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Govi-Altai Branch School

Branch medical school founded in Altai in 1967 that trains doctors and health professionals for the western provinces.

students
997
teachers
35
staff
37

Source: MNUMS presentation, October 2026

ContactErkh chuluu street, Orgil bag, Yesönbulag soum, Govi-AltaiPhone: 7048 3491Email: websitegamnums@gmail.com

Curriculum

Programmes offered by the school.

Medical Doctor

Bachelor

Doctor of Traditional Medicine

Bachelor

Doctor of Dental Surgery

Bachelor

Paediatrician

Bachelor

Biomedical Scientist

Bachelor

Pharmacist

Bachelor

Nurse

Bachelor

Midwife

Bachelor

Nurse

Associate degree

Midwife

Associate degree

Laboratory Technician

Associate degree

Pharmacy Technician

Associate degree

Traditional Medicine Nurse

Associate degree

About the school

Founded in 1967

Known as the «Altai medical school», it was founded as Mongolia's 19th specialised secondary school. Today it trains medical doctors, nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians, pharmacy technicians and traditional-medicine nurses; with some 9,000 graduates it supplies the health workforce of the western provinces. About 1,000 students study here and 78 staff work here; 26.2% of its teachers hold a doctorate. Since 1999 it has held a teachers' and students' research conference every year.

Structure: Offices of Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation; Finance; Academic Affairs; Student Affairs; Clinical Development; Research and Information Technology. Departments of Basic Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy and Biomedicine, and Clinical Medicine.

graduates
9000+
teachers with a doctorate
26.2%
dormitory places
300

Dean's greeting

Our school, known as the «Altai medical school», was founded in 1967. For more than fifty years it has trained generation after generation of skilled doctors and health professionals. Strengthening the union of education, research and health care, we give special attention to the quality of teaching, a supportive environment, the continuing development of teachers and researchers, and the conditions for research, so as to train professionals who meet the needs of the international labour market.
Dr. D. GundegmaaDirector, PhD in Education

History

  1. 1967Founded by resolution No. 203 of the Presidium of the People's Great Khural as a medical secondary school for midwives and feldshers in Altai; teaching began on 5 October with 5 teachers and 80 students
  2. 1996Merged with the provincial general hospital as the Medical Centre
  3. 1997Medical College of the National Medical University
  4. 1999The first rural university or college to pass institutional accreditation (again in 2004 and 2015)
  5. 2003Medical College of the Health Sciences University of Mongolia
  6. 2012Hosted its first international research conference on nursing education
  7. 2014Govi-Altai branch Medical School of MNUMS
  8. 2021–2022The new school building opened, with the school's outpatient clinic and clinical laboratory (from 17 January 2022)

Leadership

Dr. D. GundegmaaDirector
Ch. NarantsetsegHead of the Academic Office
O. BatjargalHead, Department of Basic Sciences
Ch. MandalsaikhanHead, Department of Nursing
D. OyuntsetsegHead, Department of Pharmacy and Biomedicine
G. SarangerelHead, Department of Clinical Medicine

Admission

Entrance exam subjects and threshold scores of this school's programmes.

CampusProgrammesExam 1ThresholdExam 2Threshold
Govi-AltaiMedical DoctorChemistry, Mathematics430Biology, Physics430
Govi-AltaiDoctor of Traditional MedicineChemistry, Mathematics430Biology, Physics430
Govi-AltaiDoctor of Dental SurgeryChemistry, Mathematics430Biology, Physics430
Govi-AltaiBiomedical ScientistChemistry, Mathematics430Biology, Physics430
Govi-AltaiPharmacistChemistry, Mathematics430Biology, Physics430
Govi-AltaiPaediatricianChemistry, Mathematics430Biology, Physics430
Govi-AltaiNurseChemistry, Biology430Skills430
Govi-AltaiMidwifeChemistry, Biology430Skills430
Govi-AltaiLaboratory TechnicianChemistry, Biology410Skills430
Govi-AltaiPharmacy TechnicianChemistry, Biology410Skills410
Govi-AltaiNurseChemistry, Biology410Skills430
Govi-AltaiMidwifeChemistry, Biology410Skills430
Govi-AltaiTraditional Medicine NurseChemistry, Biology410Skills410
Admission requirements →

Learning environment

The new building (2021) houses the school's outpatient clinic (internal medicine, neurology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, traditional medicine) on the ground floor and a clinical laboratory with a microbiology room on B1. The four-storey dormitory for 300 students (1983) was named the year's best in 2015 and 2018; there is a clinical skills room, an internet room with 10 computers and a library with 56 seats and over 2,700 books.

Contact

Erkh chuluu street, Orgil bag, Yesönbulag soum, Govi-Altai
7048 3491websitegamnums@gmail.com

Please consult the Academic Affairs Office for official information on programmes and timelines. info@mnums.edu.mn