Hamidiye International School of Medicine is the first international faculty of medicine within the state universities in Turkey, which was established in the 2018-2019 academic year and started to train students from 35 different countries. The curriculum in our faculty consisted of the theoretical and practical courses and clerkships given by 48 departments under Basic, Internal and Surgical Medical Sciences according to the medical school criteria in European countries and according to our goal of the medical education. Graduates are expected to be successful in public institutions and organizations or in the private sector in any part of the world. The students are admitted to our faculty through a nationwide examination (YKS) held by Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) and through a Foreign Student Examination (YOS). Transfer students are also admitted from equal national or international programs.  

Education language in the first year is 100% English whereas in the 2nd year and 3rd year, Turkish and English with changeable ratios. In the 4th, 5th and 6th years of medical education courses and clerkships are delivered 100% in Turkish. The admitted students are required to be successful in the English Proficiency Examination. Students whose level of English are insufficient to follow courses, are required to enroll in the English Language Preparatory Program for a year. 

On 5th of June 2020, Istanbul Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar City Hospital being training and research hospital of Ministry of Health was affiliated to our faculty as a health practice and research center. Hamidiye International School of Medicine focuses on the medical core lessons with the experts in their scientific fields and the maximum clinical experince with wide internship and versatile training opportunities in terms of patient diversity.  

Within the frame of the student exchange program agreements that we made, such as Erasmus or Mevlana, students have several opportunities to study in different countries for a while. Our faculty, which provides bilingual education, aims to contribute to the international relations and cooperation of our country thanks to the foreign students that we host, and to make our guest students become physicians who will provide high-level services in the field of health when they return to their home countries. Our purpose is to graduate physicians serving in different parts of the world in term of positive communication in business life depending on ethical values and with sufficient medical knowledge and skills.