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.
$11,000
6 years
English
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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