Admission into the Faculty of Medicine and Surger, University Of Santo Tomas (UST) has progressively become very competitive.

Freshmen slots are limited and therefore highly competitive.

As a rule, scholastic standing and NMAT performance are given the biggest weight when narrowing the probable candidates for admission.

Hence, to have a good head start, the applicant must present a scholastic performance recorded average of at least 2.00/B+/86%, WITH NO FAILURES before the period of application; and a National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) score of at least eighty-fifth percentile (85%ile).

In addition to the NMAT, the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery reserves the right to require other forms of diagnostic examination/s as may be deemed necessary to further assess the intellectual, psychological, moral, and physical competencies of the applicants, as a supplementary screening procedure.

English proficiency-

English is the medium of instruction in the Faculty.

Non-English speaking international applicants must present TOEFL/ESL results with a total TOEFL score of 93 (and its equivalent in ESL) with a minimum of 22 for Writing and Speaking in order to follow the program.

In addition, international students and/or non-Filipino (non-Tagalog) speaking applicants must learn to speak Filipino as an eventual requirement for second-year to fourth-year levels as they undergo actual patient encounters in the hospital wards and in the ambulatory clinics.

Contact-

University Of Santo Tomas - Ust
Espanasampaloc, Metro Manila, Sampaloc, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines