Photo: Dr. Thumbay Moideen,
Founder and President of
Thumbay Group, with the
graduates.
Thumbay International Pathway celebrates a decade and
honors 90 new doctors at the
convocation
(AJMAN) - The Medical University of Lublin (MUL), Poland, will hold
a convocation to honor the
students of its
Thumbay International
Pathway – Poland, the
medical pathway that begins
with pre-clinical studies in
Ajman and culminates in an
MD degree from MUL.
The ceremony marks a
significant milestone. The
program is now in its tenth
year, and
Gulf Medical
University (GMU) has
enrolled its 10th cohort of
students.
It started
modestly. In 2017, the
program was launched as the
Associate Degree in
Preclinical Sciences with
just 27 students. In 2022,
the Commission for Academic
Accreditation renewed the
program’s accreditation with
a substantive change to the
Higher Diploma in
Preclinical Sciences
(HDPCS), a Level 6
qualification. The model
includes three years of
pre-clinical study at GMU,
followed by a transfer to
Lublin for three years of
clinical training, with the
final MD degree awarded by
its partner university and
recognized across the
European Union. The
articulation agreement has
ensured seamless transfer
between the universities.
Since 2017, more than
650 students from 62
nationalities have enrolled.
The first cohort graduated
from Lublin in 2023, and the
numbers have continued to
grow every year.
This
brings the total to 90
doctors who trained in Ajman
and earned their medical
degrees in Poland. Today,
335 students from more than
45 nationalities are
enrolled across the three
pre-clinical years at GMU,
with future cohorts already
progressing through the
pathway.
Leaders from both
universities reflected on
the success of the
partnership.
Prof. Manda
Venkataramana, Chancellor,
Gulf Medical University,
said: “Every name
we read out today began as
an application from a
student who simply wanted to
become a doctor. This
pathway gives them an
honest, direct route from
Ajman to a European medical
degree, with no guesswork
and no closed doors. Seeing
our tenth cohort join the
program with graduates now
practicing across the world
tells me we built the right
thing.”
Prof.
Wojciech Załuska, Rector,
Medical University of
Lublin, Poland, said:
“Lublin has trained
physicians for eight
decades, and our partnership
with Gulf Medical University
has become one of the most
rewarding chapters in that
story. The students who
arrive from Ajman are well
prepared and ready for
clinical work from their
first day with us. We are
proud to call them our
graduates, and prouder still
to send them into the world
as doctors.”
The
ceremony was held in the
presence of Dr. Thumbay
Moideen, Founder President
of Thumbay Group and Gulf
Medical University, whose
vision set this pathway in
motion. What began as his
conviction that students in
the UAE deserved a direct
and trusted route to a
global medical career now
counts 90 graduates, with
hundreds more on the way.
The program has become a
trusted route into medicine
for students from around the
world. The June 23, 2026,
convocation will celebrate
the graduates, their
families, and the faculty
across two countries who
helped build this pathway.
