Program comparison · 2026
Medicine in North Cyprus: a fee comparison across all medical schools
Medicine is the single highest-stakes program in the TRNC catalogue — six years of commitment, the largest fee outlays on the island, and the strictest recognition gauntlet downstream. This page lays out the comparison that matters: published fee per year, what each accreditation stack actually unlocks, and which choices line up with which home-country licensure pathway.
| University | Language | Headline fee/year | After scholarship |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEU Near East University | English | €12,600 | €13,515 |
| NEU Near East University | TR | €12,600 | €13,515 |
| GAU Girne American University | English | €13,000 | €13,000 |
| CIU Cyprus International University | English | €15,068 | €7,534 |
| EUL European University of Lefke | English | €16,000 | €12,000 |
| EMU Eastern Mediterranean University | English | $18,140 | $18,140 |
Sorted by the lower of the two fee figures. The headline rate is the university’s gross published price; the after-scholarship rate is what an international student actually pays per year under the standard institutional scholarship tier. EMU’s table publishes only the post-tier figure; NEU’s fee column includes VAT and admin in the right-hand column for unscholarshipped Medicine rows.
What each accreditation stack actually unlocks
NEU
- WFME recognition for the Faculty of Medicine — the cleanest globally-portable signal
- Own teaching hospital (Near East Hospital, TEMOS-certified) for clinical rotations on-site
- Cohort heavy with Nigerian + Iranian + Pakistani students
EMU
- Program run jointly with Marmara University (Türkiye); part of clinical training in Istanbul
- TEPDAD (Türkiye), ECFMG (US graduate eligibility), WDOMS directory listing
- Public-university status, only public uni in TRNC
GAU
- WDOMS directory listing for the medical faculty
- Diverse international cohort; 135 reported nationalities university-wide
- Per-faculty pricing model rather than per-program
How fee differences play out over six years
Annualised, the spread above looks modest. Compounded across the full six-year MBBS program, it is anything but: the gap between the lowest and highest TRNC medical school can land in the USD 30,000–50,000 range over the degree, before accommodation, living expenses, and licensure-exam preparation. For Nigerian students that gap is comparable to a year of Nigerian private medical school tuition; for Indian students it is roughly INR 25–40 lakh in 2026 terms.
Choose on accreditation strength first: WFME (NEU) for the cleanest global recognition signal; TEPDAD + ECFMG + the joint-Marmara structure (EMU) for the public-university credibility with US graduate-eligibility coverage; WDOMS listing alone (GAU) for the most documentation-heavy path but the lowest published price.