicenna Hall building.
M.D. Doctor of Medicine - School of Medicine
M.D. Doctor of Medicine - School of Medicine
Medium: English (confirmed on the official program page; the university's own admission-regulations page allows IELTS 6.0+/TOEFL iBT 60+/SAT English 585+ to exempt Medicine and Dentistry applicants from the English entrance exam)
M.D. Doctor of Medicine - School of Medicine
Tuition fee and hostel estimate
Year-wise cost data is not currently published for this program.
Clinical & support
Clinical exposure
CAU's Doctor of Medicine curriculum introduces clinical exposure early through 'propaedeutics' and internships beginning alongside the foundational science years, then moves into full systems-based clinical rotations from year four onward -- covering internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology, neurology, oncology, and family medicine -- supported by six structured supervised clinical internships and a dedicated Simulation Center for hands-on skills practice before students reach the ward. The university's core clinical partner is AKFA Medline, a JCI-accredited teaching hospital that was formally integrated into CAU's clinical framework as a 'University Clinic' per an official 2025 announcement, giving Medical School students structured access to a modern private hospital environment for training. CAU has also announced a cooperation agreement with the U.S.-based Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland Clinic Connected), which the university's own materials describe as part of a broader plan to develop hospital and clinical-training capacity in Uzbekistan; students should treat this Cleveland Clinic relationship as an institutional partnership under active development rather than assume it already provides rotations at Cleveland Clinic's US facilities, and should ask admissions for the current, concrete scope of this partnership before enrolling.
In an alert note dated 1 April 2026, NMC told Indian students to exercise extreme caution before taking MBBS-equivalent admission in Uzbekistan. The note says FMGL 2021 non-compliance on course duration, English-medium teaching, clinical training, or internship may make students ineligible for registration in India.
Why this matters
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Admissions to MBBS at AKFA University Medical School follow the private university process for international medical applicants in Uzbekistan. We confirm the current cycle, seat availability, and document format as part of the admissions process.
We assess your profile and shortlist Uzbek universities with extra care — we verify the exact institution and branch name against NMC guideline compliance, not just the parent university brand. Several Uzbek universities have branch campuses whose compliance status differs from the main campus; we check current NMC alerts and Indian Embassy advisories before any university is presented to you.
We confirm in writing that the course is delivered in a single institution, that clinical training is not split across locations, and that the 12-month internship is completed at the same foreign university — all NMC requirements. We do not proceed with an admission until these are documented.
We prepare your application documents: Class 10 and 12 marksheets, NEET scorecard, passport copy, and photographs. Where notarised translation is required by the university, we arrange this before submission.
We submit your application through the university's official process and obtain the written admission letter confirming the institution name, course structure, and full fee schedule — tuition and hostel stated separately. We do not present an offer until this is in writing.
Eligibility for Indian students
For Indian students, Uzbekistan is now a verification-first destination. Admission alone is not enough. You need the exact university and course structure to stay aligned with NMC's FMGL Regulations, 2021 if you want the India-return pathway to remain open.
Documents required
Educational
Intake
September
When to start
Start document preparation and application planning at least 3–6 months before the September intake.
Admissions notes
Seat availability, invitation timelines, fee notices, hostel options, and visa processing should be rechecked for the current cycle.
Scholarships and fee discounts in Uzbekistan are secondary to the compliance question. We assess whether the full academic and licensing pathway is FMGL-compliant first. Where a scholarship is offered, we obtain the written net payable amount and confirm that the university, branch, and course structure are acceptable for the India-return pathway before the offer is presented to a family.
How we assess
We confirm whether any fee waiver is merit-based, automatic, limited-seat, renewal-dependent, or deferred to later years before presenting it as part of a cost plan.
What we obtain in writing
Written scholarship terms, net payable tuition after any waiver, and whether hostel or ancillary charges are excluded are confirmed before families make a financial decision.
A WDOMS-listed MBBS opens six career pathways. India return via FMGE/NExT is the most common, but the same degree qualifies you to sit licensing exams for the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand — or stay for PG in Uzbekistan.
Timeline: 6–9 months after graduation
Most common pathway for Indian students. After completing your MBBS and one-year internship abroad, you clear FMGE (being replaced by NExT) to obtain NMC registration. Students Traffic provides free FMGE/NExT coaching for students who join through us.
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Recognition status is cross-checked against official sources before this university is recommended to any family.
Day-to-day life for Indian students pursuing MBBS at AKFA University Medical School in Tashkent, the country. This covers accommodation, food, campus environment, safety, and the student support systems available to you during your MBBS years.
Campus environment
CAU operates a centralized, purpose-built campus in Tashkent at 264 Milliy Bog Street, bringing academic buildings, laboratories, a library, student residences, a sports center, a cafeteria, a bookstore, coworking/meeting spaces, and a dedicated student 'chill zone' and social room together in one location. The university has invested specifically in accessibility -- tactile ground tiles, braille-marked lift buttons, and adapted bathrooms are called out on the official facilities page -- and runs a calendar of student-life programming, including a weekly 'Day of Spirituality and Enlightenment' cultural session and an annual 'Nations Day' festival where international students showcase their home cultures, food, and dress. Medical students share this general campus infrastructure with students from CAU's other five schools (Engineering, Dentistry, Business, Architecture & Design, and Hospitality Management & Tourism) rather than having an entirely separate medical-only campus, though the Medical School itself has named faculty (led by Dean Dr. Murodbek Ahrorov) and departments such as Anatomy & Neuroscience, Endocrinology, and a dedicated Simulation Center housed in the university's Avicenna Hall building.
