Established in 1996 as Penang Medical College, RUMC is a Foreign University Branch Campus that graduates high performing doctors.
With over 200 years of excellence, RCSI is Ireland’s largest medical school and is ranked in the Top 2% by the Times Higher World University Rankings.
Founded in 1855, the UCD School of Medicine is one of Ireland’s leading medical schools. It is one of Europe’s top research-universities and has a wide network of partnerships across the globe.
Globally recognised education of the highest standards delivered transnationally.
Experience the best of both worlds and obtain an NUI degree at a lower cost.
Unrivalled access to quality training hospitals with low student-to-patient ratio.
Immersive pre-clinical studies at RCSI or UCD in
Ireland
High quality clinical training prepares students to excel as doctors
Applicable to compulsory subjects | Other programmes considered on a case-to-case basis
A part of my RUMC experience has taught me to work hard not for the mere sake of excelling in exams but that someone might feel safe in my care; that patients are not collections of signs and symptoms awaiting a solution, but human in every sense of the word.
Best All Round Student
Winner - Penang Medical Practitioner’s Society’s Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu book prize