Brokenshire College School of Medicine: MD, NMAT, NMC

Brokenshire College School of Medicine is a private medical school in Madapo Hills, Davao City. It is run by Brokenshire College, a non-profit college owned by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. The school opened in 2016 and teaches a four-year Doctor of Medicine (MD). Applicants need a college degree and an NMAT score of at least 40.

Updated on 30 September 2026.

Key Takeaways

• A young medical school on an old campus. CHED, the Philippine higher education regulator, granted the permit to run the School of Medicine in April 2016. The college itself began as a school of nursing in 1954 (Brokenshire College history page).

• The MD is four years. Three years of classroom and hospital subjects are followed by a fourth year of clinical clerkship, 3,248 hours in total (Brokenshire College MD curriculum, AY 2020 to 2021).

• It is a graduate-entry degree. The school asks for a college Transcript of Records, a college grade average and an NMAT score of 40 or above (Brokenshire College School of Medicine admission page).

• NMC rules decide the Indian licence. India needs a course of at least 54 months, a 12-month internship at the same school and a licence to practise in the Philippines at par with citizens (NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations, 2021).

• Philippine graduates pass FMGE at under one in five. In December 2025, 903 of 4,864 Philippine-trained candidates passed, or 18.56% (NBEMS FMGE Performance Report 2025).

• Not a futureMBBS partner. futureMBBS works with 23 partner universities in 9 European countries. The Philippines is not one of them (futureMBBS partner universities).

What is Brokenshire College School of Medicine?

Brokenshire College School of Medicine is one of the schools of Brokenshire College, Inc. The college is a non-stock, non-profit educational corporation owned by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, usually shortened to UCCP (Brokenshire College about page). Families often search for it as "MBBS in the Philippines", but the degree it teaches is a Doctor of Medicine, or MD.

The college shares a 14-hectare site on Madapo Hills, Davao City, with Brokenshire Integrated Health Ministries, Inc., which runs the church's hospital work. Both are named after Dr Herbert Cecil Brokenshire, an American surgeon who took charge of the Davao Mission Hospital in 1926 (Brokenshire College history page). For the wider country picture, see our MBBS in the Philippines country guide.

Brokenshire College School of Medicine at a glance

History of Brokenshire College School of Medicine

The Brokenshire story starts with a church hospital, not a college. The dates below come from the college's own history page (Brokenshire College history page).

This matters for a family in one practical way. The School of Medicine is about ten years old, so its graduate record is short compared with older Philippine schools.

Brokenshire College School of Medicine admission requirements

The Philippine MD is a graduate-entry degree. That means students join it after a bachelor's degree, not straight after Class 12. Brokenshire College School of Medicine lists these documents for new students and transferees (Brokenshire College School of Medicine admission page).

• NMAT score of 40 or above. The NMAT is the National Medical Admission Test, the entrance exam for Philippine medical schools.

• Transcript of Records from the college degree, showing every subject and grade.

• General Weighted Average in college, the overall grade from the bachelor's degree.

• Recommendation letter from the dean or a teacher of the previous school.

• Honourable Dismissal certificate, the release letter from the previous college.

• PSA birth certificate, issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Foreign students give their own country's birth certificate, as listed below.

• Four 2x2 photos.

• Certificates of extracurricular or volunteer work, and any professional licences held.

Extra documents for Indian and other foreign students

Brokenshire College lists these basic documents for international students (Brokenshire College programme offerings and admission criteria).

• Scholastic records authenticated by the Philippine embassy or consulate in the student's home country.

• Certificate of Acceptance from the college.

• Passport and visa, as photocopies.

• Entrance exam result.

• Medical and dental certificates from the school clinic.

• Birth certificate, three 2x2 photos and a personal history form with photo.

• Permit to study.

• For students over 18 on a student visa: proof of financial support and a police clearance from the home country, authenticated by the Philippine embassy or consulate.

• Quarantine Medical Clearance Certificate from the Philippine National Quarantine Office.

Before any of this, an Indian student must qualify NEET UG. Our guide on eligibility for MBBS abroad sets out the Indian rules.

