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# Working as a physician in the United Arab Emirates

Physician is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates. Foreign qualifications go through: PQR education, internship, registration, experience and specialty requirements; titles include intern, resident, general practitioner, specialist and consultant.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: PQR education, internship, registration, experience and specialty requirements; titles include intern, resident, general practitioner, specialist and consultant.; Submit qualifications and supporting documents for professional evaluation; prescribed examinations apply where required. The relevant authority evaluates the title under the unified PQR and issues the professional practice licence.
- Recognition authority: UAE health regulatory authorities represented in the Unified Healthcare Professional Qualification Requirements; MoHAP, Department of Health–Abu Dhabi (DoH), Dubai Health Authority (DHA), and Sharjah Health Authority (SHA), through the unified health-professional qualification framework.
- Language requirement: For healthcare-authority licensing exams governed by the Unified PQR, examinations are conducted in English; the clause does not set a CEFR level or a universal English-test score.

## Sources

PDF p. 18 section 4.1; PDF p. 20 physician licensure categories — https://dha.gov.ae/uploads/072022/PQR%202022202274054.pdf
Service purpose: obtain an evaluation certificate to issue the necessary licence to practise; service audience explicitly includes nursing and midwifery professionals. — https://mohap.gov.ae/en/w/evaluation-of-health-professional

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 23). Physician in the United Arab Emirates: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3effe870e3b234805b9cb9c15c030747]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/united-arab-emirates/ Retrieved 2026-10-23. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-the-united-arab-emirates-recognition_71ed53a97181,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in the United Arab Emirates: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-23},
  version = {3effe870e3b234805b9cb9c15c030747},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/united-arab-emirates/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-23. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

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- Title: Physician in the United Arab Emirates: recognition
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