Study in Uzbekistan
The new hub: budget-friendly, a three-hour flight, and a 100% reported FMGE result at TMA in 2024.
Uzbekistan is the fastest-growing overseas MBBS destination for Indian students. Known as the new hub, it offers the most budget-friendly six-year English-medium programmes on this site, three hours from Delhi by direct flight, with two intakes a year.
Advantages
- The most affordable six-year MBBS on this site
- 100% reported FMGE pass rate at TMA in 2024
- Only a three-hour flight from Delhi
- Warm culture with Indian food available
- Two intakes a year (February and September)
Considerations
- A newer destination, so the Indian community is smaller than in older ones
- Uzbek or Russian helps in clinical interaction with patients
The considerations are the original site's own. A counsellor will add anything that has changed since. FMGE and NExT pass rates are as reported for each university at the time of writing. They describe past cohorts and are not a prediction of any individual result.
Admission timeline
From application to arrival in Uzbekistan
Spring intake in February (applications November to January) and fall intake in September (applications April to August). Two windows a year give flexibility to students who miss NEET by a small margin.
Study cities
The six-step sequence that applies to every destination is on the how it works page, and the document list on admissions and visas.
Year-round
Application
February and September intakes.
One month before intake
Documents
Invitation letter and visa processing.
February or September
Departure
Three-hour direct flight from Delhi.
Universities in Uzbekistan
5 universities with full published profiles
Each page covers fees, courses, eligibility, hostel and city, and the admission steps. Medical fees for Uzbekistan and seven other countries are side by side in the MBBS fee table. Filter all 26 on the universities page.
100% reported FMGE pass rate in 2024
Tashkent Medical Academy (TMA)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Established 1919. Medicine (MBBS).
Tashkent Medical Academy is a state-funded government academy founded in 1919. It reported a 100% FMGE pass rate in 2024, the best result in Uzbekistan, at a published tuition of USD 3,500 a year. Every hostel has an Indian mess and Delhi is a three-hour direct flight away.
- Reported FMGE
- 100% (2024)
- Tuition
- USD 3,500 a year
- Duration
- 6 years
UNESCO World Heritage city
Bukhara State Medical University
Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Established 1990. Medicine (MBBS).
Bukhara State Medical University is a government university in the Silk Road city of Bukhara, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It reports a 47.8% FMGE pass rate, among the best in Uzbekistan, with a full English-medium MBBS at a published tuition of USD 2,500 to 3,500 a year.
- Reported FMGE
- 47.8%
- Tuition
- USD 2,500 to 3,500 a year
- Duration
- 6 years
Silk Road heritage, established 1930
Samarkand State Medical University
Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Established 1930. Medicine (MBBS).
Founded in 1930, Samarkand State Medical University is one of Uzbekistan's oldest government medical institutions, in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Samarkand. It offers an English-medium, NMC-compliant MBBS at a published tuition of USD 3,850 a year.
- Reported FMGE
- About 35 to 40%
- Tuition
- USD 3,850 a year
- Duration
- 6 years
Italian engineering standard
Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent (TTPU)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Established 2009. Engineering and STEM.
TTPU is a branch of Politecnico di Torino, Italy's leading engineering university, in Tashkent. It teaches the Italian engineering curriculum adapted for Central Asia, offers a dual Italian and Uzbek diploma, and gives a direct pathway to a master's in Turin.
- Tuition
- USD 3,000 to 4,000 a year
- Duration
- 4 years (B.Eng)
A UK degree in Central Asia
Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Established 2002. Management and hospitality.
WIUT students graduate with a University of Westminster (London) degree delivered in Tashkent on a UK-standard curriculum audited by the UK Quality Assurance Agency. It is Central Asia's most internationally recognised business school, with a pathway to a master's in the UK.
- Tuition
- USD 4,000 to 5,500 a year
- Duration
- 3 to 4 years (BSc or BBA)
Questions about Uzbekistan
How long is the course in Uzbekistan?
6 years (MBBS); 3 to 4 years (engineering, business).
Do Indian students need a visa for Uzbekistan?
Uzbek student visa, processed with the invitation letter. The admissions and visas service prepares the file and the embassy interview.
When are the intakes in Uzbekistan?
Spring intake in February (applications November to January) and fall intake in September (applications April to August). Two windows a year give flexibility to students who miss NEET by a small margin.
What does it cost to study in Uzbekistan?
Published annual tuition at the universities on this site: TMA: USD 3,500 a year; Bukhara State Medical: USD 2,500 to 3,500 a year; Samarkand State Medical: USD 3,850 a year; TTPU: USD 3,000 to 4,000 a year; WIUT: USD 4,000 to 5,500 a year. Fees are indicative, as published by the university at the time of writing. They vary by intake, accommodation choice, visa requirements and exchange rate. The final fee is confirmed in writing before any application is submitted.
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