| Duration |
- 5 +1year (Internship) MBBS program.
- The internship is recognized in India except in a few states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- The internship can also be done in India which is accepted by Chinese universities.
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| Premedical course |
- For the English medium: No preparatory or pre-medical courses required.
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| Criteria of entrance |
- High school/+2: >50% in each Biology, Chemistry & Physics required by most of the universities however some universities require higher scores for admission.
- NEET UG: Required only for some universities but it is mandatory as per the norm of the Indian government to study medicine.
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| Language requirement |
- Average English knowledge is required (No need for IELTS/TOEFL)
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| Entrance exam/interview |
- Mandatory in many universities for admission but in some of the universities, it is not practiced.
- The quality of the exam varies per university.
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| Medium of teaching |
- Teaching is fully in English but learning Chinese is mandatory as it will be essential during their hospital training.
- Bilingual courses: MCI does not recognize bilingual courses from China anymore.
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| Updated curriculum |
- Mostly outdated however the Ministry of Education & universities are trying to update.
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| Availability of Updated textbooks |
- The syllabus textbooks are mostly not updated to fit the current international standards.
- Several Chinese companies are already publishing medical textbooks in English & there are also adapted versions from McGraw hill, Elsevier & Jaypee available.
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| The necessity to read textbooks |
- Most of the students misuse PPTs as a learning tool.
- The faculties encourage using PPTs rather than reading textbooks & expect the students to present exactly what’s provided in the PPTs.
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| Strength of a class |
- The poor student to teacher ratio: Around 20 -25 or even more students per teacher (Practicals).
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| Proficiency of faculties |
- Low – average teaching proficiency & Non-interactive (most of the students attend for attendance only) & around 40% of faculties simply attempt to read the PPTs because of their poor English proficiency.
- Most have a language barrier even in bigger universities.
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| Lectures |
- PPT-based conventional & non-interactive (most of the students attend for attendance only).
- Some universities use special tools like 2D/3D.
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| The efficiency of Classes & practicals |
- Nonefficient & Noninteractive (most of the students attend for attendance only).
- No effective means of assessing the practical performance of the students.
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| The pattern of the theory exam |
- Paper (MCQs + Definitions + Fill in the Blanks + Short & long essays).
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| The pattern of the practical exam |
- A routine check of the listed skills/procedures (No viva).
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| The efficiency of the evaluation system |
- Poor & biased (class/practical performance based on the teachers & administration without any sequential evaluation system)
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| Attendance & discipline |
- Strict in most of the universities, however, can be manipulated through the class teachers or monitors.
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| Research labs & exposure |
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| The necessity of local language at the clinics |
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| Clinical exposure |
- Patient flow is high however clinical exposure is low due to the non-involvement of the students (students are with poor motivation & initiative) & language barrier.
- Many universities are not strict with clinical rotations.
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| Hands-on exposure |
- Low due to non-involvement of the students, language gap & lack of time for teaching faculties (>25 students are allotter per teacher nowadays)
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| EU accreditation of the degree |
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| European Credit system |
- Chinese Universities are already starting to use the credit system.
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| Bologna Agreement |
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| Average FMGE pass % |
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