Each year, 70 positions are offered to Saudis physicians interested in being recruited in the French residency program to obtain a French specialization degree !
The application starts in the beginning of each year and all the medical specialties are available.
The application requirements are:
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To be a Saudi citizen
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To be less than 33 years old
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To hold a bachelor degree in Medicine from a Saudi university. If the bachelor degree was obtained from a foreign country, having an equivalence from the Saudi Ministry of Education is mandatory.
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To have an average GPA: 2.8 out of 4 or 3.5 out of 5 for Saudi universities; and 70% for foreign universities.
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To have financial guarantee from a governmental institute (Scholarship).
Dentists and other medical professions are not included in the French residency program.
If your application is selected, the scholarship of the program will support a-one-intensive year to learn French in France, before your specialization, in order to reach the certification DELF B2. Indeed, you will follow a patient-centered program in the frame of which you will daily meet French-speaking patients.
How to apply ?
The application process will be launched online, directly from a website dedicated to the Saudi French Program with the detailed procedure : https://fr.moe.gov.sa/ar/Pages/default.aspx
You need to upload the documents listed below online to complete your application :
- Letter of motivation / Statement letter
- Curriculum vitae / Resumé
- Degrees including graduation certificates, internship certificates, accreditation, etc
- Grade transcripts
- Letters of recommendations / Reference letters
- Copy of your passport
Fellowship
The French Ministry of Health is offering to foreign practitioners from non-EU countries the opportunity to subspecialize in a hands-on fellowship in the French hospitals. They can be combined with high-level teaching programs, in the medical, dental and pharmaceutical fields. A temporary license for medicine is offered by the French Board for the duration of the training in order to be able to practice.
To be sure not to miss the next call and to have all the information about the program, do not hesitate to get in touch with the French Regional Counsellor for Health in the Middle-East.
Fellowship
French Regional Counsellor for Health in the Middle-East
pierre.houpikian@diplomatie.gouv.fr
