- Duration
- 6 months
- Deadline
- Applications must be submitted at least 9 months before the targeted commencement date
- Funding
- The current WFNS centre page no longer publishes stipend details; confirm with NNI.
- Exposure
- State-of-the-art management across multiple neurosurgical subspecialties at NNI campuses.
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Funding: The current WFNS centre page no longer publishes stipend details; confirm with NNI.
Exposure: State-of-the-art management across multiple neurosurgical subspecialties at NNI campuses.
Eligibility: Overseas applicants need an accredited medical degree, relevant home-country licensing examination, completed 12-month internship, home registration and good standing, active post-housemanship experience or postgraduate qualification, and home-government/health-authority/institution sponsorship. Institutional sponsorship requires current full-time employment of at least 40 hours weekly. Department-specific criteria also apply.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Examinations · Fees · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS centre criteria. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
Clinical fellowshipContact programme
General & multi-subspecialty →KUKeio University
Tokyo · Japan
Listed lead WFNS names Kazunari Yoshida in its older centre profile; Keio's current institutional profile identifies Masahiro Toda as neurosurgery professor and clinical department head, not explicitly as this fellowship's director. Confirm the current fellowship lead
- Duration
- 6 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Unpaid visiting fellowship; travel expenses are borne by the candidate.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
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Funding: Unpaid visiting fellowship; travel expenses are borne by the candidate.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline; grant-funded so apply well in advance. WFNS vacancy update: no short programmes, waiting list 2–3 years.
- Funding
- Stipend for daily expenses, funded by specific grants; travel to and from Tokyo not covered.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training at a WFNS-listed Japanese centre; current scope, duration and vacancy must be confirmed through the official registry.
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Funding: Stipend for daily expenses, funded by specific grants; travel to and from Tokyo not covered.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training at a WFNS-listed Japanese centre; current scope, duration and vacancy must be confirmed through the official registry.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1–12 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Travel expenses paid by fellows; free accommodation and three meals provided.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
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Funding: Travel expenses paid by fellows; free accommodation and three meals provided.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3–6 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Free accommodation and a USD 600 monthly meal stipend; travel to and from China at the candidate's expense.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
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Funding: Free accommodation and a USD 600 monthly meal stipend; travel to and from China at the candidate's expense.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not clearly published on the directory page.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate training at a WFNS-listed neurosurgical centre; current vacancy, subspecialty placement and participation level require direct confirmation.
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Application status: The centre describes a three-month postgraduate fellowship and application procedure but gives no current dated intake. Its historical annual capacity is not evidence of an open place.
Funding: Not clearly published on the directory page.
Exposure: Postgraduate training at a WFNS-listed neurosurgical centre; current vacancy, subspecialty placement and participation level require direct confirmation.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Funding · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Full training 4–5 years; postgraduate fellowship 1 year; short-term observership 1–3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Full training and fellowship: shared resident dormitory (about USD 500/month) plus USD 500/month food allowance provided by Professor Tu's private foundation; travel at the trainee's expense. Observership: no accommodation, living or travel support.
- Exposure
- Short-term fellowship training within a high-volume integrated neuroscience service.
Source reviewed 17 Oct 202652% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: Full training and fellowship: shared resident dormitory (about USD 500/month) plus USD 500/month food allowance provided by Professor Tu's private foundation; travel at the trainee's expense. Observership: no accommodation, living or travel support.
Exposure: Short-term fellowship training within a high-volume integrated neuroscience service.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official WFNS centre profile. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Stipend of NPR 25,000 per month (about USD 200); travel expenses not provided.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
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Funding: Stipend of NPR 25,000 per month (about USD 200); travel expenses not provided.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term 4–8 weeks or long-term 6 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not clearly published on the directory page.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
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Funding: Not clearly published on the directory page.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Eligibility: Offered to young neurosurgeons from underprivileged developing countries.
Still to confirm: Funding · Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 4 years (full postgraduate programme); a separate 3–6-month neurotrauma fellowship is also offered
- Deadline
- 30 June each year (full programme); the 2026 round has closed.
- Funding
- Full programme: free shared accommodation and a monthly stipend of PKR 50,000. Neurotrauma fellowship: free shared accommodation, food vouchers and PKR 10,000 per month.
- Exposure
- Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
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Funding: Full programme: free shared accommodation and a monthly stipend of PKR 50,000. Neurotrauma fellowship: free shared accommodation, food vouchers and PKR 10,000 per month.
Exposure: Postgraduate neurosurgical training; the operative scope and level of participation must be confirmed directly.
Eligibility: WFNS four-year programme for Afghan trainees; the resident has to get a valid student/work visa (HR department helps and issues supporting documents); temporary registration with the Pakistan Medical Commission required.
Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Training level · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Travel expenses not provided.
- Exposure
- Complex spine, epilepsy, oncology, vascular and interdisciplinary skull-base neurosurgery.
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Funding: Travel expenses not provided.
Exposure: Complex spine, epilepsy, oncology, vascular and interdisciplinary skull-base neurosurgery.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- USD 400 monthly contribution for applicants from developing countries, plus accommodation.
- Exposure
- The WFNS centre profile describes a host service covering trauma, spine, cranial, vascular, skull-base, functional, peripheral-nerve and paediatric neurosurgery, with radiosurgery and interventional radiology. This describes available host activity, not guaranteed fellow rotations or operating privileges.
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Funding: USD 400 monthly contribution for applicants from developing countries, plus accommodation.
Exposure: The WFNS centre profile describes a host service covering trauma, spine, cranial, vascular, skull-base, functional, peripheral-nerve and paediatric neurosurgery, with radiosurgery and interventional radiology. This describes available host activity, not guaranteed fellow rotations or operating privileges.