Brokenshire College School of Medicine MD curriculum

The official MD curriculum for the 2020 to 2021 academic year runs over four years. Each of the first three years has two semesters of subjects. The fourth year is a full clinical clerkship, where students work in hospital departments (Brokenshire College MD curriculum, AY 2020 to 2021).

The fourth-year clerkship is where students see patients every day. It includes a rotation at Brokenshire Hospital covering medicine, paediatrics, surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology.

Brokenshire College School of Medicine scholarships and discounts

Brokenshire College lists these grants for School of Medicine students (Brokenshire College School of Medicine scholarships and discounts).

The first three rows are Philippine government programmes. The academic discounts depend on college honours and grades.

Does the Brokenshire College School of Medicine MD meet NMC rules?

NMC, the National Medical Commission, is India's medical regulator. Its Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations, 2021 decide who can work as a doctor in India after studying abroad. They apply to students who joined a foreign course after 18 November 2021 (NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations, 2021 (PDF)).

This is the part of the decision that matters most. The Brokenshire College School of Medicine curriculum is four years, which is 48 months. The bachelor's degree before it is a separate programme. A family should get the school to state in writing how its MD, internship and Philippine licence route meet each line of the table above before paying any fees.

For how these rules apply to your own start date, see our guide on which NMC rules apply to you and our explainer on how to check NMC and WDOMS recognition. The current NMC documents are listed on the NMC rules and regulations page.

FMGE results for Philippine and Davao medical graduates

FMGE, the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, is run by NBEMS, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences. Every Philippine-trained Indian graduate must pass it before the internship in India (NBEMS FMGE exam page). NBEMS publishes results by country and by school.

Philippines FMGE pass rate against the national figure, 2025

Source: NBEMS FMGE Performance Report 2025. In plain terms, fewer than one in five Philippine-trained candidates passed in each 2025 exam.

Davao Medical School Foundation, the other Davao medical school

Davao Medical School Foundation is the older medical school in the same city. Its official results give a sense of how Davao-trained graduates perform (NBEMS FMGE 2023 report, NBEMS FMGE 2024 report, NBEMS FMGE Performance Report 2025).

For more on that school, see our Davao Medical School Foundation university page and our guide to MBBS at Davao Medical School Foundation. For every country side by side, see our web story on FMGE pass rates by country. Our guide to the FMGE exam explains the paper and the pass mark.

Does futureMBBS place students at Brokenshire College School of Medicine?

No. futureMBBS works with 23 partner universities in 9 European countries: the Czech Republic (5), Hungary (4), Poland (3), Slovakia (3), Croatia (2), Latvia (2), Romania (2), Cyprus (1) and Lithuania (1). The Philippines is not among them (futureMBBS partner universities).

This guide sets out the official facts on Brokenshire College School of Medicine so a family can judge it fairly. If you are comparing the Philippine route with a six-year European degree, our comparison of MBBS in the Philippines and a European medical school walks through both. Our guide to AMA School of Medicine covers another Philippine school on the same rules.

Conclusion: is Brokenshire College School of Medicine right for you?

Brokenshire College School of Medicine is a church-owned, non-profit medical school in Davao City. It opened in 2016 on a campus with seventy years of nursing and hospital history. Its MD is a four-year, graduate-entry programme with a full clinical year. For an Indian student, the deciding question is the NMC rule set: course length, internship and a Philippine licence at par with citizens. Settle those points in writing before committing.

Sources

• Brokenshire College, about page (ownership by the UCCP)

• Brokenshire College, history page (1926 to 2016 timeline, CHED permit)

• Brokenshire College, School of Medicine admission requirements

• Brokenshire College, registrar curriculum page (MD curriculum, AY 2020 to 2021)

• Brokenshire College, programme offerings and international student requirements

• Brokenshire College, School of Medicine scholarships and discounts

• NBEMS, FMGE Performance Report 2025 (June and December 2025 exams)

• NBEMS, country and institute-wise performance in FMGE 2024

• NBEMS, country and institute-wise performance in FMGE 2023

• NBEMS, FMGE exam page

• NMC, Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations, 2021 (PDF)

• NMC, rules and regulations page