Govi-Altai Branch School
Branch medical school founded in Altai in 1967 that trains doctors and health professionals for the western provinces.
Source: MNUMS presentation, October 2026
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.
History
- 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
- 1996Merged with the provincial general hospital as the Medical Centre
- 1997Medical College of the National Medical University
- 1999The first rural university or college to pass institutional accreditation (again in 2004 and 2015)
- 2003Medical College of the Health Sciences University of Mongolia
- 2012Hosted its first international research conference on nursing education
- 2014Govi-Altai branch Medical School of MNUMS
- 2021–2022The new school building opened, with the school's outpatient clinic and clinical laboratory (from 17 January 2022)
Leadership
Admission
Entrance exam subjects and threshold scores of this school's programmes.
| Campus | Programmes | Exam 1 | Threshold | Exam 2 | Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Govi-Altai | Medical Doctor | Chemistry, Mathematics | 430 | Biology, Physics | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Doctor of Traditional Medicine | Chemistry, Mathematics | 430 | Biology, Physics | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Doctor of Dental Surgery | Chemistry, Mathematics | 430 | Biology, Physics | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Biomedical Scientist | Chemistry, Mathematics | 430 | Biology, Physics | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Pharmacist | Chemistry, Mathematics | 430 | Biology, Physics | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Paediatrician | Chemistry, Mathematics | 430 | Biology, Physics | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Nurse | Chemistry, Biology | 430 | Skills | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Midwife | Chemistry, Biology | 430 | Skills | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Laboratory Technician | Chemistry, Biology | 410 | Skills | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Pharmacy Technician | Chemistry, Biology | 410 | Skills | 410 |
| Govi-Altai | Nurse | Chemistry, Biology | 410 | Skills | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Midwife | Chemistry, Biology | 410 | Skills | 430 |
| Govi-Altai | Traditional Medicine Nurse | Chemistry, Biology | 410 | Skills | 410 |
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