Astana Medical University is a WHO-recognised public medical university. It is located in Nur Sultan (formerly Astana), the capital city of Kazakhstan. The university is more than 55 years old and is one of the best universities in Kazakhstan for an Indian student to study MBBS. Nur-Sultan is the most developed city in Kazakhstan and this university is located in the heart of the city. Shobhit Jayaswal of Global Medical Foundation has visited Astana Medical University and checked its infrastructure and hostel facilities. He interacted with numerous students from 1st to the 5th year and they gave a thumbs up to the quality of education in Astana. Indian mess facility is also available to the students. Multiple batches of Indian students have passed out from Astana Medical University. If you want to study at a good university and also want to be in the best city in Kazakhstan, then Astana is the best option for you.

Here is a quick overview of MBBS at Astana Medical University:

In this step-to-step guide about Astana Medical University, you will get to know about the following things:

The university was founded in the year 1964 and is a public university. In its beginning, the Astana Medical College was started as a Medical Institution. The Medical Institute was given the status of an Academy in 1997. In January 2009, it gained university status. With this rise in the name and status of the university, there was an increase in the number of courses and students too. The university gives Bachelors, Masters, and PhD Degrees. For many years Astana Medical University has been ranked as one of the best universities for studying MBBS in Kazakhstan. The academic associates of this university include some of the leading universities in the US, Singapore, Europe, and Russia. It is an academically performing and well-established university, having high-level infrastructure. The university has a large campus with a dynamic outlook.

The course duration for MBBS at Astana Medical University is 5 years. After this, the student has to do a compulsory internship of 1 year in Nur-Sultan itself. This is to be done to match the new rules and regulations made by NMC in November 2021. Also, it is compulsory to do 1-year of internship in India after clearing NEXT.

The medium of instruction is English for the complete duration. Students need to learn the local language too which will be taught by the university itself. The students will get language classes from the 1st semester and there are no extra charges for this.

Astana Medical University World Ranking –

• As per the website, ‘https://www.4icu.org/’ (a non-academic ranking website) Astana Medical University world ranking is 5,963 and the country’s rank is 14 in 2022.
• ‘https://www.webometrics.info/’ ranks MBBS in Astana Medical College at 10,884.
• As per the website, ‘https://roundranking.com/’ the world ranking is 600.
• ‘https://www.unipage.net/’ ranks Astana University, Kazakhstan at 4,132 and gives it 26 as country rank.
• FMGE result 2021 – 26.53%.

Global Medical Foundation will suggest that the students must take admission to universities with high FMGE passing percentages and a proven track record.

Following is Astana Medical University eligibility criteria for admission of an Indian student:

• Five year duration
• Filly English medium course
• Located in Astana – capital of Kazakhstan
• Fully Furnished and secured Hostels with High-speed WiFi
• Sports ground in the university campus
• Indian Mess available
• Food served 3 times a day
• Students can participate National level competitions
• Largest library of Kazakhstan is of Astana Medical University

Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. In 2017, the estimated population of Astana was about 10 lakh people. The  city was modernised by the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa who designed the master plan for Nur-Sultan. His designs are based on unconventional Eurasian style reflecting the cultural traditions of both the East and the West. It is home to many futuristic and contemporary buildings, hotels and skyscrapers.

In Astana, the summers are long, comfortable, and partly cloudy. The winters are long, frigid, windy, and overcast; and it is dry year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from -20.55°C to 26.11°C and is rarely below -31.11°C or above 32.77°C.

The following is JSC Astana Medical University Fee Structure: