Yerevan Haybusak University — MD (MBBS) Fees & Admission 2026

Yerevan Haybusak University at a glance

• Location: 6 Abelyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia
• Established: 1991
• University Type: Private higher education institution
• Flagship Course: General Medicine — Medical Doctor (MD)
• Course Duration: 6 Years (General Medicine)
• Medium: English (or Russian) for foreign students
• Intake: Admission opens June–July, closes September–October
• Tuition Fee: US$3,500 / year (General Medicine MD, 2025-26)
• Entrance Exam: NEET-UG required of Indian students by the NMC

About Yerevan Haybusak University

Yerevan Haybusak University is a private higher education institution at 6 Abelyan Street, Yerevan, whose Medical Institute runs a six-year General Medicine programme leading to a Medical Doctor (MD) degree — Armenia's equivalent of an MBBS rather than an MBBS itself. The university's own fees page sets General Medicine tuition for foreign students at US$3,500 a year for the 2025-2026 academic year, and its applicant page states that the medium of instruction for foreign students is English (or Russian), with first-year entry decided by an interview in English, Chemistry and Biology. Teaching and clinical training both take place in Yerevan, at the university's base polyclinic and affiliated clinical centres, research institutes and dental clinics.

The university was founded in 1991 on the initiative of Academician Levon Harutyunyan, and its Medical Institute dates from the university's foundation. Alongside General Medicine it lists Stomatology (5 years), Pharmacy and Ecology and Natural Resource Management, and the university also runs institutes of economics, law and the humanities.

ANQA, Armenia's National Centre for Professional Education Quality Assurance, records an institutional accreditation for the university decided on 22 November 2019 by the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education — "3 years with secondary conditions", with the accreditation certificate valid until 22 November 2022. ANQA's register shows no later accreditation, and records that an earlier application in 2015 was denied. Ask the university, in writing, what its current licence and accreditation position is before you apply.

Why choose Yerevan Haybusak University?

What the university itself publishes about studying General Medicine at Haybusak:

• English-Medium For Foreign Students: The university's applicant page states that "the medium of instruction for foreign students is English (or Russian)", and a preparatory course is offered at US$1,500 a year for applicants who do not have the language of instruction.
• Published Tuition Of US$3,500 A Year: The university's fees page lists General Medicine (MD) for foreign students at US$3,500 a year for 2025-2026. Accommodation, food, insurance and registration charges are not published alongside it.
• Six-Year MD, Taught And Trained In Yerevan: General Medicine runs six years. The Medical Institute states that its clinical chairs sit in clinical centres, research institutes and the university's own base polyclinic in Yerevan.
• Entry By Subject Interview: First-year applicants are enrolled on the results of an interview in English, Chemistry and Biology, set within the secondary-school exam programme.
• Accreditation To Confirm Before You Apply: Course structure, recognition and admission requirements are set by the university and by the regulator in its own country. ANQA's register shows the institutional accreditation certificate expiring on 22 November 2022, so confirm the current position in writing for your intake year.

MBBS course overview

The Medical Institute's General Medicine programme runs six years and leads to a Medical Doctor (MD) degree, the Armenian equivalent of an MBBS.

The university does not publish a year-by-year syllabus for international students on the pages currently available, so ask the Medical Institute for the curriculum and the internship arrangements that apply to your intake.

• Degree: General Medicine — Medical Doctor (MD)
• Duration: 6 Years
• Medium of instruction: English (or Russian) for foreign students
• Intake: Admission opens June–July and closes September–October

Courses offered

• General Medicine (MD) — 6 Years
• Stomatology (Dentistry) — 5 Years
• Pharmacy (Bachelor's) — 4 Years
• Pharmacy (Master's) — 1 Year
• Preparatory course (language) — 1 Year

Yerevan Haybusak University fee structure

The university publishes a single annual tuition figure for foreign students, in US dollars, for each specialty.

Source: the university's own fees page (haybusak.am/applicant-transfer/fees/), headed as the current tuition fees for the 2025-2026 academic year, which lists General Medicine (MD) for foreign students at US$3,500 a year. The live site is presently serving an "Opening Soon" placeholder, so this figure is read from the 7 June 2026 archived copy of that page — treat it as the last rate the university published rather than a quotation for your intake. The university publishes no hostel, mess, insurance, registration or application charge alongside it; the separate language preparatory course is listed at US$1,500 a year. No rupee figure is published, and this page does not invent one. Get the full fee schedule and every extra charge for your intake in writing before you pay.

