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A church-run medical school in Mindanao, teaching the Doctor of Medicine in English on the same campus as its 200-bed training hospital.
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Philippines
Country
Davao City
City
89.58%
Physician Licensure Exam pass rate, 2025
English
Medium of instruction
For Indian Students
Short answer: Yes, Indian students can study MBBS in the Philippines, on the English-taught Doctor of Medicine (MD). Not confirmed: CHED says the MD meets the NMC's course rules, but the NMC also asks for a licence to practise in the Philippines, and Indian nationals can sit the Philippine licensure exam only once reciprocity with India is established, which is still awaited.
The MD is graduate-entry: Indian students first complete a pre-medical bachelor's degree (BS) and sit the NMAT, the Philippines' own entrance test, for entry to the MD. A qualified NEET UG result is required to study medicine abroad and to sit the FMGE later.
The NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 ask for at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship in the same foreign institution, English-medium teaching and registration to practise in the country of study on par with its citizens. In a letter of 8 May 2025, cited in the Embassy of India's advisory of 17 June 2026, CHED said a 54-month MD at a CHED-recognised school, not counting the BS, taught in English and followed by a 12-month internship in the same institution or its attached hospital, meets these rules. The schools listed on this page describe a four-year MD followed by a 12-month internship.
Under Philippine law a foreign graduate may sit the Physician Licensure Examination only if their own country lets Filipino doctors practise on the same terms, and the Embassy says guidance from the Indian authorities on that reciprocity is still awaited. Until it is in place, an Indian graduate cannot count on the Philippine licence the NMC asks for before the FMGE (NExT deferred and not in force). If India is your long-term goal, plan this with our counsellors before you apply.
Introduction
Brokenshire College teaching building in Davao City, with students at the entrance
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Recognition & Prestige
Brokenshire College runs its School of Medicine under CHED Permit to Operate No. 002, series of 2016, and is accredited through ACSCU-AAI. It is not ranked in the QS or Times Higher Education World University Rankings; it appears in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2026, which measure progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals rather than academic standing.
Permit No. 002
CHED Permit to Operate the School of Medicine, series of 2016
1001 to 1500
Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2026, overall
401 to 600
Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2026, SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Brokenshire College is a non-stock, non-profit institution operated by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, and its clinical training runs at Brokenshire Medical Center, a Level 3 General Training Hospital on the same campus. For Indian students, the NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 ask for at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship in the same foreign institution, English-medium teaching and a licence to practise in the country of study on par with its citizens. CHED has told the Embassy of India that a 54-month MD at a CHED-recognised school, not counting the BS, meets these rules, and Brokenshire's MD runs four years. The Embassy also says Indian nationals can sit the Philippine licensure exam only once reciprocity with India is established, which is still awaited.
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Academic Excellence
Brokenshire teaches medicine in English on a single Davao campus that also holds its 200-bed training hospital, in a city that costs less to live in than Manila and sits outside the main Philippine typhoon belt.
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How to Apply
Admission to the Doctor of Medicine at Brokenshire College runs through the college's own process, not through NEET. The School of Medicine asks for an NMAT score of 40 and above, transcripts, a general weighted average certification, recommendation letters, a birth certificate, photographs and extracurricular or professional certificates. NEET matters separately: an Indian student needs a qualified NEET UG result, required for the NMC eligibility certificate and for licensing in India later.
Indian students need a qualified NEET UG result for the NMC eligibility certificate and for licensing in India later. This is an Indian requirement, entirely separate from Brokenshire's own process.
The Philippine MD follows a pre-medical (BS) foundation in the basic sciences, which prepares students for the NMAT and entry to the MD proper.
The National Medical Admission Test is run by the Center for Educational Measurement, Inc. Brokenshire asks for a score of 40 and above on the 1 to 99 percentile scale, and CHED rules require the NMAT to have been taken within two years of medical-school admission.
Transcript of records, general weighted average certification, NMAT result, recommendation letters, birth certificate, photographs and extracurricular or professional certificates, as listed by the School of Medicine.
Brokenshire runs an online OLSEN applicant account and a college-level entrance assessment alongside the documentary review.
The acceptance letter and the CHED Certificate of Eligibility, authenticated by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, support the 9(f) student visa application at the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi.
