FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Medical programs in Turkey run for six years and are taught in Turkish or English, depending on the university. Students move from pre-clinical sciences into hospital rotations and finish with a full-time internship.
How the six years are organized
The programs are usually six years long and combine pre-clinical sciences, clinical sciences and hospital-based practice.
Years 1 to 3, pre-clinical: foundational medical sciences such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pathology, supported by laboratory work.
Years 4 and 5, clinical: students rotate through the main medical departments and see patients under supervision.
Year 6, internship: full-time clinical practice under professional supervision.
Universities that offer medicine
StudyLeo lists medicine at İstanbul Medipol, Altınbaş, Bahçeşehir, Yeditepe, Başkent, İstinye, Demiroğlu Bilim, Biruni, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, Lokman Hekim and Ankara Medipol universities. Ask each university which hospitals its students rotate through and from which year.
Language of instruction
Medical programs in Turkey are taught in Turkish or English, depending on the university. In the program table, Ankara Medipol, Biruni, Istanbul Health and Technology, Lokman Hekim, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar and İstanbul Medipol list English-taught medicine. Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil, Istanbul Nisantasi and Bezm-i Âlem list it in Turkish.
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Clinical training
Clinical training takes up years 4 to 6. All the universities in this guide are in Istanbul or Ankara. Before you choose, ask each university how early students see patients and how rotations are supervised.
Careers and recognition
Graduates go into clinical practice, postgraduate training, research or healthcare management. The internship year gives practical experience, but where you can practice depends on licensing rules.
The universities that offer medicine here are recognized by YÖK, Turkey's higher education authority. Whether a Turkish medical degree is accepted abroad is each country's decision, and some require additional exams. Check the rules of the country where you want to work before you apply.
If you apply for medicine through StudyLeo, we work directly with the universities and guide you from application to enrollment. Registration, transfer support and visa support are free.
Common mistakes students make
choosing a university without checking how strong its clinical exposure is
not asking which hospitals the university is affiliated with
applying through fragmented or unofficial channels
ignoring your long-term career plans when you pick a university
judging living costs from tuition alone
