RAK College of Medical Sciences offers Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program, comprising of 2 years of pre-clerkship (integrated, applied basic sciences) courses and 3 years of clinical clerkship courses. After graduation, one year of Internship is required as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, UAE to practice Medicine in the UAE. The curriculum has been developed to provide learning opportunities enabling medical students to acquire fundamental knowledge, develop basic skills and appropriate principles relevant to health care in the context of the community. The five year curriculum has been designed to follow integrated and problem based approach to medical science. It integrates basic sciences with clinical sciences to enable the students to apply their knowledge to health care and develop a professional and compassionate approach to the analysis and management of health care. The MBBS program obtained Initial Accreditation from Ministry of Higher Education, UAE in July 2006 and the first academic session commenced in Oct 2006. First Batch has been graduated in 2011. After successful evaluations annually upto 2012, the accreditation is renewed upto 30th November 2015. Required Credit Hours: minimum hours