Overview
UNAM-endorsed postgraduate high-specialty course (Imagenología Ocular y Orbitaria) for ophthalmologists at the Hospital de la Luz eye hospital in Mexico City. The 2026 call lists 3 places and a duration of 1 year.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- 1 March 2026 (2026 academic cycle)
- Positions
- 3
- Accreditation
- Academic endorsement by the División de Estudios de Posgrado, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Ophthalmology specialist title and cédula (or official proof in process; final-year residents may apply with a residency certificate); Consejo Mexicano de Oftalmología certificate for national applicants; English certificate (TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge); two recommendation letters from ophthalmologists; written exam, interview, visual-sensory tests and online psychometric evaluation.
- International applicants
- Yes – foreign physicians must hold an INM temporary-resident visa with work permit
- Visa support
- Applicant must obtain an INM temporary-resident visa with work permit (no sponsorship stated)
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Documents due 2 November 2025 (2026 cycle; written exam 11 November 2025)
- Application method
- Single PDF of all documents emailed to ensenanza@hospitaldelaluz.org (institutional application form downloadable from hospitaldelaluz.org)
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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