Indian applicants need Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English, the pre-medical (BS) stage and an NMAT score of 40 and above for entry to the MD. Under Indian NMC rules they also need at least 50% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry and Biology for the general and EWS categories, 40% for OBC, SC and ST candidates and 45% for PwBD candidates, together with a qualified NEET UG result.
Subjects:
Under Indian NMC rules, candidates must be at least 17 years old by 31 December of the admission year.
The one published academic threshold is the NMAT score. Everything else on the college's list is documentary.
NMAT, Score of 40 and Above
The NMAT is reported on a 1 to 99 percentile scale, so Brokenshire's threshold of 40 is the 40th percentile. CHED requires the test to have been taken within two years of admission.
Supporting Documents
Transcript of records, general weighted average certification, recommendation letters, birth certificate, photographs, and extracurricular or professional certificates.
Admission rests on the NMAT result together with the college's documentary assessment, rather than on category-wise minimum marks.
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| NMAT (National Medical Admission Test) | Run by the Center for Educational Measurement, Inc. and reported on a 1 to 99 percentile scale; Brokenshire asks for 40 and above, taken within two years of admission under CHED rules |
| Pre-medical (BS) stage | The basic-science foundation taken before entry to the MD |
| NEET UG (Indian students) | A qualified result for the NMC eligibility certificate and for licensing in India |
To apply, students need to submit essential academic and identification documents:
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Programme Structure
Brokenshire College publishes its Doctor of Medicine curriculum in full. The four-year MD follows the pre-medical (BS) stage and is taught in English, moving from the basic sciences to a final year of full-time clinical clerkship, and is followed by a 12-month internship in the institution's affiliated hospitals.
Total Duration:
4-year MD after the pre-medical (BS) stage, plus a 12-month internship
Degree:
Doctor of Medicine (MD) after a BS pre-medical degree, equivalent to MBBS
Year 1
The structure and function of the healthy human body, taught alongside an early introduction to community practice and research method:
Year 2
Pathology and pharmacology taught together with the first structured patient examination teaching, bridging laboratory science and bedside medicine:
Year 3
Systematic teaching across the clinical specialties, preparing students for full-time ward work in the final year:
Year 4
A full year of clinical clerkship in the affiliated hospital facilities:
12 months after the MD
A 12-month rotating internship in the institution's affiliated hospitals, the same-institution internship the NMC asks for, before the Physician Licensure Examination:
Clinical training runs at Brokenshire Medical Center on the same Madapo campus. An indicative rotation pattern across the clinical years is:
| Phase | Focus |
|---|---|
| Year 2: first clinical contact | Physical Diagnosis teaching alongside introductory Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics |
| Year 3: clinical sciences | Systematic teaching across Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with Otorhinolaryngology, Radiology, Dermatology, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology postings |
| Year 4: clinical clerkship | Full-time clerkship in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Psychiatry and the subspecialties |
| Internship | Twelve months of rotating internship in the core departments, before the Physician Licensure Examination |
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Clinical Network
Brokenshire College publishes no university exchange programme. What it has instead is a single campus in Madapo, Davao City, where the college, its training hospital and its community health arm sit side by side.
| Institution | Role in clinical training |
|---|---|
| Brokenshire Medical Center (formerly Brokenshire Memorial Hospital) | The training hospital on the Madapo campus, a 200-bed Level 3 General Training Hospital |
| Brokenshire Integrated Health Ministries, Inc. (BIHMI) | The health ministry of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, operating on the same campus |
| Brokenshire Community Health and Development Center | The campus's community health arm, used for community medicine teaching |
| Brokenshire College School of Nursing | ACSCU-AAI Level 4 accredited, founded in 1954 as the first nursing school in Davao City and the unit from which the college grew |
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Legacy
The School of Medicine opened in 2016, so its graduates are early in their careers. These are the founders of the institution and the people who lead it today.
The physician the college is named after. An American doctor and Cornell graduate, he arrived in Davao in 1926 to lead the Davao Mission Hospital and served there for around fifteen years. Called to United States Navy duty in the Second World War, he was taken prisoner and died in 1944 when the prisoner transport ship carrying him was torpedoed. The hospital, and later the college, were named in his honour.
Missionaries of the Congregational Churches who arrived in Davao in the early 1900s and established the medical mission from which the hospital, and eventually Brokenshire College, grew.
