Medicine
The Universities of Groningen and Maastricht have developed a special preparation programme for all scholarship students of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia studying Medicine in the Netherlands, a so-called pre-medical programme. Before you can enter medical school you must pass the pre-medical programme. This programme will take a maximum of twelve months and will start immediately after your arrival.
Pre-medical programme
Medical programme
Language requirements for Saudi Arabian Students
Studying medicine in Maastricht or Groningen requires language proficiency in both English and Dutch. It is desirable that students should have a good level of proficiency in English (IELTS 5.0 or higher) even before coming to the Netherlands.
In the early stages of their education, students from Saudi Arabia will be able to study in English for the most part, because text books are in English and classes are also taught in English where necessary. But after some time, students should at least gain sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language to be able to
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communicate well with patients in order to conduct the anamnesis and to explain the required tests
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to co-operate well with fellow students and various health professionals in clinical settings
For this reason, intensive classes are offered during the preparatory curriculum, which precedes the study of medicine, to improve students' proficiency in English and to bring their Dutch up to the required level. Focus will be on English initially to enable students to have a thorough understanding of the literature used from the very start of their medicine curriculum. Dutch lessons will follow at a later stage during the preparatory curriculum, because there is ample opportunity early in the medicine curriculum to develop greater proficiency in the Dutch language.