Eligibility: The USD 400 monthly contribution and accommodation are offered to applicants from developing countries.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Programme director
Source: Official WFNS training-centre register. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Annual programme; individual placement length is not published on the department page
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not published on the official department page.
- Exposure
- Adult and paediatric brain tumours, degenerative and tumour spine surgery, functional neurosurgery and peripheral nerve disorders.
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Application status: The department page says an international fellowship is held each year, accepting at least four neurosurgeons from various parts of the world.
Funding: Not published on the official department page.
Exposure: Adult and paediatric brain tumours, degenerative and tumour spine surgery, functional neurosurgery and peripheral nerve disorders.
Eligibility: The department explicitly states that neurosurgeons from various parts of the world are accepted.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Acıbadem University department page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official WFNS profile publishes a stipend of NPR 25,000 per month plus complimentary accommodation and food.
- Exposure
- Observation of neurosurgical care with hands-on work or surgical assistance only when permitted by local registration and the host centre.
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Funding: The official WFNS profile publishes a stipend of NPR 25,000 per month plus complimentary accommodation and food.
Exposure: Observation of neurosurgical care with hands-on work or surgical assistance only when permitted by local registration and the host centre.
Eligibility: Applicants from developing and developed countries are explicitly eligible.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Up to 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official WFNS profile publishes a stipend of INR 60,000 per month and assistance in securing subsidised accommodation.
- Exposure
- Observation across a major academic neurosurgery service, with possible surgical assistance only after temporary National Medical Commission registration and host approval.
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Funding: The official WFNS profile publishes a stipend of INR 60,000 per month and assistance in securing subsidised accommodation.
Exposure: Observation across a major academic neurosurgery service, with possible surgical assistance only after temporary National Medical Commission registration and host approval.
Eligibility: The published pathway is directed to young neurosurgeons from developing countries.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official WFNS profile publishes INR 50,000 per month inclusive of accommodation support.
- Exposure
- Predominantly observational exposure within a national neuroscience institute; surgical assistance is conditional on temporary registration and host approval.
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Funding: The official WFNS profile publishes INR 50,000 per month inclusive of accommodation support.
Exposure: Predominantly observational exposure within a national neuroscience institute; surgical assistance is conditional on temporary registration and host approval.
Eligibility: The published pathway is directed to young neurosurgeons from developing countries.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 1–6 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Accommodation is provided; meals and travel expenses are not covered. No stipend is published.
- Exposure
- Observation across cerebrovascular, endovascular, brain tumour, spine, trauma and functional surgery (deep brain stimulation and epilepsy surgery), case conferences, ward and neuro-intensive care rounds, at a 740-bed hospital performing more than 600 neurosurgical operations per year.
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Funding: Accommodation is provided; meals and travel expenses are not covered. No stipend is published.
Exposure: Observation across cerebrovascular, endovascular, brain tumour, spine, trauma and functional surgery (deep brain stimulation and epilepsy surgery), case conferences, ward and neuro-intensive care rounds, at a 740-bed hospital performing more than 600 neurosurgical operations per year.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Observership recommended for up to 3 months; Advanced Clinical Training duration confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Department-hosted observership or, under ministry-accredited Advanced Clinical Training, supervised hands-on training; the hospital's statistics list neurosurgery placements (observership and Advanced Clinical Training of 3 weeks to 8 months) between 2017 and 2019.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Department-hosted observership or, under ministry-accredited Advanced Clinical Training, supervised hands-on training; the hospital's statistics list neurosurgery placements (observership and Advanced Clinical Training of 3 weeks to 8 months) between 2017 and 2019.
Eligibility: Foreign medical graduates may seek departmental and hospital-committee approval for observership. A separate ministry-accredited Advanced Clinical Training permit is needed for the programme's patient-care route without a Japanese medical licence.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official University of Tokyo Hospital education and training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Usually 1 month; not exceeding 88 days
- Deadline
- Rolling: submit at least 4–5 months before the intended start (the application section advises at least 6 months); review can take up to 2 months, and visa time must be allowed.
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Informal shadowing of conferences, rounds and seminars; neurosurgery is listed among departments currently accepting international trainees, subject to departmental availability.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Informal shadowing of conferences, rounds and seminars; neurosurgery is listed among departments currently accepting international trainees, subject to departmental availability.
Eligibility: International MD-qualified physicians may apply to neurosurgery, subject to departmental capacity. Korean or English communication is required; English-test exemptions include native speakers, English-medium graduates and those working in an English-speaking environment.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Samsung Medical Center observership page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Up to 1 year (extensions need department approval)
- Deadline
- Applications accepted all year; submit at least 3 months before the training start date.
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Department-approved visiting training at Asan Medical Center; neurosurgery placement depends on departmental approval and is not specifically listed on the programme page.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Department-approved visiting training at Asan Medical Center; neurosurgery placement depends on departmental approval and is not specifically listed on the programme page.
Eligibility: Physicians with medical degrees and medical licences, employed at overseas hospitals, may apply subject to host-department approval. A neurosurgical placement is not guaranteed by this hospital-wide scheme.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Asan Medical Center physician training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Approved period, charged per month
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Fee-paying: observership USD 2,000/month, hands-on practice USD 3,000/month plus SIF-PC tuition USD 3,000/month and an admin fee (USD 100 observation / USD 200 hands-on). Discounts or waivers may apply for MOU institutions, recommended physicians and OECD-DAC developing countries.
- Exposure
- Neurosurgery tracks listed: cerebrovascular surgery, spinal neurosurgery (Sinchon and Gangnam), brain tumour surgery, skull base surgery, and stereotactic and functional neurosurgery; basic science research training is also available.
