State · Karakol · Founded 1940
Issyk-Kul State University named after K. Tynystanov
Иссык-Кульский государственный университет им. К. Тыныстанова
Official website · WDOMS entry
State accreditation, Ministry of Health, 29 May 2026
Accredited for 1 year
Issyk-Kul State University received state accreditation for 1 year only on 29 May 2026 and is due for reassessment in 2027.
- Can take new students
- Yes, but on a one-year term that is reviewed in 2027
- Decision
- 29 May 2026, published 4 Jun 2026
What this means for you. The school can enrol students now, but its status is reviewed again in 2027. Check what your home country's regulator says about one-year institutions in the box below.
Programmes in the 2026 decision
| Programme | State code | Course length | Accredited for |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | 560001 | 6 years | 1 year, to 29 May 2027 |
Only the programmes listed here are in the ministry's decision for this school. General Medicine runs as a 5-year and a 6-year track; check that the track on your offer letter is listed. Source: Embassy of India Bishkek advisory, 8 Jun 2026 (full Ministry of Health decision, programme by programme).
The documents
Where Issyk-Kul State University sits among the 34 institutions
- Accredited for 6 years 4 of 34
- Exempt 3 of 34
- Accredited for 1 year 7 of 34
- Failed 13 of 34
- Did not apply 7 of 34
The five possible results of the May 2026 state accreditation and how many of the 34 institutions got each; this school's result is marked.
Quick answers about Issyk-Kul State University, Kyrgyzstan
Verified 13 Oct 2026- Is Issyk-Kul State University accredited?
Partly. Issyk-Kul State University passed state accreditation with conditions, for one year only, decided on 29 May 2026. It can take new students and is assessed again in 2027.
- Is Issyk-Kul State University USMLE eligible?
No ECFMG note was found in the World Directory entry for Issyk-Kul State University (F0009460) on 15 Oct 2026, so its graduates cannot apply for ECFMG certification, which the USMLE requires. Issyk-Kul State University can take new students on a one-year term that is reassessed in 2027.
- Is Issyk-Kul State University NMC approved?
The NMC publishes no list of approved universities, so no school is "NMC approved". Its 2021 regulations require at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship, English-medium teaching and registration with the local regulator; Issyk-Kul State University teaches in Not published, course length 6 years. After that the FMGE decides, and the counts for Issyk-Kul State University are in the Exam results block on this page. The Embassy of India in Bishkek advised students on 13 July 2026 to avoid institutions with a one-year accreditation.
- Is Issyk-Kul State University WHO approved or WHO listed?
The WHO keeps no list of approved medical schools. Issyk-Kul State University is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools, entry F0009460; the directory itself says a listing is not recognition, accreditation or endorsement.
- Can Pakistani students study at Issyk-Kul State University?
Since 31 July 2026 the PM&DC allows only graduates of ECFMG-recognised institutions to sit the National Registration Examination. No ECFMG note was found for Issyk-Kul State University, so under the current notice its graduates could not sit the NRE. Issyk-Kul State University can take new students on a one-year term that is reassessed in 2027.
- What does Issyk-Kul State University cost?
Not published. Issyk-Kul State University publishes no fee for foreign students and no reliable figure was found. Ask the admissions office for a fee letter before paying anyone. The state minimum since April 2026 is USD 3,000 a year.
Schools can send us evidence for review; we post the outcome here. corrections@kyrgyzstanmedicalschools.com
Each answer is built from this school's data, generated 13 Oct 2026, and changes when the data changes. What the marks mean, side by side: Accreditation explained.
Key facts
Verified 13 Oct 2026- City
- Karakol
- Type
- State
- Teaching language
- Not published
- Course length (years)
- 6
- Fees per year
- Not published
- Hostel
- Not published
- Own clinic
- Not published
Fees are shown in USD; choose where you will practise above to see them in your currency.
Karakol, where Issyk-Kul State University is, in red; the other cities with medical institutions in grey.
Campus

Contact the university directly
Checked 14 Oct 2026These details come from the university's own website, not from an agent. Use them to check that whoever contacts you really is the university.
- Office
- University general contact (site footer), Karakol
- interiksu@gmail.com
- Phone
- +996 3922 50123
- Admissions page
- iksu.kg
- Official application portal
- EduGate, Ministry of Education
Taken from the university's public website on 14 Oct 2026 (source page). We will confirm each number and address directly with the office.
Public mail service This address is on a public mail service rather than the university's own domain. It is printed on the university's website, but ask the office to confirm it before sending documents.
If someone messages you from a different number or address claiming to be this university, check it against this page before sending money or documents. This site is not the university and does not take applications.
International accreditation
Verified 13 Oct 2026Reviews of this school's programmes by agencies recognised by the World Federation for Medical Education. This is a quality mark awarded programme by programme and is separate from the state accreditation above, which decides whether the school may operate. Confused by the names? Accreditation explained puts state accreditation, IAAR, AAEPO, the World Directory and the ECFMG note side by side.
| Agency | Programme or scope | Valid | Status |
|---|
Notes: None found
IAAR and AAEPO are the two agencies for Kyrgyzstan recognised by the World Federation for Medical Education. Dates are the agency registry's own; expired rows stay visible so the history is not lost. Sources:
- World Directory of Medical Schools
- Listed, F0009460
- ECFMG note (the USMLE route)
- No ECFMG note
meets the rule partly, or under review does not information, not a pass or fail
One box per home country. Open yours, or pick it here, to see only its rules for Issyk-Kul State University; the choice also sets the currency and is kept for every page.
If you will practise in India
The National Medical Commission (NMC) publishes no list of approved universities, so no school can truthfully be called "NMC approved". Its Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 set conditions on the degree instead: at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship at the same institution, teaching in English, and registration with the regulator of the country where you studied. Indian citizens with a foreign MBBS must then pass the FMGE (to be replaced by NExT) before they can practise in India.
- Teaching language: not published
- State accreditation: accredited for 1 year. The Embassy of India in Bishkek advised students on 13 July 2026 to avoid institutions with a one-year accreditation.
- Course length: 6 years. The NMC minimum is 54 months of study plus a 12-month internship at the same institution.
- FMGE: FMGE is an exam, not a rating of the school. This school's candidate counts per session are listed in the Exam results block below, with a link to each NBEMS report.
Full guide for students from India
NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 · Embassy of India Bishkek advisory, 13 Jul 2026 · NBEMS FMGE page
If you will practise in Pakistan
Since its public notice of 31 July 2026, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) admits only graduates of ECFMG-recognised foreign institutions to the National Registration Examination (NRE). Its older list of foreign institutions covered admissions up to 2024-25 only. To be eligible you also need at least 50 marks out of 100 in MDCAT and 60 out of 100 in FSc or equivalent.
- ECFMG recognition: no ECFMG note found, so graduates would not meet the NRE rule
- State accreditation: accredited for 1 year
- NRE: The NRE is PM&DC's licensing exam for foreign graduates. PM&DC publishes results by country, not by school. December 2025, all Kyrgyz graduates: 951 of 4,256 candidates passed.
Full guide for students from Pakistan
PM&DC public notice on NRE eligibility, 31 Jul 2026 · PM&DC notice on MDCAT and FSc minimums · NRE December 2025 results by country
If you will practise in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council Act 2010 lists Kyrgyzstan, all universities, in its Second Schedule of recognised foreign medical qualifications, alongside Kazakhstan, Georgia, Russia and the other post-Soviet states. Section 12 of the Act then sets the route for every degree earned abroad: the holder sits the examination the Council prescribes, is provisionally registered on passing, completes an internship of the length the Council fixes, and only then is fully registered under section 18. The Council calls the exam the Registration Qualifying Examination (RQE) and held it in April 2026, with an October 2026 sitting announced on 22 August; the internship is one year in a Bangladeshi medical college, allocated by the Council.
- State accreditation: accredited for 1 year
- Kyrgyzstan (all universities) is in the Second Schedule of the BM&DC Act 2010, so no school-level recognition step applies beyond the 2026 state accreditation; section 12(3) still requires the degree to be recognised by the Kyrgyz regulator, which a school that lost its licence cannot give.
- RQE: BM&DC's Registration Qualifying Examination is held in April and October; results are published as lists of roll numbers, not by school.
Being verified BM&DC's website sits behind a bot check, so its notices, the RQE requirements sheet and the eligibility page could be read only in part. The Act and its schedule were read in full on the Ministry of Law's site; the exam dates, the Tk 8,000 (USD 65) processing fee, the attestation rule and the one-year internship come from the Council's own notices as indexed and from press reports quoting the Council's registrar. We will replace them with the Council's text when we can read it.
Full guide for students from Bangladesh
BM&DC Act 2010, sections 12 and 18 (Laws of Bangladesh, Bangla) · BM&DC Act 2010, Second Schedule: recognised foreign qualifications (PDF, Bangla) · BM&DC: notices, including the RQE of April and October 2026 · BM&DC: requirements for the Eligibility Certificate · BM&DC: documents required to sit the RQE (PDF)
If you will practise in Egypt
Three bodies are involved. The Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) grants the academic equivalence (mu'adala) of a foreign degree, and it does so only for universities on its recognised list. Registration with the Egyptian Medical Syndicate requires that equivalence, under the 2019 amendment to the syndicate law. To practise you then sit the Egyptian Medical Licensing Examination (EMLE); candidates from a non-Egyptian institution must show the SCU recognises it. Graduates of a five-year programme do a year more of mandatory training than graduates of six-year programmes.
- State accreditation: accredited for 1 year
- Course length: 6 years. In Egypt the mandatory training period is one year longer for graduates of five-year programmes.
- Whether this school is on the SCU recognised list is not something we have checked. Ask the school for its SCU reference and verify it with the Council.
- EMLE: The Egyptian Medical Licensing Examination is the licensing exam, run under the Ministry of Health. Results are not published by school.
Being verified Rules summarised from secondary sources and the syndicate law; the official SCU and syndicate pages are still to be checked.
Ahram Online: medical graduates to sit a licensing test (Law 153 of 2019) · Egyptian Medical Licensing Examination (overview) · Egyptian Medical Syndicate
If you will practise in Morocco
A foreign medical degree must first receive equivalence (équivalence) from the Ministry of Higher Education, which decides after an opinion from the Ministry of Health. The commission can grant full equivalence, partial equivalence with extra training or a hospital placement, or refuse. Graduates of universities outside Europe are the ones most often asked for validation tests and a placement. The Ordre national des médecins requires the equivalence attestation before it registers you, and the file takes months. Law 33-21 of 2021 eased the equivalence requirement for some Moroccan doctors trained abroad; whether it applies to you is a question for the Ordre.
- State accreditation: accredited for 1 year
- Which Kyrgyz degrees have received Moroccan equivalence, and on what conditions, is not published in a form we can check. Ask the school for the names of Moroccan graduates who obtained equivalence, and ask the Ordre directly.
Being verified Summarised from Moroccan guides for graduates abroad; we have not found an official text setting a single national exam for foreign-trained doctors. Verify with enssup.gov.ma and the Ordre national des médecins.
Guide for Moroccans abroad: equivalence of a foreign degree · Conditions for foreign doctors to practise in Morocco (L'Observateur)
If you will practise in Kazakhstan
A foreign medical diploma must first pass recognition (nostrification) through the national ENIC centre, applied for at a public service centre; for medical documents the centre brings in experts named by the health ministry to assess the programme against Kazakhstan's requirements. Only after recognition can a graduate apply for the specialist certification in health care run under the Ministry of Health's rules, which is what allows practice. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Belarus have an agreement on mutual recognition of education documents, but for doctors the recognition and certification steps still apply.
- State accreditation: accredited for 1 year
- Whether a given Kyrgyz programme passes the expert assessment is decided case by case; ask the centre and the Ministry of Health before enrolling, and keep every transcript and syllabus.
Being verified Summarised from the recognition rules and the certification rules on adilet.zan.kz and ENIC-Kazakhstan's guidance; the current editions should be checked before relying on them.
Rules on specialist certification in health care, including foreign-trained specialists (adilet.zan.kz) · ENIC-Kazakhstan (Centre for the Bologna Process and Academic Mobility): recognition of foreign education documents
Working abroad later: USA, Canada, UK, Australia, EU
Open to see whether this school clears the five gates, each with a link to the register
A small number of graduates try to practise in a Western country after their degree, usually after first getting licensed at home. Every one of these routes is long, costs thousands of dollars in exams and tests after the degree, and depends on a visa. The part that depends on the school is the same five facts for all of them.
- Listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools: Listed, F0009460 · entry F0009460Required by ECFMG (USA), the GMC (UK) and the Medical Board of Australia; the degree title and course length must match the listing.
