One of the strongest public medical universities in southern Vietnam, with a long-standing faculty, deep Mekong Delta role, and a more proven public-school profile than most private alternatives.
$4,700
6 years
English, Vietnamese
September
Can Tho, Vietnam
Public
One of the strongest public medical universities in southern Vietnam, with a long-standing faculty, deep Mekong Delta role, and a more proven public-school profile than most private alternatives.
The academic culture feels clearly medical and professionally focused, with less lifestyle packaging than private campuses and a stronger sense of institutional continuity.
Medical Doctor / General Medicine
Medical Doctor / General Medicine
Medium: English, Vietnamese
Medical Doctor / General Medicine
Tuition fee
$4,700
Estimated hostel fee with food
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Teaching phases
Undergraduate Medical Doctor track
CTUMP officially lists an undergraduate Medical Doctor pathway and publishes dedicated international-student tuition notices. It also shows international undergraduate medical activity, including English-language resources for Indian students, but applicants should still confirm the exact teaching-language mix.
Tuition fee and hostel estimate
Year-wise cost data is not currently published for this program.
Clinical & support
Clinical exposure
CTUMP's strength is its long-established regional hospital ecosystem, so the key comparison is not access alone but how that public-hospital exposure aligns with your training style.
Teaching hospitals
Licensing & exam support
CTUMP's public English-facing materials are stronger than many Vietnam pages because they include specific international-student fee notices and support sections. Applicants should still verify the language mix and housing details directly.
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Wait for the official offer letter and visa-support paperwork from the university
Apply for the student visa using the latest embassy or university guidance for your intake
After arrival, complete local registration, hostel formalities, and university enrollment before classes begin
Use the university's own admissions or program page to confirm the current foreign-applicant route before you apply.
Medical Doctor / General Medicine with English, Vietnamese delivery and September intake guidance.
Admission cycles, seat availability, and invitation timelines can shift. Use this page for planning, then verify the active cycle before applying.
For Indian students, the key check is not just admission in Vietnam but whether the full course remains usable for the India-return pathway under current NMC rules.
Educational documents
September
Start document preparation and application planning at least 3–6 months before the September intake.
Seat availability, invitation timelines, fee notices, hostel options, and visa processing should be rechecked for the current cycle.
Treat scholarships and fee waivers in Vietnam as university-specific unless you have written confirmation of a named scheme. Ask the admissions office for the current discount rules, eligibility criteria, and payment schedule before treating a scholarship as part of your budget.
Ask whether fee waivers are merit-based, automatic, limited-seat, renewal-based, or only available in later years.
Request the written scholarship terms, the net payable tuition, and whether hostel or other charges are excluded.
For MBBS abroad, the key decision is not campus placement. It is whether the university, course structure, teaching medium, clinical exposure, and post-study pathway remain aligned with the licensing route you want to pursue after graduation.
Before treating CTUMP as an English-medium MBBS option, applicants should confirm the exact language mix during classroom and clinical years.
This university has a mapped WDOMS record on the page, which gives you one more recognition checkpoint.
The academic culture feels clearly medical and professionally focused, with less lifestyle packaging than private campuses and a stronger sense of institutional continuity.
Campus logistics and accommodation planning should be confirmed directly with the university during the admission cycle.
Students should verify day-to-day settling-in support, local language adaptation, and arrival guidance directly with the university.
The official CTUMP pages reviewed here focus more on formal administration, tuition rules, and campus offices than on marketing-style safety claims. The university's structured campus offices and student-services setup are the clearest official support signals in this refresh pass. This profile works especially well for students who want a public specialist institution in the south without paying for a premium private-city brand.
Accreditations & listings
WDOMS listing
Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy appears in the World Directory of Medical Schools as Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine.
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Can Tho gives students a major Mekong Delta city environment with lower headline living pressure than Ho Chi Minh City while still offering a real healthcare and university ecosystem. The location makes more sense for students prioritizing regional affordability and a calmer city profile. Can Tho currently has 2 listed universities in this catalog, so students comparing this city can focus on academic structure, institution type, and campus fit without relearning the same city context on every page.
Country
Vietnam
Universities here
2 listed
Vietnam is a fast-moving destination for Indian students who want a closer geography, partner-driven support, and growing English-medium medical options.
Region
Southeast Asia
Climate
Tropical and humid with regional variation
Living cost
Vietnam is often a lower-cost option than many other study-abroad destinations, but Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City usually cost more than Can Tho or Da Nang.
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Visa documents
MBBS 3rd Year · 29 Mar 2026
Great University. We have 12 cadavers to learn and dissect. Food was good.
Karthik Iyer
Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Vietnam
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Riya Bhat
Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Vietnam
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