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Funding: Fee-paying: observership USD 2,000/month, hands-on practice USD 3,000/month plus SIF-PC tuition USD 3,000/month and an admin fee (USD 100 observation / USD 200 hands-on). Discounts or waivers may apply for MOU institutions, recommended physicians and OECD-DAC developing countries.
Exposure: Neurosurgery tracks listed: cerebrovascular surgery, spinal neurosurgery (Sinchon and Gangnam), brain tumour surgery, skull base surgery, and stereotactic and functional neurosurgery; basic science research training is also available.
Eligibility: International physicians may apply, subject to departmental availability. For hands-on practice, full SIF-Prime Course participation is required when applying for Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare permission; enrolment alone is not permission to treat patients.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Yonsei Institute for Global Health physician fellowship page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Short-term (under 3 months) or long-term (3 months to 1 year)
- Deadline
- Year-round
- Funding
- Partial support for the cost of stay is published only for physicians from developing countries.
- Exposure
- Observational training in SNUBH clinical departments; neurosurgery availability is not specified and must be confirmed with the department.
Source reviewed 8 Oct 202668% of decision fields recorded
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Funding: Partial support for the cost of stay is published only for physicians from developing countries.
Exposure: Observational training in SNUBH clinical departments; neurosurgery availability is not specified and must be confirmed with the department.
Eligibility: Doctors from abroad holding a medical licence or diploma and communicating in Korean or English may apply for this observational route. Host clinical-department approval is required; partial financial support is limited to physicians from developing countries.
Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Commencement · Training level · Examinations · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director
Source: Official SNUBH international education page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme (applications for over 3 months must be filed 4 months ahead; under 3 months, 2 months ahead)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians. A scholarship of NT$24,000 per month for one year (15 awards every six months) is open to trainees staying one year or more with at least one SCI publication.
- Exposure
- Learning skills listed for Linkou neurosurgery: brain tumour surgery, endovascular intervention and high cervical surgery.
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Funding: Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians. A scholarship of NT$24,000 per month for one year (15 awards every six months) is open to trainees staying one year or more with at least one SCI publication.
Exposure: Learning skills listed for Linkou neurosurgery: brain tumour surgery, endovascular intervention and high cervical surgery.
Eligibility: Licensed physicians with at least one full year of clinical practice, recommended by their employing institution.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Chang Gung Memorial Hospital international training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- The hospital-wide application form offers placements from one month to two years. Applicants select Keelung and describe the proposed training topic; the unit sets the actual placement length.
- Deadline
- For physician training longer than three months, submit at least four months before the proposed start. For training shorter than three months, submit at least two months before the proposed start.
- Funding
- Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians; a competitive one-year scholarship of NT$24,000 per month is published for qualifying trainees.
- Exposure
- Keelung's Division of Neurosurgery is listed as a host department in CGMH's 2026 training-department list; specific learning skills are not itemised.
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Funding: Training fee capped at NT$10,000 per month for physicians; a competitive one-year scholarship of NT$24,000 per month is published for qualifying trainees.
Exposure: Keelung's Division of Neurosurgery is listed as a host department in CGMH's 2026 training-department list; specific learning skills are not itemised.
Eligibility: Licensed physicians with at least one full year of clinical practice, recommended by their employing institution.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Chang Gung Memorial Hospital international training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Up to 1 year
- Deadline
- Application must be submitted two months prior to the planned observationship
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Observation of general and specialty medical care in the host clinical department (no direct patient care); neurosurgery placement depends on departmental review.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Observation of general and specialty medical care in the host clinical department (no direct patient care); neurosurgery placement depends on departmental review.
Eligibility: Foreign nationals holding an MD, MB, DDS or BDS degree and a licence to practice in their own country; observationship up to one year, no direct patient care
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NTUH observationship guidelines. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 months
- Deadline
- Online registration only during January, April or July (at least two months before the March, June or September intake).
- Funding
- Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded; accommodation must be arranged by the trainee.
- Exposure
- Two chosen subspecialty rotations of one month each, with the remaining four months allocated by the neurosurgery centre at China's largest neurosurgical service.
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Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded; accommodation must be arranged by the trainee.
Exposure: Two chosen subspecialty rotations of one month each, with the remaining four months allocated by the neurosurgery centre at China's largest neurosurgical service.
Eligibility: Attending-level (主治医师) or above neurosurgeons who have completed basic clinical training, working in grade-II or higher hospitals, generally aged 45 or under; selection by application review and online interview. Aimed at doctors from across China.
Still to confirm: Current status · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- 2026 intake: online registration during January, April or July 2026 (at least 2 months before the start); the 2027 prospectus is not yet published.
- Funding
- Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.
- Exposure
- Placement in one subspecialty ward without rotation: cerebrovascular, neuroendoscopy, paediatric neurosurgery, functional, skull base, spine and spinal cord, neurotrauma, glioma, epilepsy, peripheral nerve or disorders of consciousness.
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Funding: Travel, meals and accommodation are self-funded.
Exposure: Placement in one subspecialty ward without rotation: cerebrovascular, neuroendoscopy, paediatric neurosurgery, functional, skull base, spine and spinal cord, neurotrauma, glioma, epilepsy, peripheral nerve or disorders of consciousness.
Eligibility: Licensed neurosurgeons who are associate chief physician or above, or attending for at least 3 years, normally from grade-II A or higher hospitals; selection by document review and online interview.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Beijing Tiantan Hospital 2026 visiting-physician prospectus. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 months (WFNS developing-country fellowship track); centre also publishes shorter specialty courses of 3 weeks to 1 year
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Fellows receive free meals and lodging; travel to and from China is at the candidate's own expense. Advanced developing-country trainees receive free boarding/lodging plus pocket money of 500 yuan per month.
