The termination of the Vietnamese-German Medical Program: What did the school commit to?

(Dan Tri) - On November 7, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine announced the conclusion related to the Vietnam - Germany Medical Cooperation Program after the German partner announced to stop cooperation from 2027.

The school's conclusion affirms that students of the 2023 and 2024 Vietnamese-German Medical classes will be supported to complete their medical doctor training program as planned, without affecting their registered training program.

Students of the Vietnamese-German Medical Program at the dialogue session with the school on October 22 (Photo: Hoai Nam).

The school proposed 3 solutions to ensure the rights of students. These solutions were discussed and agreed upon by the relevant parties, including Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam - Germany Faculty of Medicine, representatives of Mainz Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany and representatives of students' parents.

Three options include:

Firstly, continue to maintain the cooperation program in a new form, through negotiations with the Minister of Education of the state of Rheinland - Pfalz, Germany to build an innovative training program, suitable for the program at the Mainz Medical Center and current reality, in order to maintain the current national M2 exam.

Second, extend the M2 exam period to 2030. The school will negotiate directly with the German National Institute for Medical and Pharmaceutical Testing (IMPP) to extend the M2 exam provision period for Vietnamese-German students until the end of 2030.

Third, in case the above two options are not feasible, students will be registered to take the M2 exam at medical universities in Germany, under the guidance and support of Prof. Reinhard Urban, representative of the Mainz Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine commits that the training program and study time of students of the Vietnamese-German Medical classes 2023 and 2024 will not change.

Students continue to study according to the program they have been admitted to, completing the M2 and M3 exams with the school's accompaniment within the legal framework.

Any additional costs incurred during the implementation process will also be clearly disclosed.

The move was made after Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz announced that it would stop its cooperation program with Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine after 2027.

The reason comes from the German National Institute for Medical and Pharmaceutical Testing (IMPP) - the unit providing the exam questions for the M1 and M2 Transition exams - changing its policy, stopping providing exam questions outside of Germany from December 31, 2027.

The new IMPP policy has disrupted the organization of M1 and M2 exams for Vietnamese-German Medical students, forcing the Mainz Medical Center to suspend cooperation from the Vietnamese-German Medical course in 2025.

Vietnamese-German Medicine is the training program with the highest tuition fee at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine. In 2025, according to the announcement, the tuition fee of the Vietnamese-German Medicine program is 115 million VND/semester.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/vu-chuong-trinh-y-viet-duc-bi-cham-dut-nha-truong-cam-ket-gi-20251107153152663.htm