Overview
National SCFHS fellowship in adult infectious diseases; the current curriculum (September 2025 version) reduces training from three to two years, with rotation evaluations and a final written examination for the Saudi Fellowship certificate.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- 2 years (reduced from the previous 3-year programme)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Saudi Commission certificate in Internal Medicine or equivalent approved by SCFHS (or successful completion of the written component of the Saudi Specialty Certificate in Internal Medicine); licence to practise medicine in Saudi Arabia; written permission from the sponsoring institution for full-time training; signed undertaking to abide by SCFHS rules.
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Licensed to practise medicine in Saudi Arabia
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Through the SCFHS postgraduate training application process with a sponsoring institution.
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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