- Exposure
- Cerebrovascular, brain tumours, endoscopic, spine and interventional neuroradiology observation options; centre also runs Interventional Neuroradiology, General Neurosurgery, Yasargil Microneurosurgery, Samii Skull Base, Neuro-endoscopic and Spinal Surgery training courses.
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Application status: Rolling / contact programme (fellowship programme under revision on the WFNS centre page; developing-country track details still published)
Funding: Fellows receive free meals and lodging; travel to and from China is at the candidate's own expense. Advanced developing-country trainees receive free boarding/lodging plus pocket money of 500 yuan per month.
Exposure: Cerebrovascular, brain tumours, endoscopic, spine and interventional neuroradiology observation options; centre also runs Interventional Neuroradiology, General Neurosurgery, Yasargil Microneurosurgery, Samii Skull Base, Neuro-endoscopic and Spinal Surgery training courses.
Eligibility: Two developing-country trainees accepted each year for advanced learning; previous shorter-term trainees have included doctors from Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months or longer
- Deadline
- 20th of the month before the intended start
- Funding
- Routine training fee CNY 800 per month (restricted-technology training CNY 1,500 per month); a subsidy is paid to fee-paying trainees staying 3 months or longer.
- Exposure
- Hospital-wide visiting-physician scheme; neurosurgery placement and content must be confirmed in the hospital's training-management system.
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Funding: Routine training fee CNY 800 per month (restricted-technology training CNY 1,500 per month); a subsidy is paid to fee-paying trainees staying 3 months or longer.
Exposure: Hospital-wide visiting-physician scheme; neurosurgery placement and content must be confirmed in the hospital's training-management system.
Eligibility: Registered Chinese practising physicians whose registered scope matches the requested specialty, normally with a bachelor's degree (or five years' clinical work with a diploma), sent by provincial, municipal or county health institutions.
Still to confirm: Training exposure · Current status · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official ZJU First Hospital visiting-physician notice. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Vascular, spinal, functional, neuro-oncological and paediatric neurosurgery in a department with 4 operating theatres, a 44-bed ward, a 12-bed ICU and paediatric neurosurgery research, 3D surgical planning and microsurgical neuroanatomy laboratories.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Vascular, spinal, functional, neuro-oncological and paediatric neurosurgery in a department with 4 operating theatres, a 44-bed ward, a 12-bed ICU and paediatric neurosurgery research, 3D surgical planning and microsurgical neuroanatomy laboratories.
Eligibility: The department explicitly states it accepts fellows from abroad (yurtdışı).
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route
Source: Official Ege University neurosurgery education programme (2024–2025). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- International neurosurgical fellowship placements (length arranged with the service)
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Clinical neurosurgery including congenital skull and spine malformations, metastatic disease to brain and spine, craniotomy and spine surgery as published on the TASMC neurosurgery unit page.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Clinical neurosurgery including congenital skull and spine malformations, metastatic disease to brain and spine, craniotomy and spine surgery as published on the TASMC neurosurgery unit page.
Eligibility: The service educates numerous neurosurgical fellows from abroad, including Europe, China, India, Africa and the Palestinian Authority.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center department page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Observership within KFMC departments, which include the National Neurosciences Institute; observers do not hold independent clinical roles.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Observership within KFMC departments, which include the National Neurosciences Institute; observers do not hold independent clinical roles.
Eligibility: Non-Saudi applicants may apply (SAR 1,000 fee) but must provide a copy of their Saudi residence permit (Iqama), implying residence in Saudi Arabia.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official King Fahad Medical City page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Graduate Medical Education observership up to 8 weeks
- Deadline
- Application windows: 1–30 September (for January–March start), 1–31 December (April–June), 1–31 March (July–September) and 1–30 June (October–December); late applications are not reviewed.
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Strictly observational attendance at clinical rounds, huddles and academic activities in a host department; SSMC's Department of Surgery includes a Neurosurgery division and its Department of Medicine an Interventional Neuroradiology service.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Strictly observational attendance at clinical rounds, huddles and academic activities in a host department; SSMC's Department of Surgery includes a Neurosurgery division and its Department of Medicine an Interventional Neuroradiology service.
Eligibility: Medical students, nursing and allied health students or graduates, and healthcare graduates or professionals seeking observational experience; applications must be complete and submitted within the published window.
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Fees · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Monthly stipend of Rs. 60,000 (about US$1,000) plus complimentary accommodation.
- Exposure
- Observation and patient contact, with assisting possible after temporary Indian registration; acoustic neuroma, skull base, cerebrovascular, neuro-oncology, pituitary, neuroendoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, Gamma Knife radiosurgery and peripheral nerve surgery.
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Application status: The WFNS centre says availability starts in 2027; it does not publish a dated application round.
Funding: Monthly stipend of Rs. 60,000 (about US$1,000) plus complimentary accommodation.
Exposure: Observation and patient contact, with assisting possible after temporary Indian registration; acoustic neuroma, skull base, cerebrovascular, neuro-oncology, pituitary, neuroendoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, Gamma Knife radiosurgery and peripheral nerve surgery.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Stipend of Rs. 50,000 per month including accommodation.
- Exposure
- Mainly observational exposure across neurosurgical subspecialties including emergency surgery, ward rounds, neuro ICU and journal club; assisting possible with temporary Indian registration. An 11-month university-recognised fellowship is also mentioned.
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Funding: Stipend of Rs. 50,000 per month including accommodation.
