Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy (HPUMP) has a founding history that connects it directly to Vietnam's premier medical institution. Established in 1979 as a branch of Hanoi Medical University serving the medical education needs of northern Vietnam's most important port city it operated for decades under HMU's academic umbrella before becoming an independent institution and receiving its current name in 2013. This HMU heritage is significant: HPUMP's foundational curriculum, faculty training, and academic standards were shaped by Vietnam's oldest and most prestigious medical institution from its very first day. The academic DNA that has produced Vietnam's leading physicians runs through HPUMP's institutional history.
Hai Phong is Vietnam's third-largest city and the country's most important deep-water port the primary maritime gateway for northern Vietnam's import-export economy. Located approximately 100 kilometres east of Hanoi on the Gulf of Tonkin coast, it is a major industrial and commercial city with a population of approximately 2.1 million. For students, Hai Phong offers a significantly lower cost of living than Hanoi while maintaining full urban amenities, good transport connections to Hanoi (approximately 1.5β2 hours by road, or 1 hour by express train), and a growing international community driven by the city's industrial and commercial activity.
HPUMP's General Medicine programme begins with foundational medical sciences and progresses into clinical training conducted at affiliated hospitals in Hai Phong. The university's flagship clinical affiliate is a 5,000-bed hospital one of the largest teaching hospital complexes available to any Vietnamese medical university ensuring that students have substantial access to patient cases across a full spectrum of medical disciplines during their clinical training years. This bed capacity is genuinely exceptional and provides a depth of clinical access that universities with smaller affiliated hospitals cannot match.
HPUMP is recognised by NMC (India), WHO, and FAIMER, and is listed in the WDOMS. Annual tuition is approximately USD 3,500β4,000 per year (approximately βΉ3.15β3.6 lakh), with total 6-year MBBS costs of approximately USD 25,000β30,000 (βΉ22β27 lakh). Hostel accommodation provides separate facilities for male and female students with Indian food options. A direct, less-than-4-hour flight from India to Hai Phong Cat Bi International Airport (or Hanoi airport, approximately 1.5 hours from Hai Phong) makes travel logistics manageable. Education loans from Indian banks are available for students financing their studies.
