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Field of Medicine

Medicine Program

Medicine Program

Required Courses Dual Degree Duration
54 Courses Not Available  10 Semesters
Language Credit Hours Annual Fees
English 211Hours 150,000 EGP

Program Overview

Not a single day in the life of a doctor is the same!
Certainly, when you study medicine offers a breadth of experiences impossible to find in any other subject. Every day brings different patients with different needs. It’s a great choice for you if you strive to understand and apply research findings to improve patients’ lives and serve humanity.

Studying Medicine & Surgery Program at GU is equipped with the most advanced clinical laboratories’ skills that have a vast range of equipment including many high-fidelity clinical human simulators to help develop clinical skills in a real hospital or home. Students who study medicine at GU benefit from a mixture of work-based learning and clinical placements in a multi-professional learning environments and training opportunities thus develop the key critical skills required to work in a healthcare team.

Medicine at GU offers an excellent, modern curriculum designed to prepare you for contemporary medical practice. Our aim is for you to graduate as a reliable, ethical, and earnest doctor, with the care of patients as your first concern.

The MBBCh program adopts the latest highly effective medical education strategies applied in the international medical schools, which include:

  1. Student-centered education.
  2. Integrated interdisciplinary.
  3. Active teaching methods in small groups (PBL, TBL and CBCL, and others).
  4. Problem-solving rather than memorization and recall.
  5. Integration of basic medical sciences courses in the pre-clerkship phase (first three years), thus reducing repetition and conflicting information.
  6. Early exposure to a clinical study, from the first year.
  7. Courses to develop personal and professional skills.

Thanks to our up-to-date facilities, we offer a reliable learning experience. Our facilities include:

  1. Multifunctional Computer Lab.
  2. Morgue.
  3. Museum for Models.
  4. Virtual Anatomy Lab.
  5. Microscopy Lab.
  6. Virtual Microscopy Lab.
  7. Wet Lab.
  8. Clinical Skills Lab.
  9. Center for Continuing Medical Training and Simulation.

Those who study medicine at GU not only do they live the life of a doctor, they also benefit from a mixture of work-based learning and clinical placements in a multi-professional learning environments and training opportunities thus develop the key critical skills required to work in a healthcare team.

Degree Requirements

The duration of study for an MBBCh degree is five years; divided into two phases:

  • The first stage (Pre-Clerkship): Includes the first three years divided into six semesters. The duration of each semester is 15 weeks of teaching in addition to a period of preparation and examinations.
  • The second stage (Clinical Clerkship): Includes two years of clinical teaching in rotation between clinical departments. Each year consists of 40 teaching weeks in addition to a period of preparation and examination.

The study is followed by two years of compulsory training as an Internship doctor.

The graduate is then granted a license to after-exam practice medicine and is registered by the Medical Syndicate.
The total credit hours for the program is 209 Credit Hours, including the following:

  • 20 Credit Hours of University Requirements (14 compulsories and 6 electives); students are not permitted to choose any elective course that is later taught in the Faculty of Medicine.
  • 189 Credit Hours of Faculty Requirements (185 compulsories and 4 clinical electives).

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will possess the following learning outcomes:


Identify major health risks in the community, endemic diseases and common chronic diseases.

Identify the epidemiology of common diseases within the community and apply methodological means that help to reduce their occurrence.

Describe the natural structure of the body and its main organs; and explain its functions.

Identify the different causes of the disease and explain the ways they affect the body.

Use health information systems to improve the quality of patient care.

At GU, our graduates are remarkable individuals who are:

Primary Health – Care Providers.

Health Promoters.

Professionals.

Scientists and Researchers.

Leaders of a health team.

Lifelong Learners.

The MBBCh program adopts the latest highly effective medical education strategies applied in the international medical schools, which includes:

Student-centered education.

Integrated interdisciplinary.

Active teaching methods in small groups (PBL, TBL and CBCL, and others).

Problem solving rather than memorization and recall.

Integration of basic medical sciences courses in the pre-clerkship phase (first three years), thus reducing repetition and conflicting information.

Early exposure to the clinical study, from the first year.

Courses to develop personal and professional skills.

An inspiring educational/learning environment that encourages group discussion, teamwork, and leadership.

Formative and summative assessment.

The program adopts a specific number of clinical cases and situations and a set of skills covered throughout the program at spiral revisit.

 

Potential Career Opportunities

As a graduate of this degree, you can look forward to career opportunities including:


General practitioner and continue to study as postgraduates to be specialized in medicine, surgery, or other specialties.

Medical administration, hospital management, and other health organizations

Medical Research (Researcher or project manager).

Field of Medical education.

Tuition Fees (Egyptian Students)

  • Annual tuition fees: 150,000 EGP
  • Annual administrative fees (to be paid before the first semester): 11,500 EGP
  • Admission administrative fees(To  be paid once on the admission’s semester): 11,500 EGP

Tuition Fees (Non-Egyptian Students)

  • Annual tuition fees: $7,500