Osh State University
Accredited for 6 yearsOsh State University, International Medical Faculty
- Fee / year
- 325,000 likely KGS, currency not printed
- International accreditation
- IAAR until 11 Jun 2031
- Language
- English
- USMLE route
- Yes ECFMG note found
3 of 34 institutions · state accreditation decided 29 May 2026
Medical universities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Osh is the second city of Kyrgyzstan, in the south of the country near the Uzbek border. Osh State University's International Medical Faculty is the largest programme here and passed the 2026 state accreditation for six years; the other two institutions in the city did not.
- Accredited for 6 years 1
- Accredited for 1 year 1
- Failed 1
Where will you practise?
Fees converted at 1 USD = , reference rate of 15 Oct 2026. Banks and money changers quote different buy and sell rates.
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Accredited for 6 years (1)
Passed the Ministry of Health's state accreditation for the full six-year term. All schools with this result.
Accredited for 1 year (1)
Passed with conditions, for one year only. The school is assessed again in 2027. All schools with this result.
Kyrgyz-Uzbek International University
Accredited for 1 yearKyrgyz-Uzbek International University named after B. Sydykov, International Medical Faculty
- Fee / year
- USD 4,800 estimate
- International accreditation
- IAAR until 29 Oct 2030
- Language
- English
- USMLE route
- Yes ECFMG note found
What these accreditations mean
Indian Embassy (13.07.2026) advises against 1-year institutions.
Failed (1)
Did not pass state accreditation in May 2026. Licences were suspended from 7 September 2026 and students were transferred under Order 912. All schools with this result.
OIMU
FailedOsh International Medical University (OIMU)
- Fee / year
- USD 6,500 estimate
- International accreditation
- AAEPO, expired 24 Feb 2026separate from the state result above; does not allow enrolment
- Language
- Not published
- USMLE route
- Yes ECFMG note found
What these accreditations mean
Students transferred under Order 912: students to Osh State University.
Living and studying in Osh
Getting there
Osh Airport (code OSS) is about 9 km north of the city. It has several daily flights to Bishkek (Aero Nomad, Asman, Avia Traffic and Sky FRU) and international service to Istanbul, Sharjah, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Almaty, Tashkent and many Russian cities, but none from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh: students fly to Bishkek and connect, or route through Sharjah or Istanbul. The road to Bishkek crosses the mountains and takes most of a day. Uzbekistan's border is a few kilometres away.
Sources: Wikipedia: Osh Airport (airlines and destinations) · Wikipedia: Osh
Climate
Osh lies at 963 m in the Fergana Valley, milder and drier than Bishkek: January from 2.8 °C to −3.8 °C, July from 31.2 °C to 18.9 °C, about 342 mm of rain a year. Summers are hot and winters short.
Sources: Wikipedia: Osh (climate)
The city
Kyrgyzstan's second city, with a population of about 455,000 in 2024, mostly Kyrgyz and Uzbek. Sulayman Mountain in the centre is the country's only World Heritage Site. The bazaar that traded on the same spot for about 2,000 years was demolished along the Ak-Buura river in 2025 and moved a few kilometres north. Russian and Uzbek are heard as much as Kyrgyz; English is rare outside the universities.
Sources: Wikipedia: Osh
Hospitals and clinical teaching
Osh State University runs its own medical clinic on the Ak-Buura campus, opened in 2014, and a clinical skills centre opened in 2017 with Swiss support, with simulation departments for paediatrics, therapy, surgery and obstetrics. A seven-storey university clinic with 312 beds was under construction in 2025 and was expected to open by the end of that year; we have not confirmed that it has. The faculty's handbook says classes also run in the city's and region's leading hospitals, which it does not name.
Sources: Osh State University: medical clinic · Osh State University: construction of the clinic reviewed · Osh State University: Medicine Faculty
Housing
Osh State University lists 9 dormitories with 1,773 places and publishes no price for foreign students; Kyrgyz-Uzbek International University publishes neither. Rents in Osh are lower than in Bishkek, but we have found no 2026 figure from a Kyrgyz source and do not print agent estimates. Ask the school's international office for the hostel price in writing.
Sources: Osh State University: dormitories
Safety and who to call
Emergency numbers are 112, 102 for police and 103 for an ambulance; operators outside Bishkek and Osh usually speak only Russian or Kyrgyz. There is no Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi consulate in Osh; the embassies are in Bishkek (Bangladesh in Tashkent). Osh saw inter-ethnic violence in June 2010 between Kyrgyz and Uzbek residents; the May 2024 attacks on foreign students were in Bishkek, not Osh.
Sources: Student safety page · Wikipedia: Osh
Common questions about medical universities in Osh
- How many medical universities are there in Osh?
3 of the 34 institutions that train doctors in Kyrgyzstan are in Osh. 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.
- Which medical universities in Osh can enrol students in 2026-27?
Osh State 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.
- What do the medical universities in Osh charge?
The schools here that can enrol have not published a tuition figure in USD; the government minimum since April 2026 is USD 3,000 a year. Each school's card says what is known and where it comes from.
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About the result
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.