Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Six-Year Medical Program
- Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
- New York, USA
M.D.
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Six-Year Medical Program at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q), the first American medical school outside the US, combines a two-year pre-medical curriculum and a four-year medical curriculum. Pre-medical years teach basic sciences with lab sessions matching Ithaca campus and demonstrations. After promotion review, medical curriculum gives two years of basic science followed by two years of clinical training, emphasizing clinical skills, biomedical research, and population health.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue physician, clinical researcher, public health specialist, or healthcare leader roles. They’ll enter residency, clinical practice, academic medicine, or roles in health policy, biomedical research, or hospital administration.
The Six-Year Medical Program is structured as a sequence of two curricula:
Pre-Medical Curriculum:
The pre-medical curriculum at WCM-Q consists of two years. It is designed to prepare students to meet the educational requirements and rigors of the medical curriculum of the Six-Year Medical Program. The course content focuses on aspects of the basic sciences that have direct relevance to the field of medicine. The courses are identical to those taught at the Ithaca campus and include laboratory sessions as well as demonstration experiments given during the lecture periods.
Medical Curriculum:
Upon completion of the pre-medical curriculum, students are reviewed for promotion to the medical curriculum of the Six-Year Medical Program. The medical curriculum consists of four years. Students will take basic science courses in the first two years of the medical curriculum and then take clinical-based courses in the third and fourth years.
