Ternopil State Medical University 2026: Fees, FMGE

Ternopil State Medical University, now officially I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU), is a state medical university in western Ukraine, founded in 1957. English-medium Medicine costs USD 3,500 in year one and USD 4,100 a year after that. Its graduates passed FMGE at 35.21% in December 2025.

Updated on 1 October 2026.

Key Takeaways

• Fees. Medicine in English costs USD 24,000 for six years: USD 3,500 in year one, then USD 4,100 a year (TNMU tuition fees for international students).

• Entrance exam. Medicine applicants sit online tests in biology and English, 24 multiple choice questions each (TNMU admission procedure for international students).

• NEET UG is required. NMC requires every Indian student who studies medicine abroad to qualify NEET first (NMC information desk for students going abroad).

• FMGE results above the Ukraine average. TNMU graduates passed at 35.21% in December 2025, against 21.48% for all Ukraine graduates (NBEMS FMGE Performance Report 2025).

• Online study needs making up. TNMU lets international students study fully online during martial law. Under NMC's 18 March 2026 notice, online time must be made up in person (NMC public notice of 18 March 2026).

• Embassy advice is unchanged. The Embassy of India in Kyiv's latest advisory, dated 25 October 2022, asks all Indian citizens to leave Ukraine (Embassy of India advisory, 25 October 2022).

What is Ternopil State Medical University?

Ternopil State Medical University is the name many Indian families still search for. The official name today is I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, shortened to TNMU. Its web address, tdmu.edu.ua, still carries the initials of the older name. It is a state university in Ternopil, a city in western Ukraine (Study in Ukraine entry for TNMU).

For the wider country picture, read our MBBS in Ukraine guide. This page covers TNMU only.

Ternopil State Medical University at a glance

Sources for the table: TNMU announcement of the new rector, TNMU hospitals and clinical training centres, TNMU tuition fees and TNMU 60 years of achievements.

Courses at Ternopil State Medical University for international students

TNMU admits international school leavers to four first-year programmes on the official Study in Ukraine system (TNMU admission procedure). Each one has its own programme code.

TNMU also runs Physical Therapy, Public Health, Paramedic and Master's Nursing programmes for international students. For an Indian student who wants to practise in India, only English-medium Medicine fits NMC rules. The NMC section below explains why.

Ternopil State Medical University fees

TNMU publishes its fees in US dollars. These are the fees set for the 2025 to 2026 academic year, written into the contract of each student admitted in that period (TNMU tuition fees for international students). The fee in the signed contract stays the same until the end of the course.

Other costs at Ternopil State Medical University

• Hostel. One bed in a double or triple room cost between UAH 1,390 and UAH 1,825 a month from September 2025 to August 2026.

• Invitation letter. The Ukrainian State Center for International Education charged UAH 3,100 for the invitation in 2025.

• Missed classes. Clinical and medical-biological classes missed without a valid reason are made up for a fee, UAH 230 for a two-hour class.

• Travel support for offline study. TNMU charges UAH 15,000 (about USD 390) for logistical support from Moldova.

• Academic difference. Transfer students pay UAH 191 an hour for English-medium Medicine subjects they still need to cover.

All of these come from the TNMU payment information page. Food, insurance, visa and travel are extra. Our guide to money needed for MBBS abroad explains how to budget for them.

Who can apply to Ternopil State Medical University from India?

• NEET UG qualification. NMC says Indian citizens who study medicine abroad must qualify NEET UG. The result stays valid for three years (NMC information desk for students going abroad).

• Class 12 certificate with marks. The school documents are the basis for admission and must carry an apostille stamp.

• Pass in the TNMU entrance exam. For Medicine, the tests are in biology and the language of study.

• Valid passport. The passport needs a notarised Ukrainian translation.

Our guide on whether NEET is required for MBBS abroad explains the NEET rule in full.

Ternopil State Medical University entrance exam and deadlines

Every international school leaver sits the TNMU entrance exam (TNMU admission procedure).

• Subjects for Medicine. Biology and the language of instruction, English or Ukrainian.

• Format. Multiple choice questions, 24 in each subject.

• Where. Online or in person. The applicant tells the Dean's office which one they choose.

• Invitation first. A student cannot sit the exam without the official invitation letter to study.

The deadlines come from the TNMU fees page, which lists them for Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing.

How to apply to Ternopil State Medical University, step by step

The steps below follow the TNMU admission page for international students (TNMU admission procedure). The invitation goes through Ukraine's official system (Study in Ukraine application system).

1. Send scanned documents to the International Students Faculty. This means the passport, the school certificate with marks, and a consent form for personal data.

2. Apply on the Study in Ukraine system. Choose I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University and Medicine, code 70535.

3. Upload the passport and apostilled school documents. TNMU reviews them and sends an educational offer.

4. Accept the offer. Fill in the second form and upload a photograph.

5. Receive the invitation letter to study. A government check may come first.

6. Sit the entrance exam, online or in person.

7. Apply for a student visa at the Embassy of Ukraine with the invitation letter.

8. Pay the tuition fee straight into the university account.

9. Tell the Dean's office your arrival date and entry point. Entry into Ukraine is currently through a third country.

Documents Ternopil State Medical University asks for on arrival

These are handed to the Dean's office of the International Students Faculty in person (TNMU admission procedure).

• Passport with a valid student visa, plus its notarised Ukrainian translation.

• Class 12 certificate and marks sheet, original and copy, apostilled and translated into Ukrainian.

• Birth certificate, original and copy, translated into Ukrainian.

• Health and general fitness certificate, valid for two months from issue, translated into Ukrainian.

