President: Professor David Gordon FRCP FMedSci

 

Agencies with Recognition Status

 

To view a list of medical schools that are currently accredited by agencies listed below, please visit the particular agency’s website.

 

 

Agency

 

Country

 

Recognised until

Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP)

Countries of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM

Dominican Republic

 

 

May 2023

 

 

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme vAkreditasyon Derneği

Turkey ¨¨¨ State of Palestine Oman

Qatar Kuwait

Lebanon

 

 

 

 

July 2023

Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS)

 

Canada

 

April 2024

 

Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)

 

United States of America

 

April 2024

Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation (KIMEE)

 

Republic of Korea

 

September 2026

 

 

 

 

Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM)

Selected Caribbean countries¨¨¨:

Anguilla, Aruba, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Maarten, St. Vincent & the Grenadines

 

 

 

 

December 2026

 

Japan Accreditation Council for Medical Education (JACME)

 

Japan

 

March 2027

 

Australian Medical Council (AMC)

 

Australia and New Zealand

 

January 2028

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR)

Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Belarus

Kyrgyz Republic Republic of Moldova State of Palestine Romania

Russian Federation Tajikistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 2028

 

Sudan Medical Council (SMC)

 

Sudan

 

June 2028

National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE)

 

Georgia

 

October 2028

 

Institute for Medical Education Accreditation (IMEAc)

 

Thailand

 

October 2028

Indonesian Accreditation Agency for Higher Education in Health (Lembaga Akreditasi Mandiri Perguruan Tinggi Kesehatan) (IAAHEH/LAM- PTKes)

 

 

Indonesia

Republic of Vanuatu

 

 

 

October 2028

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie) (NVAO)

 

 

Netherlands and Flanders

 

 

November 2028

Mexican Board for Accreditation of Medical Education (Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica (COMAEM)

 

Mexico ¨¨¨ Costa Rica Panama

 

 

April 2029

National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)

 

Egypt

 

April 2029

System of Accreditation of Medical Schools/Sistema de Acreditação de Escolas Médicas (SAEME)

 

 

Brazil

 

 

April 2029

Taiwan Medical Accreditation Council (TMAC)

 

Taiwan

 

April 2029

Secretariat of the Council for Undergraduate Medical Education (SCUME)

 

Iran

 

June 2029

Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA)

 

United Arab Emirates

 

June 2029

Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA)

 

Cyprus

 

February 2030

Working Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Education, Ministry of Education (WCAME)

 

 

China

 

 

June 2030

 

 

 

 

Medical Council of Ireland (MCI)

 

 

Ireland

 

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medical University of Bahrain - Bahrain

 

 

 

 

June 2030

Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions (AQACHEI)

 

Jordan Palestine

 

 

September 2031

 

Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (AQU)

 

Catalonia, Spain

 

October 2031

Agency for Accreditation of Educational Programs and Organizations (AAEPO)

 

Kyrgyzstan

 

March 2032

 

Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB)

 

Hungary

 

March 2032

 

National Center for Academic Accreditations (NCAAA)

 

Saudi Arabia

 

April 2032

American Osteopathic Association, Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOA COCA)

 

 

United States of America

 

 

August 2032

 

Grenada Medical and Dental Council (GMDC)

 

Grenada

 

September 2032

National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA)

 

Spain

 

October 2032

Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health care (ECAQA)

 

 

Kazakhstan

 

 

October 2032

 

Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA)

 

Bahrain

 

November 2032



Agencies currently applying for recognition

Each agency is currently applying for recognition only in the country or countries listed. It cannot be assumed that the agency will in future be awarded WFME Recognition Status in any other country.


 

Agency

 

Country

 

Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences (AHPGS)

Germany Austria

 

Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC)

 

Lithuania

 

Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (CONEAU)

 

Argentina

Conférence Internationale des Doyens et des Facultés de Médecine d’Expression Française (CIDMEF)

 

Selected Francophone Countries (including Cameroon, Morocco and Tunisia)

 

Consejo Nacional de Acreditatión (CNA)

 

Colombia

Council for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education (CAQA)

 

Yemen

 

Council for Higher Education (CHE)

 

Israel

 

Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE)

 

Greece

 

Instituto Acreditación Internacional (IAI)

 

Selected Latin American countries including Panama and Venezuela

Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR)

 

Italy

 

National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education (NAB)

 

Czech Republic

 

National Medical Commission (NMC)

 

India

 

Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC)

 

Pakistan

The Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)

 

Philippines

 

Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC)

 

Sri Lanka

 

Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ)

 

Switzerland


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