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A 95 per cent school average, one ministry admission platform and no fee before registration: due diligence on Ibn Sina University's College of Medicine in Baghdad
Iraq accredits medical colleges one by one through its National Council for Accreditation of Medical Colleges (NCAMC), which the World Federation for Medical Education lists as holding recognition status until February 2034. WFME says recognised agencies fulfil the requirements of ECFMG's Recognized Accreditation Policy, so a college's NCAMC status matters to any graduate seeking US licensing. When recognition was announced in February 2024, the University of Duhok reported that five colleges held full accreditation, Baghdad, Al-Kindy, Kufa, Hawler and Duhok, all at public universities, with others holding partial accreditation.
Ibn Sina University for Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences is a private (ahli) university in Baghdad licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which uses it in its 2026/2027 guide as the example of a single-speciality medical university. Its website says it was founded in 2014 and lists two colleges, Medicine and Dentistry. A University of Baghdad report of 25 September 2017 describes ministry planning for a new medical school there, and the university's news feed shows the College of Medicine photographing only its fourth graduating batch on 6 April 2026. Sixth-year teaching and exams take place at Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital.
Nothing here is an allegation against the university: no fraud case, court action, strike, closure or embassy advisory naming it was found. No published NCAMC or ministry announcement found by this research names Ibn Sina's College of Medicine among accredited colleges, and the university's own site makes no accreditation claim. In March 2026 a ministry notice, reposted by the University of Kerbala, reportedly directed private universities to complete programme accreditation or face suspended admissions. Put those questions to the college and the ministry in writing.
The ministry guide leaves an agent almost nothing to sell. Private general medicine requires a school-leaving average of 95 per cent or more. Every application runs through the ministry's electronic platform Qaddim, and holders of non-Iraqi certificates apply only after an equivalence from Iraq's Ministry of Education. Private universities may not collect tuition, deposits or any other sum before formal registration, nor allocate seats, grant preliminary admission or "reserve a seat" outside that system. Anyone offering to reserve an Iraqi private medical seat for money is operating outside Iraqi rules.
For an Indian family, the NMC endorses no list of foreign institutions and requires a NEET qualification for MBBS abroad and the FMGE before registration; Iraq does not appear in the published 2024 country-wise FMGE table. Check the name: a consultancy page titled "Ibn Sina University Faculty of Medicine" actually describes an unrelated Saudi college. Ask the college for its NCAMC status in writing, apply only through Qaddim, pay nothing before the ministerial order, and keep your originals.
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