By: Ararat L. Osipian
Published by: World Voices Nexus: The WCCES Chronicle
In early 2022, international students were exiting Ukraine en masse due to the war. This exodus resulted in academic stalemate. Problems with coursework, degree recognition, and enrollment in medical programs in their home countries or the EU caught many of them by surprise. Some international students opted to return to the war-torn Ukraine in order to complete their medical degrees. Ukraine is a low-cost academic destination, especially when it comes to medical degrees. Students from Asian and African countries, including India and Nigeria, attended medical universities in Ukraine. Now they face problems of displacement, degree recognition, mismatch in national standards, restricted access to medical education, low quality training, protectionism, corruption, on-going military aggression, and financial and legal problems.