Exposure: Mainly observational exposure across neurosurgical subspecialties including emergency surgery, ward rounds, neuro ICU and journal club; assisting possible with temporary Indian registration. An 11-month university-recognised fellowship is also mentioned.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Examinations · Language · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 months
- Deadline
- Applications must be submitted at least 9 months before the targeted commencement date
- Funding
- Self-funded overseas fellowship pathway under NNI application rules (processing fee applies after acceptance on the NNI application pages).
- Exposure
- State-of-the-art management across neuro-oncology, neurovascular surgery, spine surgery, skull base surgery, traumatic brain injury and neurocritical care.
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Funding: Self-funded overseas fellowship pathway under NNI application rules (processing fee applies after acceptance on the NNI application pages).
Exposure: State-of-the-art management across neuro-oncology, neurovascular surgery, spine surgery, skull base surgery, traumatic brain injury and neurocritical care.
Eligibility: Overseas applicants need an accredited medical degree, relevant home-country licensing examination, completed 12-month internship, home registration and good standing, active post-housemanship experience or postgraduate qualification, and home-government/health-authority/institution sponsorship. Institutional sponsorship requires current full-time employment of at least 40 hours weekly. Department-specific criteria also apply.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Examinations · Benefits · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NNI neurosurgery fellowship programmes page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 to 6 months
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Local accommodation, a monthly pocket allowance of IDR 2,500,000 (about US$250) and hospital meal coupons.
- Exposure
- Clinical rotation mainly at Siloam Hospital Lippo Village, with access to interesting cases at other Siloam hospitals; trainees are encouraged to produce 1–2 papers.
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Funding: Local accommodation, a monthly pocket allowance of IDR 2,500,000 (about US$250) and hospital meal coupons.
Exposure: Clinical rotation mainly at Siloam Hospital Lippo Village, with access to interesting cases at other Siloam hospitals; trainees are encouraged to produce 1–2 papers.
Eligibility: WFNS Foundation fellowship criteria (all WFNS training centres): completed medical degree (MD or equivalent), a commitment to return to the home country after training, and a recommendation signed by the home department head, dean or hospital director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Participation level · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accreditation
Source: Official WFNS training-centre profile. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Up to 2 years for international medical staff, extendable by a further 2 years (hospital policy under Ministry of Health and Welfare guidelines).
- Deadline
- Applications must be received at least 5 months before the intended start date.
- Funding
- The hospital provides no financial support; trainees fund living, travel and insurance themselves.
- Exposure
- Clinical or laboratory training in a chosen specialty or subspecialty, including neurosurgery (one of the departments that has provided international training programmes); applicants may name the TVGH doctors they wish to follow.
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Funding: The hospital provides no financial support; trainees fund living, travel and insurance themselves.
Exposure: Clinical or laboratory training in a chosen specialty or subspecialty, including neurosurgery (one of the departments that has provided international training programmes); applicants may name the TVGH doctors they wish to follow.
Eligibility: Overseas residents, fellows and specialists who are healthy, in good standing and have at least one consecutive year of relevant clinical experience (residency counts) and are still practising; Mandarin or Taiwanese fluency preferred but not essential.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Taipei Veterans General Hospital Department of Medical Education page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 4–8 weeks
- Deadline
- Applications accepted 120–300 days before the desired start date; no applications 21 Dec 2026–8 Jan 2027 or 3–7 May 2027.
- Funding
- No scholarships or financial aid; residents and doctors pay a fee.
- Exposure
- Observation of neurosurgical operations, ward rounds and conferences in a department covering brain tumours, cerebrovascular disease, functional neurosurgery, spine and paediatric neurosurgery, with intraoperative MRI.
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Funding: No scholarships or financial aid; residents and doctors pay a fee.
Exposure: Observation of neurosurgical operations, ward rounds and conferences in a department covering brain tumours, cerebrovascular disease, functional neurosurgery, spine and paediatric neurosurgery, with intraoperative MRI.
Eligibility: Applicants must be medical students (at least 4th year of a 5-6 year programme) or full-time residents/doctors; non-English-speaking countries must submit an English or Japanese proficiency test (from 1 Apr 2027: TOEFL 525, iBT 68, IELTS 5.5 or JLPT N3). Visa-exempt nationals follow Japan's short-term visa exemption rules; others apply at a Japanese embassy/consulate; doctors on a Working Holiday Programme are not eligible.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Juntendo University Clinical Observership page. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 2 weeks to 3 months
- Deadline
- Send documents at least six months before the desired training date.
- Funding
- No supporting funds are available.
- Exposure
- Observation of procedures and surgeries, patient rounds and teaching conferences in the chosen department; Neurosurgery is among Kyushu University Hospital's clinical departments, though availability depends on each department.
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Funding: No supporting funds are available.
Exposure: Observation of procedures and surgeries, patient rounds and teaching conferences in the chosen department; Neurosurgery is among Kyushu University Hospital's clinical departments, though availability depends on each department.
Eligibility: Open to foreign medical staff with medical qualifications; medical students are not eligible.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Kyushu University Hospital OVEX page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 months per course
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official plan does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Three-month courses in surgery for traumatic brain injury, lumbar and cervical disc herniation, minimally invasive spine surgery, thoracolumbar spinal fixation, microsurgery for cerebellopontine-angle and extramedullary tumours, intracranial tumour surgery, ventricular drainage, endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery and neuroendoscopy.
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Funding: The official plan does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Three-month courses in surgery for traumatic brain injury, lumbar and cervical disc herniation, minimally invasive spine surgery, thoracolumbar spinal fixation, microsurgery for cerebellopontine-angle and extramedullary tumours, intracranial tumour surgery, ventricular drainage, endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery and neuroendoscopy.
