Working as a physician in the United Arab Emirates
What official sources say about working as a physician in the United Arab Emirates: how foreign qualifications are recognised.
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.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in the United Arab Emirates.
- 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.
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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 citation
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