Around 2006, the Chinese Government instituted the admission of foreign students to

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for medical instruction using

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as the language of instruction. Students are eligible to earn basic degrees in either Medicine (

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) or Dentistry ( BDS). To ensure adequate quality control, only a few choice medical schools are allowed specific quotas for admitting international students into these programs. Other Chinese medical institutions are not barred from admitting international students, but the government maintains that these other students would have to be admitted into the medical programs taught in

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

. This list of universities is reviewed each year and currently stands at 50 schools. These schools are thus officially recognized by the WHO and the

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. In fact, in China, only English medium universities are legally allowed to teach foreign students in English by the Ministry of Education (MOE), and these universities are also called “MOE Listed Universities”, only these universities can offer programs for M.B.B.S degrees as well.

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External links

The list of institutions certified for the 2012/2013 academic year.
Medical education in China Universities in China with English-medium medical schools