Eligibility: Doctors with a general medical degree (bác sĩ đa khoa); candidates are admitted in order of application up to the course quota, with priority for candidates sent by their institution.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director
Source: Official Viet Duc University Hospital 2024 continuing-training plan. Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Flexible, by trainee and specialty; practice certification for licensing requires 18 months for doctors
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Self-funded tuition of 3,000,000 VND per month, plus card and certificate fees.
- Exposure
- Supervised attachment in Viet Duc's Neurosurgery specialty (also offered in Spine Surgery and Neuro-intensive care) with a completion certificate.
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Funding: Self-funded tuition of 3,000,000 VND per month, plus card and certificate fees.
Exposure: Supervised attachment in Viet Duc's Neurosurgery specialty (also offered in Spine Surgery and Neuro-intensive care) with a completion certificate.
Eligibility: Health professionals holding a degree relevant to the chosen specialty; self-funded or institution-sponsored trainees.
Still to confirm: Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Viet Duc University Hospital 2024 training plan (advanced professional attachment guide). Reviewed 17 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- The Ministry’s 2024 period-II award list records a six-month neurovascular fellowship at RSCM for a neurosurgery specialist. This historical track duration does not establish the length of other RSCM fellowship tracks.
- Deadline
- 20 December 2024 for the historical January 2025 College call.
- Funding
- The 2026 LPDP scheme listed this hospital as a host for neurosurgical stroke intervention. The award covered training and books and included living support. The award was conditional on selection.
- Exposure
- Hospital-based neurosurgical fellowship at Indonesia's national referral hospital, which also hosts the Sp1 Bedah Saraf specialist programme. The College’s January 2025 hospital/competency list includes RSCM for stroke intervention, brain tumour, spine and paediatric neurosurgery fellowships; it does not list RSCM for every track.
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Application status: RSCM lists the fellowship. The January 2025 College call is closed and a later RSCM intake is unconfirmed.
Funding: The 2026 LPDP scheme listed this hospital as a host for neurosurgical stroke intervention. The award covered training and books and included living support. The award was conditional on selection.
Exposure: Hospital-based neurosurgical fellowship at Indonesia's national referral hospital, which also hosts the Sp1 Bedah Saraf specialist programme. The College’s January 2025 hospital/competency list includes RSCM for stroke intervention, brain tumour, spine and paediatric neurosurgery fellowships; it does not list RSCM for every track.
Eligibility: The January 2025 College call was for qualified neurosurgery specialists (Dokter Spesialis Bedah Saraf).
Still to confirm: Current status · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official RSCM education and training page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 3 years
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- University master's-level clinical training in neurosurgery.
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Application status: The official course catalogue lists a three-year M.Med.Sc in Neurosurgery within postgraduate master courses entered after MBBS and Ministry of Health service; it is not identified as a post-specialist fellowship.
Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: University master's-level clinical training in neurosurgery.
Eligibility: MBBS graduates who have served in the Myanmar Ministry of Health for at least two years are eligible to sit the postgraduate selection examination.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official University of Medicine 2, Yangon postgraduate page. Reviewed 13 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Subspecialty programmes in cerebrovascular/stroke surgery, endovascular therapy, brain-tumour surgery, benign tumour and skull-base surgery, diencephalic-pituitary surgery, epilepsy surgery, functional and stereotactic surgery, spinal surgery, paediatric neurosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Subspecialty programmes in cerebrovascular/stroke surgery, endovascular therapy, brain-tumour surgery, benign tumour and skull-base surgery, diencephalic-pituitary surgery, epilepsy surgery, functional and stereotactic surgery, spinal surgery, paediatric neurosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy.
Eligibility: Neurosurgeons who have obtained Japanese neurosurgery board certification (専門医) and wish to pursue subspecialty training.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Tohoku University Department of Neurosurgery page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Confirm with programme
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
- Exposure
- Observation of neurosurgical operations in a department whose clinical focus includes multimodal malignant brain-tumour treatment, function-preserving surgery with brain mapping, skull-base surgery, cerebrovascular (open and endovascular) surgery, neuroendoscopy and paediatric neurosurgery.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding or salary details.
Exposure: Observation of neurosurgical operations in a department whose clinical focus includes multimodal malignant brain-tumour treatment, function-preserving surgery with brain mapping, skull-base surgery, cerebrovascular (open and endovascular) surgery, neuroendoscopy and paediatric neurosurgery.
Eligibility: The hospital’s overseas-observer route accepts healthcare professionals working in overseas medical institutions and overseas medical-administration/education personnel; Neurosurgery is on its receiving-department list.
Still to confirm: Duration · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Kanazawa University Department of Neurosurgery page. Reviewed 9 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- From 1 week to 1 year; the page says any time period is fine.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- No observership fee; no salary, travel, living expenses or other financial support is provided. Accommodation is not provided.
- Exposure
- Observation of the neurosurgery team (Dr. Tanikawa's team) of the Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center; the page does not list subspecialty content for observers.
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Funding: No observership fee; no salary, travel, living expenses or other financial support is provided. Accommodation is not provided.
Exposure: Observation of the neurosurgery team (Dr. Tanikawa's team) of the Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center; the page does not list subspecialty content for observers.
Eligibility: Programmes offered to foreign neurosurgeons; applicants whose first language is not English (or without study/work in an English-speaking country) must submit IELTS min 6.0 or TOEFL iBT min 80; ACT requires verified 3+ years' experience as a doctor.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · Examinations · Benefits · Insurance · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital observership page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Not specified on the official page.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The official page does not publish funding details.
