Myungsung Medical College

Health and medical education

Myungsung Medical College (MMC) is a private Christian medical school. It sits on the same compound as its own teaching hospital, the MCM Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, which most people in Addis call the "Korean Hospital". That makes it one of the few private medical colleges in Ethiopia where students train in a hospital run by the same organisation.

History

The college's website describes how it began:

• 1993. Pastor Kim Sam-whan of Myungsung Presbyterian Church in Seoul visited Ethiopia.
• 2004. The church opened MCM General Hospital, in thanks for Ethiopia sending troops to the Korean War.
• June 2012. The college received permission to open.
• 2012. The college opened on the hospital's eighth anniversary, with 23 first-year students. Classes began in October 2012.
• 2015. The hospital added a second building, the Grace Wing.
• June 2018. A library and student dormitory opened.
• 25 August 2018. The first class graduated.

The World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS) lists the six-year MD as taught in English since 2012. Its sponsor notes cover ECFMG eligibility and Canadian acceptability. That is a directory listing, not an Ethiopian accreditation.

The MD course and internship

Students take pre-medical and preclinical years, then clinical rotations and a final internship year. The college's internship page says interns rotate through the major and minor departments of the Korean Hospital under close supervision. They sit a written exam at the end of each attachment, and they must write and defend a research thesis to finish. Faculty listed on the hospital's website include many specialists and sub-specialists who are also "teaching staff of MMC".

The college's facilities pages list:

• a library
• an anatomy laboratory
• a pathology/histopathology laboratory
• a computer room
• housing, a cafeteria, an auditorium and sports facilities

Residency programmes

The college says it has gained accreditation for, and started, residency programmes in internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, and radiology. Its postgraduate page also lists uveitis. The hospital's staff list includes an OBGYN residency coordinator.

Teaching hospital

According to the hospital's website, MCM is part of Myungsung International Development. Its services include:

• laparoscopic, cardiothoracic, neuro- and plastic surgery
• kidney transplant
• cancer care
• ICU, PICU and NICU critical care
• a burn unit
• ophthalmology and psychiatry

Samaritan's Purse, which sends volunteer surgeons, lists two wings: the Shalom Wing with 161 beds and the Grace Wing with 67. The college says the hospital was promoted to Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and calls it the first private institution of that type in Ethiopia. Its news page also reports teaching and service agreements with St. Peter's Specialized Hospital, EKA Kotebe General Hospital and the Oromia Health Bureau.

Accreditation and exam results

On its accreditation page, the college says HERQA (the former quality agency) granted its MD programme re-accreditation for five years until February 2025, decided on 6 November 2020. That date has passed, and the page has not been updated. MMC is not on the ETA's online accreditation register, which as of November 2026 lists 13 programme accreditations, none of them at a private college.

The college reports strong exam results; these are its own claims:

• Its news page says students passed the exit/medical licence exam at 100% for seven consecutive years, and celebrates "100% on the 2026 Medical Exit Exam".
• An earlier MedicalMissions profile quoted the college saying its fourth graduating class all passed the national licence exam.

The institution

MMC is small by design. The college's enrolment table for 2014/15–2019/20 shows 169 medical students across six years, with intakes of 23 to 34 a year. It has had five deans since 2012. Its stated mission is to train "competent and compassionate, 'servant leader-minded' doctors". The college says it offers pre-medical scholarships.

Location. WDOMS and the college's Facebook page give the address as Bole Sub-City, Woreda 14, P.O. Box 14972. The hospital's own website gives its location as Gerji, Addis Ababa. Wikipedia places it at Bole Medhanealem. The college building is on the hospital compound.

Website warning. The college's own website (mmc-edu.net) carries injected gambling and casino text. Use its Facebook page or call the college rather than following links from that site. The phone numbers and registrar email above appear in the site's header and contact boxes.

Community work. Students and staff take part in the hospital's mobile clinics and outreach, for example in Bole Sub-City, Sululta and South Omo. The college also runs patient-information and community-health projects and an alumni association, and holds an annual research conference.

Admissions and fees. Like other private colleges, MMC admits students who meet the national entrance cut-offs. It does not publish tuition.

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

Before you apply

• Ask for the current ETA or Ministry of Education accreditation letter for the MD. The re-accreditation the college publishes ran until February 2025.
• Ask for the exit-exam and licensing-exam results behind the "100% for seven years" claim, with candidate numbers for each year.
• Ask about class size and housing. Intakes have been small (23–34 a year), and the college has a dormitory.
• If you are a doctor looking at residency, confirm the accreditation status of the specific programme. The college says internal medicine, surgery, OBGYN and radiology are running.
• Contact the college by phone or through its Facebook page; its website currently carries spam.