Singapore adds Manipal University to medical colleges for taking in doctors

Aspiring doctors in Singapore can study in another eight overseas institutions, including Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India, as the city-state will recognise degrees from these universities to meet growing demand from the ageing population.

The newly approved schools will help Singapore better meet the growing demand for doctors amid an ageing population, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

The latest addition of the eight universities brings the total number of recognised overseas



medical schools in Singapore from 112 to 120 as of February 1, 2026. 

The Ministry said it has accepted SMC’s recommendation to add eight medical schools to the Second Schedule of the Medical Registration Act 1997.

Besides Manipal, the other universities added to the medical college lists are: Adelaide University in Australia, University of Galway in Ireland, Universiti Sains Malaysia in Malaysia, The Aga Khan University Medical College in Pakistan, Tsinghua University in China, University of Exeter in Britain and City St George’s, University of London in Britain.