- Exposure
- The department welcomes international physicians for observation and study. A June 2025 report documents an Indonesian cerebrovascular physician’s three-month visit to Neuroendovascular Therapy, including case discussions and surgical observation. This is a historical example of host activity, not a promised duration, curriculum or clinical privilege for future observers. A separate October 2026 department report records a Philippine physician’s completed six-month endonasal skull-base placement with the pituitary surgery team. That placement had its own clinical training scope.
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Funding: The official page does not publish funding details.
Exposure: The department welcomes international physicians for observation and study. A June 2025 report documents an Indonesian cerebrovascular physician’s three-month visit to Neuroendovascular Therapy, including case discussions and surgical observation. This is a historical example of host activity, not a promised duration, curriculum or clinical privilege for future observers. A separate October 2026 department report records a Philippine physician’s completed six-month endonasal skull-base placement with the pituitary surgery team. That placement had its own clinical training scope.
Eligibility: The department welcomes physicians from around the world for observation and study.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official Jikei University Department of Neurosurgery English page. Reviewed 15 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- One year, full time.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The published programme syllabus does not state salary or funding.
- Exposure
- Vascular and skull-base surgery alongside degenerative spine surgery, with inpatient and outpatient care, elective and emergency operating sessions, on-call participation, teaching and supervised research.
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Application status: The hospital lists this programme, but does not give a current application window or available position.
Funding: The published programme syllabus does not state salary or funding.
Exposure: Vascular and skull-base surgery alongside degenerative spine surgery, with inpatient and outpatient care, elective and emergency operating sessions, on-call participation, teaching and supervised research.
Eligibility: The hospital presents clinical fellowships for foreign doctors; the advanced neurosurgery syllabus addresses doctors with overseas neurosurgery experience.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Training level · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: NTFGH clinical fellowship catalogue and A-NFTP syllabus. Reviewed 27 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Programme PDF states a one-year fellowship (the school fellowship table lists 6 months for this fellowship).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Institutional MRV policy awards stipends to full-time candidates under MRV policy but excludes internal, external and sponsored categories. The overlapping categories need an individual funding decision; no stipend amount is given. Tuition is separate.
- Exposure
- Brain and spine surgery, tumour, trauma and vascular disorders, minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques, neuro ICU care and imaging-based surgical planning.
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Application status: The programme PDF states no application window or deadline. The university admissions page (mrvv.edu.in/?p=6780) shows an 'Admissions Open For 2025-26' banner and a 2026-27 menu entry but gives no deadline; confirm the current intake with the university.
Funding: Institutional MRV policy awards stipends to full-time candidates under MRV policy but excludes internal, external and sponsored categories. The overlapping categories need an individual funding decision; no stipend amount is given. Tuition is separate.
Exposure: Brain and spine surgery, tumour, trauma and vascular disorders, minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques, neuro ICU care and imaging-based surgical planning.
Eligibility: Academic qualification listed as MBBS with MS/DNB in General Surgery or equivalent (as printed in the PDF; it does not mention MCh/DNB Neurosurgery).
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director
Source: Official Malla Reddy Vishwavidyapeeth programme PDF. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 6 weeks each (per the 2025 tentative calendar).
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
- Exposure
- Tentative 2025 list: stereotactic and functional neurosurgery (Lahore, Apr-May); full endoscopic spine surgery (Peshawar, Apr-May); radiosurgery (Karachi, Jun-Jul); advances in traumatic brain and spine injury (Lahore, Aug-Sep); skull base, vascular and endovascular (Lahore, Nov-Dec).
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Application status: The page shows a tentative 2025 calendar only; it gives no application route, eligibility or 2026-27 dates.
Funding: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
Exposure: Tentative 2025 list: stereotactic and functional neurosurgery (Lahore, Apr-May); full endoscopic spine surgery (Peshawar, Apr-May); radiosurgery (Karachi, Jun-Jul); advances in traumatic brain and spine injury (Lahore, Aug-Sep); skull base, vascular and endovascular (Lahore, Nov-Dec).
Eligibility: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
Still to confirm: Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Training level · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Application route · Accreditation
Source: Official Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons YNF page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- One year, full time.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
- Exposure
- Aimed at overseas doctors with limited neurosurgery experience who intend to practise neurosurgery and spine surgery. Includes lectures, inpatient and outpatient teaching, ward rounds, clinics, elective and emergency operating sessions, neurosurgery on-call, and modules covering basic sciences, neuro-critical care/anaesthesia and brain and spine trauma. The syllabus anticipates about 350 procedures over the year under close supervision; completers become eligible for the Advanced programme (A-NFTP).
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Application status: The hospital lists the programme and its syllabus but gives no application window or dated intake. The syllabus states one fellow is accepted at a time.
Funding: Not stated on the official page; confirm with the host.
Exposure: Aimed at overseas doctors with limited neurosurgery experience who intend to practise neurosurgery and spine surgery. Includes lectures, inpatient and outpatient teaching, ward rounds, clinics, elective and emergency operating sessions, neurosurgery on-call, and modules covering basic sciences, neuro-critical care/anaesthesia and brain and spine trauma. The syllabus anticipates about 350 procedures over the year under close supervision; completers become eligible for the Advanced programme (A-NFTP).
Eligibility: Selection by CV and interview with the programme director or a faculty member. Candidates should preferably hold a postgraduate qualification such as MRCS or equivalent, have good written and spoken English, be in good standing with their country's medical council, and complete temporary registration with the Singapore Medical Council.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · International eligibility · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Accreditation
Source: Official NTFGH clinical fellowship programmes page (links to the B-NFTP syllabus PDF). Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Clinical observership: maximum 3 months. Hands-off observership: maximum 28 days.
