Georgia Now Requires a Minimum of 6 Years of Studies for the MD Programme

On 7 December 2020, the Georgian Ministry of Education issued a new law which specifies the number of credits medical students would be allowed to take per year to graduate.

The new requirement is 60 ECTS credits per year. The duration of studies must be at least 6 years (12 semesters). In total, students should have 360 credits to graduate.

Previously, it was possible to gain up to 75 credits per year, which allowed universities to teach medicine in fewer years.

Now the new law directly requires universities to strictly offer six-year medical programmes to their current students. Only after the expiration of 6 years will students be allowed to graduate. It is no longer possible for current students to continue with shorter programmes even if they have already begun their studies.

Source 1. https://edu.aris.ge/news/universitetebis-samedicino-programebze-6-wliani-swavlebis-kreditebis-moculobadazustda.html (use Google's automatic page translation)

Source 2. https://agenda.ge/en/news/2020/3850

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