• Negative HIV test certificate, valid for two months from issue, translated into Ukrainian.

• 12 passport photos, 3.5 by 4.5 cm.

Ternopil State Medical University FMGE results from 2023 to 2025

FMGE, the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, is the test a foreign graduate must pass to work as a doctor in India. NBEMS, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, runs it and publishes results for each university (NBEMS FMGE page). NBEMS lists TNMU graduates under I Ya Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University.

Across these four years, 735 TNMU graduates sat FMGE and 290 passed. That is close to 39%, or roughly two in five.

For comparison, all Ukraine graduates passed at 18.62% in June 2025 (546 of 2,933) and 21.48% in December 2025 (638 of 2,970). Nationally, 23.94% of all candidates passed in December 2025. See our FMGE pass rates for MBBS abroad and the country-wise FMGE pass rate web story.

What NMC rules would a Ternopil State Medical University student have to meet?

NMC, the National Medical Commission, is India's medical regulator. Students who join a foreign medical course now follow the NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations 2021 (NMC FMGL Regulations 2021). Our guide on which NMC rules apply to you explains them in full.

On the Ukrainian licence, TNMU told Indian students admitted after November 2021, in January 2024, that graduates could take a two-year Family Medicine internship in Ukrainian, followed by the Krok-3 exam (TNMU important information for international students).

NMC online study rule for Ternopil State Medical University students

TNMU says international students can currently study fully online or offline during martial law, with classes on Microsoft Teams (TNMU admission page). This matters for India. On 18 March 2026, NMC clarified how online study counts for foreign medical graduates (NMC public notice of 18 March 2026). Our web story on the NMC online classes rule gives the short version.

• Online time must be made up in person. Any theory, practical or internship period taught online must be compensated by physical attendance at the parent foreign university.

• The university must arrange it. This can be through extra classes or a longer course.

• A compensatory certificate is needed. The graduate shows a certificate from the university, with transcripts, confirming the online part was made up in person.

• Otherwise, clerkship in India. A graduate who did not make up the online time must complete one or two years of supervised hospital training in India.

• State Medical Councils check before registration. They check the FMGE pass and the compensation, including passport entry and exit stamps.

What happened to Indian students in Ukraine after 2022?

Indian students in Ukraine were brought home under Operation Ganga between 26 February and 11 March 2022 (NMC public notice of 7 December 2023). NMC then issued one-time measures for these students.

Sources: NMC notices of 6 and 15 September 2022 and the NMC public notice of 7 December 2023. None of these relaxations applies to a student joining TNMU now.

Is it safe to study at Ternopil State Medical University in 2026?

The Embassy of India in Kyiv has not changed its advice since October 2022. Its advisory of 25 October 2022 asks all Indian citizens in Ukraine to leave immediately by available means (Embassy of India advisory, 25 October 2022). It builds on the advisory of 19 October 2022.

It is still the newest advisory on the Embassy of India advisory page. A family should read it before any other step towards TNMU.

Clinical training at Ternopil State Medical University

TNMU has 36 clinical departments in 25 regional and city healthcare facilities, as well as in Rivne and Zhytomyr. The clinical bases hold 5,195 beds in all (TNMU hospitals and clinical training centres). The main ones are:

• Ternopil Regional Clinical Hospital, home to surgery, anaesthesiology, internal medicine and ENT departments.

• Ternopil Regional Municipal Children's Clinic, for paediatrics and paediatric surgery.

• Ternopil Regional Oncology Clinic, for oncology and radiotherapy.

• Ternopil Municipal Emergency Hospital, for surgery, traumatology and infectious diseases.

• Ternopil Regional Clinic of Neurology and Psychiatry, for neurology and psychiatry.

• Ternopil Regional TB Dispensary, for phthisiology, the study of tuberculosis.

Does futureMBBS place students at Ternopil State Medical University?

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

For one example, see our page on MBBS in Hungary. For another western Ukrainian university, see our guide to Lviv National Medical University. To check any university for India, read how to check NMC and WDOMS recognition.

Conclusion: Ternopil State Medical University in 2026

Ternopil State Medical University, now TNMU, has trained doctors since 1957. English-medium Medicine costs USD 24,000 over six years at the published fees. Its graduates pass FMGE well above the Ukraine average, at 35.21% in December 2025.

Two facts weigh most for an Indian family. India's embassy still asks its citizens to leave Ukraine. And any online study at TNMU must be made up in person, under NMC's 18 March 2026 notice.

Frequently asked questions about Ternopil State Medical University

Sources

• I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University: official website

• TNMU: admission procedure for international students

• TNMU: tuition fees, hostel and other costs for international students

• TNMU: important information for international students

• TNMU: hospitals and clinical training centres

• TNMU: new rector appointed, February 2026

• TNMU: 60 years of achievements

• Study in Ukraine (Ukrainian State Center for International Education): TNMU

• Study in Ukraine: application system for foreigners

• Embassy of India, Kyiv: Advisory to Indian Nationals in Ukraine, 25 October 2022

• Embassy of India, Kyiv: advisories page

• NMC: information desk for students to study abroad

• NMC: physical onsite compensation for online studies, 18 March 2026

• NMC: public notice on Foreign Medical Graduates, 7 December 2023

• NMC: Academic Mobility Programme notices, September 2022

• NMC: Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021

• NMC: rules and regulations page

• NBEMS: FMGE Performance Report 2025

• NBEMS: FMGE 2024 country and institute-wise report

• NBEMS: FMGE 2023 country and institute-wise report

• NBEMS: FMGE exam page