- Deadline
- No fixed date: apply at least 6-9 months ahead (clinical) or 2-3 months ahead (hands-off).
- Funding
- A processing fee of S$545 (including 9% GST) applies to each successful applicant, payable after acceptance. No stipend is mentioned.
- Exposure
- Observation within NNI neuroscience departments for foreign doctors. The clinical route requires SMC/MOM registration and malpractice indemnity cover from the Malpractice Protection Society; the hands-off route needs no SMC/MOM approval. Proof of vaccination and serology results is required.
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Application status: The page describes the observership routes and how to apply but gives no dated intake and does not say which neuroscience departments (neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology) currently accept observers; individual departments set their own criteria.
Funding: A processing fee of S$545 (including 9% GST) applies to each successful applicant, payable after acceptance. No stipend is mentioned.
Exposure: Observation within NNI neuroscience departments for foreign doctors. The clinical route requires SMC/MOM registration and malpractice indemnity cover from the Malpractice Protection Society; the hands-off route needs no SMC/MOM approval. Proof of vaccination and serology results is required.
Eligibility: Programme is for foreign doctors; clinical route needs eligibility for SMC temporary registration and MOM Training Employment Pass.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Participation level · Benefits · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official NNI observerships page. Reviewed 29 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Not published.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Not published.
- Exposure
- Individualised specialised clinical training; a neurosurgery curriculum is not detailed.
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Application status: No dated application cycle or current vacancy is published.
Funding: Not published.
Exposure: Individualised specialised clinical training; a neurosurgery curriculum is not detailed.
Eligibility: The SMC clinical-fellow route for international graduates requires active practice, at least three years of work as a medical officer or equivalent, and sponsorship by an eligible home-country body. The host separately decides admission.
Still to confirm: Duration · Eligibility · Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Fees · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director
Source: Official Alexandra Hospital international fellowship page. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- 2–12 weeks; starts on a Monday with mandatory Omori orientation.
- Deadline
- Calendar: 31 January 2027 for July–September 2027; 30 April 2027 for October–December 2027. The April–June banner cites the past 31 October 2026 deadline.
- Funding
- Fee-paying; an approved institutional MOU may waive fees.
- Exposure
- Neurosurgery is a listed host specialty; the observation scheme includes procedures/surgery observation, rounds and conferences. Placement depends on departmental acceptance.
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Application status: The page still advertises April–June 2027 applications with an October 2026 deadline that has passed. Calendar entries do not guarantee a currently available Neurosurgery placement.
Funding: Fee-paying; an approved institutional MOU may waive fees.
Exposure: Neurosurgery is a listed host specialty; the observation scheme includes procedures/surgery observation, rounds and conferences. Placement depends on departmental acceptance.
Eligibility: International physicians/residents/fellows training outside Japan may apply directly; intermediaries are not accepted.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Positions · Training level · Medical registration · Examinations · Benefits · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official Toho University International Physician Observership Program. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Four weeks to three months per academic year, during the applicant’s residency or fellowship.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- The cited programme does not publish a stipend.
- Exposure
- Observation of procedures, surgery and clinical assessments, with access to rounds and teaching conferences.
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Application status: The Department of Surgery names both observer and clinical visiting routes. The GME page currently accepts observer visiting residents only. Placement dates depend on space and host approval.
Funding: The cited programme does not publish a stipend.
Exposure: Observation of procedures, surgery and clinical assessments, with access to rounds and teaching conferences.
Eligibility: Current enrollment in a residency or fellowship programme and approval from the applicant’s programme director.
Still to confirm: Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Accommodation · Official contact · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: Official AUB Department of Surgery visiting residents page. Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- Duration and placement conditions are arranged individually before training.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Fees, salary and stipends are unpublished on the programme page.
- Exposure
- Training topics include endovascular embolisation and stenting, extra-intracranial bypass, brain and skull base tumour microsurgery, epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation, spine surgery and peripheral nerve surgery.
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Application status: Training dates and participation are arranged individually with the hospital.
Funding: Fees, salary and stipends are unpublished on the programme page.
Exposure: Training topics include endovascular embolisation and stenting, extra-intracranial bypass, brain and skull base tumour microsurgery, epilepsy surgery and neuromodulation, spine surgery and peripheral nerve surgery.
Eligibility: The hospital offers these placements to practicing neurosurgeons.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · International eligibility · Medical registration · Examinations · Language · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Application documents · Programme director
Source: Official Presidential Hospital neurosurgery training page. Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
- Duration
- PGIM caps clinical fellowships at the relevant field’s post-MD training duration. The Board decides the training level and rotation after review.
- Deadline
- Not recorded · check official call
- Funding
- Stipend information is not published by PGIM.
- Exposure
- Approved international fellows are assigned to a suitable rotation by their Board of Study. PGIM leaves the rotation to the Board and does not specify operative privileges.
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Application status: PGIM publishes a case-by-case clinical fellowship route for international physicians and a separate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery. A dedicated neurosurgery intake, placement site and current places remain unconfirmed.
Funding: Stipend information is not published by PGIM.
Exposure: Approved international fellows are assigned to a suitable rotation by their Board of Study. PGIM leaves the rotation to the Board and does not specify operative privileges.
Eligibility: This application route is for non-Sri Lankan nationals. Their postgraduate qualifications are reviewed by the relevant Board of Study.
Still to confirm: Funding · Current status · Commencement · Deadline · Positions · Participation level · Medical registration · Examinations · Visa / work authorisation · Benefits · Insurance · Accommodation · Programme director · Accreditation
Source: University of Colombo PGIM clinical fellowships policy. Reviewed 7 Nov 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.
