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List of US Universities for foreign medical students

The following list was compiled in 2009; so the information provided might be outdated; visit the Universities' webpages to see the up-to-date and current details. Click on the name of university to open electives webpage of that university.

  1. University of Rochester
  2. NIH(requires TOEFL, no fees)
  3. Yale University(no application fees, prefers TOEFL, $2500 tuition fees + $1000 for furnished accommodation)
  4. Harvard(very rarely accepts, prefers TOEFL, application fees $100, $3100 tuition fees)
  5. Emory(needs a sponsor,requires step 1, $100 application $180 tuition)
  6. University of Wisconsin($113 application fees, no tuition fees, requires TOEFL,Malpractice, HIPAA)
  7. Northwestern($100 application fees, $1000 tuition fees+ $125 health insurance, requires TOEFL,Malpractice, HIPAA)
  8. Weil Cornell($100 application fees, $2000 tuition fees+ $30 for NY letter, requires Malpractice Ins AFTER acceptance)
  9. NYU($100 tuition fees, no application fees, requires Malpractice Ins)
  10. Uni of Massachusettes($65 application fees, no tuition fees, requires Malpractice Ins, TOEFL, HIPAA, OSHA)
  11. Uni of Cincinnati($37 application fees, $250 tuition fees, requires Malpractice Ins, TOEFL, OSHA)
  12. Uni of Connecticut(no fees, requires Malpractice Ins)
  13. Brown Alpert(open to limited medical colleges from Pakistan/India, first email to confirm if your college is in the approved list; $50 appplication fees, $3020 tuition fees, requires Malpractice Ins)
  14. SUNY downstate($175+30 application fees+ NY letter, TOEFL, no tuition fees, requires Malpractice Ins, HIPAA, OSHA, NY letter)
  15. University of Louisvelle (no fees, requires Malpractice Insurance, B1/B2 visa)
  16. Maimonidies (no fees, simple online application procedure)
  17. North Shore/LIJMC (no fees, simple online application procedure)
  18. University of Toronto(variable fees depending upon no of weeks, provides malpractice and health insurance themselves)
  19. Mount Sinai($300 application fees, requires TOEFL & USMLE step 1 but can exempt the latter, requires F1 visa)
  20. Henry Ford(no fees, requires USMLE step 1 but can exempt it)
  21. Baylor College of Medicine
  22. Duke(requires Step1, $50 application fees, $2100 tuition fees, requires Malpractice Ins)
  23. Tulane University
  24. Case Western Reserve University.
  25. Cleaveland Clinic(requires step1)
  26. Mayo Clinic(requires step1)
  27. University  of  Alabama
  28. Albert Einstein college of  medicine(requires step 1)
  29. Louisiana State University
  30. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  31. Wayne State University (requires step 1)
  32. Albany(no fees, requires Malpractice Ins, $30 for NY letter)
  33. University of Texas Dallas
  34. University of North Carolina(only research electives)
  35. UCSF-radio (doesn't offer any visa; only for those who already have a B1/B2 visa or US citizens or permanent residents, reservation via email, $500 per month fees(maximum 3 months) payable before arrival)
  36. UC Davis
  37. UC Irvine
  38. UCSD($ 300 application fees AFTER acceptance)
  39. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine(only research elective, no application fee, $250 per month fees)
  40. Vermont($100 application fees, no tuition fees, requires Malpractice Ins, TOEFL, HIPAA, OSHA)
  41. TUFTS($75 application fees, $2500 tuition fees. requires Malpractice Ins and TOEFL)
  42. University of Texas Medical Branch of Medicine
  43. University of Minnesota(research elective only)
  44. University of Chicago
  45. Rosalind Franklin University
  46. Thomas Jefferson University
  47. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center($100 application fees, no tuition fees)
  48. University of Virginia(faculty sponsorship required for international students)
  49. University of Pennsylvania(accepts students from selected medical colleges)
  50. Southwestern Medical Center
  51. East Carolina University

umar bhai....can u plz mail me the link of the page tht helps us register fr ECFMG...i tried for WWW.ECFMG.ORG but could not enroll....can u please mail me the link

Visitor (not verified)

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:16

im a 3rd year student in pakistan....want to know if i can get an internship in the usa....and duration and all the other details about it.... thanx

samren (not verified)

Fri, 09/13/2013 - 13:46

hey umar. i finished my step 1 and am residing in the US.i did my medicine from ukraine.i want to apply for externships.how do i go about applying and getting the spots.is there a system in place to make it easier or do we have to email separately to each program? and do i have to write out an intro about myself before applying or how does that whole process work.sorry for sounding like a newbie but thats exactly what i am.thanks for your time and response.

Visitor (not verified)

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 06:40

Hi, I'm currently in the 3rd year in Zhejiang University in China and wondering if there is some kind of summer clinical practice program from the aforementioned US medical schools? Thank you very much..

Visitor (not verified)

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 13:53

Is TOEFL necessary if I have graduated MBBS from India but have high school degree from Canada or US (English based country)?

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