1 of 34 institutions · state accreditation decided 29 May 2026
Kant is a small town in the Chuy region east of Bishkek, roughly half an hour by road from the capital. It has one medical school, which passed the 2026 state accreditation for six years. Students live in Kant, not in Bishkek, so check the hostel and transport details before assuming a city lifestyle.
Passed the Ministry of Health's state accreditation for the full six-year term. All schools with this result.
Asian International University named after S. Tentishev (formerly Asian Medical Institute, ASMI)
Kant is about 20 km east of Bishkek on the Chuy valley road, with a railway station and frequent minibuses from the capital's east bus station; half an hour by road. Everything international happens in Bishkek: Manas airport (about 45 km from Kant), the embassies, the state admission centre. The town of about 22,600 (2021) sits at 743 m and shares Bishkek's climate: January from 2.9 °C to −7.1 °C, July from 32.4 °C to 18.4 °C in the capital's 1991 to 2020 averages. It hosts a Russian air base and the Abdysh-Ata brewery.
Sources: Wikipedia: Kant, Kyrgyzstan · Wikipedia: Bishkek (climate)
Asian International University says it has separate dormitories for Pakistani and Indian students in Kant but publishes no price. The university's clinical teaching uses its own facilities and hospitals in the Chuy region and Bishkek; it publishes no list, and the May 2026 accreditation, which it passed for six years, assessed its clinical base. Get the hostel price and the clinical base in writing from the admissions office, not an agent.
Emergency numbers 112, 102 and 103. The embassies of India and Pakistan are in Bishkek, half an hour away; Bangladesh's is in Tashkent. The May 2024 attacks on foreign students' hostels were in Bishkek; the safety page covers what followed and the practical rules, which apply in Kant as in the capital.
Sources: Student safety page
1 of the 34 institutions that train doctors in Kyrgyzstan is in Kant. After the Ministry of Health's decision of 29 May 2026, 1 of them can enrol new students; the rest failed, did not apply, or are the subject of the notes above. Each is listed on this page with its result.
Asian International University. A school accredited for one year can enrol but is reassessed in 2027; the Embassy of India's advice on those is on the one-year page. Failed schools and schools that did not apply cannot admit new medical students.
First-year tuition at the schools here that can enrol is USD 3,400 a year where a figure is published; the government minimum since April 2026 is USD 3,000 (KSMA 3,500). Each school's card shows whether its figure is official or an estimate, and the cost guide converts it to your currency.
Status is the Ministry of Health's 2026 state accreditation decision, published 4 Jun 2026. Fees are per year in USD unless marked; agent-reported fees are estimates. Each school page lists its sources and the date it was last checked.