7 key reasons Indian students are choosing to study medicine abroad

With NEET-UG 2025 witnessing over 23 lakh aspirants vying for just 1.1 lakh MBBS seats, studying medicine abroad is becoming a pragmatic solution for thousands of Indian students. Faced with limited opportunities and rising costs at home, they are turning to international institutions offering better infrastructure, early clinical exposure, and structured global pathways—not as compromise, but strategy.