{"id":52,"date":"2018-05-03T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T14:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:32:06","slug":"study-medicine-abroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/study-medicine-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Medicine Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1525959363065{padding-top: 26px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1664795213731{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2 class=\"university_title\">Study Medicine Abroad<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10939 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/difc-arrow-with-line.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 24px;\">Study medicine abroad in one of the best universities in the world with DIFC.<\/h4>\n<p>Are you an international student who wants to study Medicine abroad to become a doctor?<\/p>\n<p>The International Foundation Year \u2013 Health Science programme is a specialised university foundation course designed to support international students to progress to study Medicine abroad in leading Medical Universities.<\/p>\n<p>We have two intakes in each academic year- September and January.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][mk_button corner_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; 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