- ECFMG note in the WDOMS entry: No note found · Sponsor Notes tab of entry F0009460Without it a graduate cannot apply for ECFMG certification, the first step for the USA, and the AMC uses ECFMG to verify degrees.
- Canada Sponsor Note in the WDOMS entry: No (checked 2026-10-15) · Sponsor Notes tab of entry F0009460Required by the Medical Council of Canada for the graduation years it covers; it is separate from the ECFMG note. "Not checked" means we have not yet read the Sponsor Notes tab for this school.
- International accreditation by a WFME-recognised agency, in force: None found · IAAR register, AAEPO listECFMG reports whether a school meets its Recognized Accreditation Policy to US residency programmes; expired accreditation is visible to them.
- Taught in English: Not published · school websiteEnglish-medium study is not a formal gate anywhere, but every route requires an English test (IELTS or OET) and the clinical years decide whether you can pass it.
United States
ECFMG certification first: a degree from a school with an ECFMG note, USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, and an English test, then a residency place through the Match on a visa. Since late 2024 ECFMG also reports to residency programmes whether the school is accredited by a WFME-recognised agency; that is a notation, not a bar to certification. International graduates win residency places far less often than US graduates, and without a residency there is no licence.
ECFMG: Recognized Accreditation Policy (Nov 2024) · ECFMG certification requirements
Canada
The Medical Council of Canada accepts a degree only from a school that was listed in the World Directory when the student graduated and whose listing carries a Canada Sponsor Note for those graduation years; that note is separate from the ECFMG note and is the fifth gate above. Then source verification of the diploma through the MCC, the MCCQE written exam, the NAC clinical exam, and a residency place through the CaRMS match, where international graduates compete for a small quota of positions, often with a return-of-service obligation. Each province licenses separately.
Medical Council of Canada: acceptable medical schools and degrees · Medical Council of Canada: CaRMS and MCC exams
United Kingdom
The GMC accepts an overseas degree only if the awarding school is in the World Directory and the degree title, length and awarding body match the listing, the degree gives the right to practise and do an internship in Kyrgyzstan, and the course met the GMC's content and hours criteria. Then an English test, the PLAB exams (being replaced by the UK Medical Licensing Assessment), GMC registration and a sponsored job. The GMC warns that its criteria change and a qualification accepted today may not stay accepted.
GMC: criteria for acceptable overseas qualifications · GMC: when and how to check your qualification
Australia
The Standard pathway: a primary degree from a school recognised by both the AMC and the World Directory, verification of the degree through ECFMG, the AMC written exam (CAT MCQ), then the AMC clinical exam or a workplace-based assessment with few places, provisional registration and 12 months of supervised practice before general registration. An English test is required throughout.
European Union (Germany as the example)
There is no EU-wide rule for a non-EU medical degree; each country decides. In Germany the state authority reviews the degree for equivalence with a German one; non-EU degrees are usually found only partly equivalent, so the applicant sits the Kenntnisprüfung, a clinical knowledge exam, after the Fachsprachprüfung, a medical German exam at roughly C1 level, before receiving the Approbation. Procedures differ by state and typically take one to two years. Ireland, France, the Nordic countries and the rest each run their own procedure.
The full explanation of each route is on Is a Kyrgyz medical degree valid abroad?. The gates above are read from this school's data and show the same for every school; they are facts to check, not a recommendation. World Directory entries read 15 Oct 2026.
FMGE results for this school, as counts
Verified 13 Oct 2026No candidates from this school appear in the NBEMS institution-wise FMGE reports for 2024, June 2025 or December 2025.
What happened to Issyk-Kul State University after the 2026 decision
Verified 13 Oct 2026Indian Embassy (13.07.2026) advises against 1-year institutions.
Order 912 transfers · Licence suspensions · Cabinet rule on admissions
Hostel
Verified 13 Oct 2026Not yet confirmed: available, places, cost per year, meals included, students per room, separate for men and women, distance to campus and hospital, security, food options, heating and hot water, residence registration help.
Source: Unknown. Fields the university states are separate from anything seen on a visit.
No hostel photo yet. Pictures from our own visit will be added here with the date.
Questions and answers
No questions yet for this school.
Sources
- WHED whed.net
- State accreditation indembbishkek.gov.in
- Ministry of Health results via Kaktus.media, 4 Jun 2026
Last verified 13 Oct 2026Next check 11 Jan 2027Data file schools.json
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