A premium private medicine option in Ho Chi Minh City built around health-sciences investment, city access, and a visibly broad hospital-partner network.
$5,500
6 years
English
September
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Private
A premium private medicine option in Ho Chi Minh City built around health-sciences investment, city access, and a visibly broad hospital-partner network.
The campus experience feels urban, polished, and health-sciences-forward, with medicine positioned as a flagship private-sector offering rather than a small add-on department.
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Medium: English
Doctor of Medicine
Tuition fee
$5,500
Estimated hostel fee with food
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Teaching phases
Foundation and pre-clinical years
HIU's official medicine page describes the first two years as foundation-focused, with biomedical science and pre-clinical laboratory learning.
Clinical years
The official page describes years 3 to 5 as clinical training with hospital rotations and year 6 as advanced clinical preparation and graduation assessment.
Tuition fee and hostel estimate
Year-wise cost data is not currently published for this program.
Clinical & support
Clinical exposure
HIU is most attractive when families want a private-city program with multiple hospital touchpoints, but they should still compare how structured and continuous the rotations are across the years.
Teaching hospitals
Licensing & exam support
HIU's official English medicine page is strong on admissions presentation, fee clarity, and broad curriculum structure. Students should still verify clinical-language expectations and final licensing implications directly.
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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
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Doctor of Medicine with English 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.
Students should verify how an HIU Doctor of Medicine degree maps to their intended licensing route after graduation.
This university has a mapped WDOMS record on the page, which gives you one more recognition checkpoint.
The campus experience feels urban, polished, and health-sciences-forward, with medicine positioned as a flagship private-sector offering rather than a small add-on department.
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.
HIU communicates safety more through campus infrastructure and organized student services than through generic marketing language. The official medicine page highlights simulation facilities, pre-clinical practice rooms, and structured hospital exposure. This profile works best for students who want an urban private-campus model in the south and are comfortable with a higher-fee bracket.
Accreditations & listings
WDOMS listing
Hong Bang International University Faculty of Medicine appears in the World Directory of Medical Schools.
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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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Ho Chi Minh City gives NTT students access to a dense hospital and healthcare network, along with the pace and cost profile of Vietnam's largest city. The city's biggest academic advantage is practical exposure and institutional connectivity rather than low living costs. Ho Chi Minh City currently has 4 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
4 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
Visa documents
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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