Fifth President of Brokenshire College, appointed in September 2022. The presidency reflects the college's governance by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines.
Dean of the School of Medicine. A Fellow of the Philippine College of Surgeons with a Master in Health Professions Education, combining surgical practice with formal training in medical education.
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Services, overseeing academic standards across the college's schools, including the School of Medicine.
A founder of the Brokenshire School of Nursing in 1954, the first nursing school in Davao City and the unit from which the college grew, alongside Ms. Emma B. Noreen, Ms. Efigenia Occeña, Dr. Lora Dyer, Ms. Herminia Reyes and Mrs. Rosario Perpiñan.
The School of Medicine is led by Dean Dr. Warlito C. Vicente, a Fellow of the Philippine College of Surgeons with a Master in Health Professions Education. Teaching runs on the Madapo campus alongside the college's schools of Nursing, Allied Health and Arts and Sciences, with clinical teaching at Brokenshire Medical Center. The college is accredited through ACSCU-AAI, with the School of Nursing at Level 4 and Arts and Sciences, Education and Business Administration at Level 3.
Dean who is a Fellow of the Philippine College of Surgeons
Master in Health Professions Education at faculty leadership level
Published four-year curriculum
Research methods taught from Year 1
Clinical teaching at the campus hospital
Community health teaching on the same campus
ACSCU-AAI accredited college
Church-governed, non-profit institution
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Affordable education
Davao City costs roughly a quarter less than Manila overall, and 59% less on rent (Numbeo). Here is the monthly breakdown, at about ₹1.56 to the Philippine peso.
| Cost Component | Approximate Amount |
|---|---|
| Accommodation | ₹3,900 to ₹21,800 |
| Food | ₹7,800 to ₹15,600 |
| Transportation | ₹1,600 to ₹8,700 |
| Other Expenses (Utilities, Internet, Leisure) | ₹7,000 to ₹14,800 |
Average monthly living cost
₹23,300 to ₹54,500
Housing
Brokenshire College sits at Madapo, next to Bankerohan and downtown Davao City, where boarding houses and bedspaces are the normal student housing and cost markedly less than the equivalent in Manila.
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Food & Dining
Davao's Indian community is much smaller than Manila's, and its Indian food scene runs mostly through delivery kitchens rather than a restaurant district, but Indian food, groceries and a temple are all in the city.
Davao's Indian food runs largely through foodpanda, with kitchens such as Haveli King, Punjabi Diner, Kuya Ram Indian Cuisine in Doña Vicenta, Hot And Spicy on Circumferential Road, Deep Indian Restaurant in Matina, Singh Is King and Taj Diner.
The 5S Box Indian Restaurant on Sto. Niño Street in the Bajada area and India Spice Resto, also in Bajada, are established sit-down options, with Tasty Indian Kitchen and Patel's Food Hub in the Poblacion District.
Suglani Mart is the main Indian grocery chain in the city, with branches in the Poblacion District, on Circumferential Road at Marfori, at Esmar Plaza in Bankerohan and in Talomo. Indian Rasoi and Deep Indian Grocery also operate in Davao.
The Davao Indian Temple on Carlos Street in Juna Subdivision, Matina, serves as both a Sikh gurdwara and a Hindu mandir, and is the main Indian religious and community gathering point in the city.
Boarding houses generally allow cooking, which keeps the monthly food budget near the lower end of about ₹7,800. foodpanda and GrabFood both operate across Davao City and cover the Indian kitchens listed above.
Location
Brokenshire College, Madapo, Davao City 8000, Davao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines. Telephone (082) 227-3538. The School of Medicine shares the Madapo campus with Brokenshire Medical Center.
Nearest Airport
Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO), in Barangay Sasa, about 15 km north-east of downtown Davao; a taxi to downtown costs around ₹310 (₱200)
Flights From India
There is no direct flight between Davao and India: connect through Manila, with Air India flying Delhi to Manila non-stop since 1 October 2025, or through Singapore
Your Roadmap to Success
Graduates receive the Doctor of Medicine, the Philippines' primary medical qualification, taken after a BS pre-medical degree and equivalent to an Indian MBBS rather than an Indian postgraduate MD. A 12-month internship follows the degree.