Accommodation
CAU provides on-campus dormitory accommodation for both local and international students, located within the campus grounds so students can reach academic facilities within a few minutes' walk. Rooms are offered as either a single room or a triple (three-bed) room, each including a bed, refrigerator, private bathroom and toilet, and Wi-Fi, with a shared kitchen on every floor for heating food or making tea/coffee, plus a free laundry service (students pay only for detergent). Official published per-academic-year pricing is 30,000,000 UZS (single) / 15,000,000 UZS (triple) for local students, and $3,000 USD (single) / $1,500 USD (triple) for international students; the dormitory is designed for roughly 600 residents in total and includes 24/7 security and dedicated residential staff. Students should confirm current-year room availability and exact pricing directly with the university before arrival, since capacity is shared across all six of CAU's schools, not reserved solely for medical students.
Daily living support
No official CAU page describes a dedicated Indian mess, Indian-only dining hall, or a named Indian-student association specifically at this university; the university's own international-student programming instead centers on a broad multicultural calendar (Nations Day, weekly cultural sessions, student clubs) where students from different countries, including India, showcase and share their own food and traditions rather than the university running a separate Indian kitchen. That said, Tashkent city itself has an established and growing Indian community and multiple stand-alone Indian restaurants (for example Curry House and other Indian eateries reviewed on travel platforms), so students accustomed to Indian food can expect to supplement dormitory self-cooking and the campus cafeteria with off-campus Indian restaurants in the city, though exact walking/commute distance from the CAU campus to specific restaurants was not verified and should be checked locally on arrival.
Safety and support
Uzbekistan is generally regarded as a politically stable, low-crime destination for international students, and Tashkent -- as the capital and most-monitored city -- is commonly cited by independent education-guide sources as one of the safer study destinations in Central Asia. CAU's own campus materials describe 24/7 security and dedicated residential staff at its dormitory, and the university's International Students page highlights a Student Well-Being Department that runs welcome and cultural-integration programming throughout the year. As with any study-abroad move, students should register their stay as required under Uzbekistan's mandatory visitor rules (the university's own international-student guide flags a mandatory 3-day stay registration and mobile IMEI registration on arrival, plus the need to obtain a PINFL personal identification number for legal residence), keep digital and physical copies of passport/visa documents, and check the Indian Embassy in Tashkent's current travel advisories before departure. CAU's International Students section of its official site is built specifically around onboarding logistics: guides to tuition and the special Central-Asia tuition tier, scholarship application steps (with scholarships covering up to 100% of tuition for qualifying first-year students in the 2025-2026 cycle per the official page), a step-by-step student-visa process including how to obtain the required TELEX number from the admissions team, a first-week checklist covering mandatory stay registration and IMEI registration, and guidance on the PINFL residence identifier. A dedicated Student Well-Being Department organizes recurring cultural and community events (weekly cultural sessions, the annual Nations Day festival, student clubs and a Students' Council) aimed at helping international students feel connected. Admissions itself runs through a structured entrance-exam-and-interview process described on the official Admission Regulations page (Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and English subject tests, with English exemptions available via IELTS/TOEFL/SAT scores for Medicine and Dentistry applicants), so Indian applicants should contact CAU's admissions office directly to confirm exactly which of NEET, the university's own entrance exam, or another pathway is required for their specific application before assuming any one process applies.
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Uzbekistan has rapidly emerged as one of the most secure and budget-friendly destinations for Indian students pursuing an MBBS abroad in 2026. Following extensive modernizing reforms in its medical education sector, Uzbekistan offers a curriculum that is entirely aligned with the NMC (National Medical Commission) guidelines, including a 6-year English-medium program. With a growing ecosystem of both state-run historical institutes like Samarkand State Medical University and modernized campuses in Tashkent, the country sits in a "sweet spot" of affordability—typically ranging from ₹22 Lakhs to ₹26 Lakhs in total costs for the entire degree. The presence of direct, short flights from Delhi and a highly welcoming, low-crime environment makes it particularly appealing for Indian families.
Region
Central Asia
Climate
Continental climate with hot summers and cold winters
Living cost
Uzbekistan can still look affordable in tuition-led comparisons, but families should now budget for verification work, contingency travel, and possible transfer risk if a course later turns out to be non-compliant.
We guide you through the NMC Eligibility Certificate application at nmc.org.in after the admission letter is received. This is mandatory before departure.
We prepare your Uzbek student visa file for the Embassy in New Delhi: admission letter, academic records, and medical certificate. Processing typically takes 5–10 working days and we track it through to grant.
We brief you before departure on migration registration (required within 3 days of arrival), hostel check-in, and enrollment. We advise you to confirm the actual course structure and teaching schedule on arrival matches what was agreed in writing before making any further payments.
Visa
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Uzbekistan
Universities here
15 listed
Uzbekistan has rapidly emerged as one of the most secure and budget-friendly destinations for Indian students pursuing an MBBS abroad in 2026. Following extensive modernizing reforms in its medical education sector, Uzbekistan offers a curriculum that is entirely aligned with the NMC (National Medical Commission) guidelines, including a 6-year English-medium program. With a growing ecosystem of both state-run historical institutes like Samarkand State Medical University and modernized campuses in Tashkent, the country sits in a "sweet spot" of affordability—typically ranging from ₹22 Lakhs to ₹26 Lakhs in total costs for the entire degree. The presence of direct, short flights from Delhi and a highly welcoming, low-crime environment makes it particularly appealing for Indian families.
Region
Central Asia
Climate
Continental climate with hot summers and cold winters
Living cost
Uzbekistan can still look affordable in tuition-led comparisons, but families should now budget for verification work, contingency travel, and possible transfer risk if a course later turns out to be non-compliant.
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