Africa Medical College

Health and medical education

Africa Medical College (AMC) began as a diploma college. Its website says it was established in 2005 "to address the shortage of healthcare professionals in Ethiopia". It started with diploma programmes in clinical nursing, medical laboratory, pharmacy and X-ray. It now teaches at TVET, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The 2020 Ethiopian Medical Journal history names it among Ethiopia's first private medical schools.

Doctor of Medicine

The World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS) lists AMC's six-year medical programme as taught since 2011, with graduation years from 2017. The directory's sponsor notes cover ECFMG eligibility and Canadian acceptability. That is a directory listing, not an Ethiopian accreditation.

The college's own newsletter, AMC Today, reports MD graduations:

• 48 MD graduates (32 women, 16 men), reported in February 2024.
• 44 MD graduates (28 women, 16 men) on 16 November 2024, which the newsletter calls the sixth MD graduation.

The January 2025 issue reports that St. Peter Hospital offered permanent jobs to two outstanding new graduates. It says the hospital had seen them during their training there, including the internship. The college does not publish a full list of its clinical training sites. A research article in a 2025 issue was based at Ras Desta General Hospital.

Other health programmes

The website lists these undergraduate programmes:

• Doctor of Medicine
• Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Medical radiology technology
• Medical laboratory technology

Its TVET (Level 4) programmes are radiography, nursing, pharmacy, dental therapy and medical laboratory. The leadership list also names heads for dental medicine, public health and a Master of Public Health. Newsletters report graduates in Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDM) and public health.

The September 2023 issue reports more than 560 graduates that year across programmes. These included:

• 91 MPH
• 48 DDM
• 165 pharmacy
• 104 medical radiology technology
• 52 medical laboratory technology
• 55 nursing
• 30 public health
• 118 TVET radiography

Licences and accreditation the college publishes

AMC posts scanned regulator letters on its website. They say:

• MD, Medical Laboratory Technology, Nursing and Pharmacy (Legehar campus): HERQA re-accreditation, regular programme, intake of no more than 50 students per programme, valid until August 2024.
• Medical Radiology Technology (Stadium campus): HERQA re-accreditation, intake of up to 50, valid from 13 January 2021 to 12 January 2026.
• Master of Public Health (General) (Legehar campus): ETA licence renewal, intake of up to 45, valid from 5 September 2022 to 4 September 2027.

The published MD letter has expired, and we found no newer one online. In February 2024 the college said it had formed self-evaluation committees to prepare for the ETA's new "advanced form of accreditation", starting with medicine. AMC does not yet appear on the ETA's online register. As of November 2026 that register lists 13 programme accreditations, none of them at a private college.

Exit exam results (self-reported)

The college reports national exit-exam results in its newsletter. These are its own figures:

• First round, 2023. More than 60% of AMC students who sat the exam scored 50% or above, against a 17.2% pass rate across private institutions nationally.
• Second round, 2024. 63 of 72 candidates (85.5%) passed, including 93.88% of MD candidates and 73.5% of DDM candidates.
• January 2025 issue. The dean said 62% of students who sat that year's exam scored above 50%.
• March 2025 issue. Nearly half of all candidates passed, but 19 of 20 MD candidates did.

The institution

AMC is a privately owned health college. Its website names Dr Berhane Woldegiorgis as president, Dr Mekonen Belay as vice president and Anwar Ebrahim as dean. Its stated aim is to be one of the ten leading private higher-education institutions in health by 2030.

Location. The head office is on the 10th and 11th floors of the Yeha City Center building on Ras Mekonnen Avenue, in front of Addis Ababa Stadium. Regulator letters refer to a Legehar campus and a Stadium campus. The newsletters also give P.O. Box 13025, which matches WDOMS. The 2023 graduation was held at St Gabriel Schools' Gofa campus.

Admissions. The college says applicants must meet the Ministry of Education's formal requirements. It publishes a table of minimum entrance scores by year: for medicine, 450 in 2008–2011 E.C. and 2013 E.C. Required documents include:

• grade 9–12 transcripts
• the national school-leaving certificate
• a remedial certificate if applicable
• an ETA equivalence letter for foreign certificates

Diploma holders with a Level 4 COC can apply for advanced standing. Tuition is not published.

Rankings. AMC does not appear in EduRank's medicine ranking for Ethiopia, and we found no other credible ranking.

Social media. We found no official Facebook or Telegram page linked from the college's website. A Facebook page at facebook.com/africamedicalcollege belongs to a different "Africa Academy" in Mogadishu, Somalia, so don't confuse the two.

Before you apply

• Ask for the current licence or accreditation letter for the MD. The one the college publishes ran only until August 2024.
• Ask which campus you would study on: Yeha City Center/Stadium or Legehar. Programmes are licensed by campus.
• Ask where MD clinical rotations and the internship take place. St. Peter Hospital is mentioned in newsletters, but no full list is published.
• Ask for the exit-exam and licensing-exam results behind the newsletter figures, for your programme and recent years.
• Use the registration numbers on the college's contact page, and get the full fee schedule in writing.