The NMC asks for a licence to practise in the Philippines on the same terms as Filipino citizens, and for Indian nationals that licence still awaits reciprocity with India. A graduate who meets every NMC condition sits the FMGE (NExT deferred and not in force), completes the required internship and registers with the NMC or a State Medical Council.
After the MD and the 12-month internship, graduates sit the Philippine Physician Licensure Examination, run by the Professional Regulation Commission, which leads to registration in the Philippines. Foreign nationals can sit it only where their country grants Filipino doctors reciprocity, and for Indian nationals that reciprocity is still awaited. Brokenshire graduates passed it at 89.58% in 2025.
The Philippines is not in the EU, so a Philippine MD is not an EU qualification. A graduate who wants to work in the United Kingdom takes the General Medical Council's PLAB route.
After licensing, graduates can pursue residency and specialisation in fields such as internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology and radiology, in India after the FMGE and the internship, or abroad through the relevant national licensing route.
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Practising in India
To practise medicine in India after graduating from Brokenshire College, an Indian student qualifies NEET UG before admission, completes a course that meets every NMC rule, including the Philippine licence set out below, clears the NMC screening examination (the FMGE; NExT is deferred and not in force), completes the internship in India and registers with the NMC or a State Medical Council.
Step 1
The NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 ask for at least 54 months of study, a 12-month internship in the same foreign institution, English-medium teaching and a licence to practise in the country of study on par with its citizens. In a letter cited in the Embassy of India's advisory of 17 June 2026, CHED said a 54-month MD at a CHED-recognised school, not counting the BS, taught in English and followed by a 12-month internship in the same institution or its attached hospital, meets these rules; Brokenshire's MD runs four years. The open point is the licence: Indian nationals can sit the Philippine licensure exam only once reciprocity with India is established, which the Embassy says is still awaited. Plan this with our counsellors before you apply.
Step 2
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences conducts the FMGE twice a year, in June and December, with a pass mark of 150 out of 300. In the June 2025 session 36,034 candidates appeared and 6,707 qualified, a pass rate of 18.61%; in December 2025, 42,872 appeared and 10,262 qualified, about 23.9%. The National Exit Test (NExT), intended to replace the FMGE, is deferred and not in force.
Step 3
After clearing the FMGE, graduates complete a 12-month Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship in India under the NMC's 2021 regulations, in addition to the internship completed in the Philippines.
Step 4
The final step is registration with the National Medical Commission or the relevant State Medical Council. Once registered, the graduate holds a permanent registration number and is licensed to practise medicine in India.
Student Life Style
Davao is the largest city in Mindanao and a quieter, cheaper and less congested place to study than Manila, with a strong local safety record.
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Aerial view of a lagoon and limestone islands in Palawan, Philippines
Aerial view of the bay and outrigger boats at El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
Scholarship & Financial
Brokenshire College publishes a named scholarship and discount schedule for the School of Medicine, but its schemes are built around Philippine government funding, church membership and Philippine honours. An Indian student should plan to self-fund the degree; plan this with our counsellors.
A Philippine Department of Health scholarship carrying a 75% discount off the total assessment, the largest award on the college's medicine schedule. It is a Philippine government scheme.
Awarded as a full or a half scholarship through the college's Educational Benefit Scholarship Unit.
Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and top-ten board placers receive a 100% discount and Cum Laude graduates 50%, keyed to Philippine undergraduate honours and weighted point average thresholds. Members of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines receive 10% off medicine tuition with an 80% weighted point average and church certification.
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| University | Brokenshire College School of MedicineDavao City, Philippines | AIIMS New DelhiNew Delhi, India |
|---|---|---|
| University Type | Private, non-stock, non-profit, run by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines | Institute of National Importance (government) |
| Medium | English | English |
| Course Duration | 4-year MD after the pre-medical (BS) stage, plus a 12-month internship | 5.5 years, being 4.5 years plus a 12-month internship |
| Admission | NMAT score of 40 and above, plus a qualified NEET UG result for Indian students | NEET UG |
| Recognition | CHED Permit to Operate No. 002, series of 2016; Philippine licence for Indian nationals awaits reciprocity | Listed in WDOMS |
| Global Ranking | Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 1001 to 1500 (2026); not in the QS or THE World University Rankings | NIRF Medical 1 (2025) |
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