• Year 1 (2025-26 published rate): US$3,500 per year — hostel Not published
• Year 2 (2025-26 published rate): US$3,500 per year — hostel Not published
• Year 3 (2025-26 published rate): US$3,500 per year — hostel Not published
• Year 4 (2025-26 published rate): US$3,500 per year — hostel Not published
• Year 5 (2025-26 published rate): US$3,500 per year — hostel Not published
• Year 6 (2025-26 published rate): US$3,500 per year — hostel Not published

Eligibility criteria

What the university's applicant page requires, plus the rule India applies to its own students:

• Academic Qualification: A certificate of secondary, preliminary professional or vocational professional education. The diploma copy must be notarised and apostilled (or legalised at an Armenian mission where the Apostille Convention does not apply).
• Entrance Interview: First-year applicants are enrolled on the results of an interview in English, Chemistry and Biology, set within the secondary-school exam programme.
• NEET-UG: India's National Medical Commission requires Indian nationals to have qualified in NEET-UG to study medicine abroad and to register in India afterwards, whether or not the university asks for it. The university's own applicant page does not list NEET.
• Language: The medium of instruction for foreign students is English (or Russian). Applicants who do not have the language of instruction may be enrolled on the preparatory course first.
• Admission Rules: Admission is conducted under the admission regulations for Armenian higher education institutions confirmed by the Government of Armenia (government order 700N).

Admission process 2026

The admission route the university sets out for foreign applicants:

• Submit the ministry application forms and questionnaire supplied by the university, with your passport copy.
• Submit the notarised, apostilled copy of your final school diploma with grades, plus an Armenian, English or Russian notarised translation.
• Submit eight 3x4 photographs, a medical certificate of health status, and a CV in Russian or English on the university's form.
• Sit the entrance interview in English, Chemistry and Biology (or enrol on the preparatory course if you do not yet have the language of instruction).
• Receive the university's conditional admission letter — the university notes that Indian citizens can enter Armenia on an e-visa using it.
• Complete enrolment in Yerevan. Transfer applications run 15 August–14 September for the first semester and 1 January–14 February for the second.

Documents required

The document list the university publishes for foreign applicants:

• Letter to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, on the university's form
• Ministry questionnaire, on the university's form
• Passport copy
• Copy of the final graduation diploma with grades, apostilled or consular-legalised, with a notarised Armenian, English or Russian translation
• Eight passport photographs (3x4)
• Medical certificate of health status
• CV in Russian or English, on the university's form
• NEET-UG scorecard — required of Indian students by the NMC rather than by the university

Hostel & accommodation

The university's currently available pages do not publish a student residence, room type or mess charge, and no accommodation figure appears alongside its tuition.

• Accommodation: Not published on the university's fees or applicant pages. Ask the Medical Institute's office for foreign students what housing it arranges, what it costs and whether it is guaranteed for your intake.
• Food: No mess or meal plan is published. Confirm in writing rather than relying on a consultancy's description.
• What To Get In Writing: Room type, annual or monthly charge, deposit, what utilities are included, and whether the charge is billed by the university or a third party.

Clinical training

The Medical Institute describes where its clinical teaching sits:

• Clinical chairs are located in clinical centres, dental clinics, scientific research institutes, pharmaceutical enterprises and the university's own base polyclinic in Yerevan.
• Lectures, practical training and educational-production practice for the clinical professional courses are organised at those sites.
• All clinical training is in Armenia; the university does not publish rotations in another country.
• Ask in writing whether your course includes a 12-month internship at the same institution, which is what India's FMGL Regulations, 2021 require of an Indian student who wants to register in India.

Recognition & accreditation

The National Medical Commission states that it "does not endorse any list of Foreign Medical Institutions/ Universities for MBBS or equivalent course", so no foreign medical university is "NMC approved". What decides your eligibility to register in India is the course you take. What the record actually shows, and what to verify in writing:

• ANQA's institutional accreditation state register records an institutional accreditation decided on 22 November 2019 by the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education — "3 years with secondary conditions" — with the certificate valid until 22 November 2022, and an earlier 2015 application denied. No later accreditation appears in the register.
• Ask the university for its current operating licence from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, and for any accreditation granted after November 2022, in writing.
• Check the course against the NMC's Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations, 2021 — at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship at the same institution, and English as the medium of instruction throughout.
• Confirm the university is registered with the body competent to grant a licence to practise medicine in its own country, on the same terms as that country's own graduates.
• Look the university up yourself in the World Directory of Medical Schools (wdoms.org). A listing records that a school exists — it is not an accreditation, a recognition or an endorsement.
• Intealth (ECFMG) operates a Recognized Accreditation Policy: for the USMLE route, ask which WFME-recognised agency accredits the programme and whether the school carries an ECFMG Sponsor Note in the World Directory.

Career opportunities

What a six-year MD from Armenia does and does not settle:

• To practise in India you must meet the NMC's FMGL Regulations, 2021, pass the screening examination and complete a further 12 months of supervised internship in India.
• Other licensing routes — the USMLE in the United States, the UKMLA/PLAB route in the United Kingdom, the AMC in Australia — each set their own eligibility rules, and the university does not publish any guarantee about them.
• Ask the university, in writing, whether its graduates are eligible for a licence to practise in Armenia on the same terms as Armenian graduates.

Student life

The university's campus facilities, as it lists them:

• A library, simulation centre, anatomic room and laboratories at the Medical Institute, plus a dental clinic.
• A students' council, gym and student events organised through the university.
• A city-centre location in Yerevan, with the Medical Institute dean's office open Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00.

Yerevan Haybusak University (YHU Armenia) — frequently asked questions

What is the tuition fee for the MD at Yerevan Haybusak University?

The university's own fees page lists General Medicine (MD) for foreign students at US$3,500 a year, under a heading giving the current tuition fees for the 2025-2026 academic year. The live site is presently showing an "Opening Soon" placeholder, so that figure is read from the 7 June 2026 archived copy of the same page. Treat it as the last rate the university published, not a quotation for your intake, and ask for the schedule in writing.

What is not included in that US$3,500 a year?

Everything except tuition. The university publishes no hostel, mess, insurance, registration or application charge alongside the figure, so accommodation, food, health insurance, visa and residence-permit costs, travel and living expenses are all extra and unquantified on its own pages. The separate language preparatory course is listed at US$1,500 a year.

Is Yerevan Haybusak University NMC approved?

No foreign medical university holds "NMC approved" status — the National Medical Commission states that it "does not endorse any list of Foreign Medical Institutions/ Universities for MBBS or equivalent course". What decides whether you can register to practise in India is whether your course meets the NMC's Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations, 2021 — at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship at the same institution and English as the medium of instruction — followed by the screening examination and a further 12 months of supervised internship in India. Separately, ANQA's register shows the university's institutional accreditation certificate expiring on 22 November 2022 with no later accreditation recorded, so ask for its current licence and accreditation in writing before you apply.

Is NEET compulsory for Indian students at Haybusak?

Yes, in practice. The university's own applicant page does not list NEET, but India's National Medical Commission requires an Indian national to have qualified in NEET-UG in order to study medicine abroad and to register in India afterwards. Without it, the degree will not get you an Indian licence.

What are the eligibility requirements?

A certificate of secondary, preliminary professional or vocational professional education, with the diploma copy notarised and apostilled (or legalised at an Armenian mission where the Apostille Convention does not apply). First-year applicants are enrolled on the results of an interview in English, Chemistry and Biology set within the secondary-school exam programme. Indian students also need a qualified NEET-UG score under NMC rules.

How long is the course and what degree is awarded?

General Medicine runs six years and leads to a Medical Doctor (MD) degree. Armenia awards an MD rather than an MBBS, so it is the equivalent qualification, not the same title. Graduates receive a state diploma.

What is the medium of instruction?

The university's applicant page states that "the medium of instruction for foreign students is English (or Russian)". Applicants who do not have the language of instruction may be enrolled on a preparatory course first, priced at US$1,500 a year. Confirm in writing that your own cohort is taught in English for all six years, which is what the NMC's FMGL Regulations require.

Where do clinical rotations take place?

In Armenia. The Medical Institute states that its clinical chairs sit in clinical centres, dental clinics, scientific research institutes, pharmaceutical enterprises and the university's own base polyclinic in Yerevan, and that lectures, practical training and educational-production practice are organised there. The university does not publish rotations in any other country.

What is the admission process and when does it run?

Submit the ministry application forms and questionnaire supplied by the university with your passport copy, the apostilled diploma and notarised translation, eight 3x4 photographs, a medical certificate and a CV in Russian or English. Sit the entrance interview, then receive the university's conditional admission letter — the university notes Indian citizens can enter Armenia on an e-visa using it. Admission starts in June–July and runs to September–October, depending on the deadline set by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport.

What documents are required?

A letter to the Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport and the ministry questionnaire on the university's forms; a passport copy; the final graduation diploma with grades, apostilled or consular-legalised, with a notarised Armenian, English or Russian translation; eight 3x4 photographs; a medical certificate of health status; and a CV in Russian or English. Indian students should also hold their NEET-UG scorecard.

Does the university provide a hostel and Indian food?

The university's currently available pages do not publish a student residence, room type, mess or meal plan, and no accommodation charge appears alongside its tuition. Anything you read about air-conditioned rooms or an Indian mess at this university is not coming from the university, so ask the Medical Institute's office for foreign students for the housing arrangements and costs in writing.