IMGs from Ukraine for USMLE and Residency


Ukrainian doctors study for the USMLE and get the ECFMG certificate to apply later on for residency in the US. They apply through ERAS every year to the same programs that interview and match their peers. These programs include the following: IMG Friendly.

Physicians from Ukraine will come to the US ahead of time to do 2-3 months of clinical experience to make their profile more competitive. They will do these rotations in the following hospitals before applying to residency: Observerships.


Ukrainian medical graduates usually come from these medical schools:

Bogomolets National Medical University
Bukovinian State Medical University
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of Health Ministry of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk Medical Institute of Traditional and Non-Traditional Medicine
Dnipropetrovsk National University Faculty of Medicine
Donetsk National Medical University Faculty of General Medicine
I. Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University
International Academy of Ecology and Medicine
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University
Kharkiv National Medical University
Kyiv Medical University of UAFM
Lugansk State Medical University
Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievskiy, Crimean Federal University named after V.I. Vernadsky
Odessa National Medical University
Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University Faculty of Medicine
Stalino Medical Institute
Stanislav Medical Institute
Sumy State University Medical Institute
Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy
Ukrainian Military Medical Academy
Uzhhorod National University Faculty of Medicine
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University School of Medicine
Vinnitsa National Pirogov Memorial Medical University
Zaporozhye State Medical University