Born from the PISAM-ISPA consortium, EMISSA has an ambition: to educate the physicians, dentists, pharmacists and health professionals who will serve tomorrow’s Africa. Scientific rigour, a culture of care and an international outlook.
EMISSA brings together what great medical schools take decades to build: a leading teaching hospital, an international university and a clear technological ambition.
PISAM contributes its hospital platform and the supervision of its physicians; Université Polytechnique ISPA contributes its academic engineering, international network and digital ecosystem.
Opened in 1985 in Cocody, PISAM is one of West Africa's flagship private hospitals: 24/7 medical-surgical emergencies, international-standard operating theatres, imaging centre, intensive care, neonatology, haemodialysis and laboratory.
An Ivorian university with a pan-African mission, ISPA contributes academic and educational governance, MESRS and CAMES references for its authorised degrees, and a network of national and international partners. Its CADECIA research centre and teaching facilities support the ambition to innovate in health.
In most medical schools, students wait years before walking into a hospital — and then struggle to secure a placement. At EMISSA, the hospital is not a distant destination: it is the starting point. PISAM, co-founder of the school, opens its departments to our students from the second year.
Your child learns alongside experienced heads of department, in a hospital that has delivered care to international standards since 1985. Every placement is planned by a joint clinical committee, every procedure is recorded in a digital logbook, every step is validated by a physician. This continuity — from lecture hall to bedside — is what makes great doctors.
Dedicated placements for EMISSA students, guaranteed by agreement.
PISAM heads of department involved in teaching and assessment.
MRI, CT, Cath Lab, operating theatres, haemodialysis, neonatology.
Vaccinations, fitness to practise, insurance and trainee charter.
A parent area on EMISSA Connect: attendance, results, placements.
Exchanges and partnerships through the ISPA network.
From a 6-month auxiliary certificate to a medical doctorate, every pathway is grounded in hospital practice.
Like the world's leading health schools, EMISSA organises its allied, social and technological programmes into six families, inspired by Collège La Cité's (Canada) model of excellence.
Front-line professionals: daily patient care, emergencies and maternity.
Pillar 2 · DiagnosisHigh-precision careers that detect disease, analyse samples and run hospital laboratories.
Pillar 3 · The Medicine of the FutureThe avant-garde pillar, where medicine, engineering and artificial intelligence meet.
Pillar 4 · TreatmentFrom medicines to oral health and physical rehabilitation.
Pillar 5 · LeadershipPatient safety, strict infection control and the administration of clinics.
Pillar 6 · People & PreventionSupport for vulnerable people, mental health, social medicine and epidemic prevention.
Simulation rooms with connected manikins, a data centre, advanced laboratories and access to PISAM's imaging centre, operating theatres and Cath Lab.
To train a doctor is to train a steady hand, a rigorous mind and an attentive heart.
EMISSA was born from a conviction: Africa deserves medical schools where scientific excellence, hospital practice and technological innovation advance together. By placing our students alongside patients from the second year, with PISAM's teams, we choose rigour and responsibility.
I invite you to join a community of future caregivers, researchers and innovators who will transform the health of our continent.
Prof. Serge Agoh, DeanFollow EMISSA's opening: every milestone is published here and on the EMISSA Connect Portal.
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacy: EMISSA-specific authorisations are being prepared and reviewed. Opening these programmes remains subject to decisions by the competent authorities.
The project draws on the MESRS authorisations and CAMES recognition of approved degrees held by founding member Université Polytechnique ISPA. This scope does not automatically accredit EMISSA’s new medical degrees.
View ISPA’s published referencesA historical foundation for clinical cooperation in the EMISSA × PISAM project. Planned arrangements cover placements, the joint clinical committee and student supervision.
Applications through the EMISSA Connect Application Portal for the 2027–2028 intake. The opening timetable and final conditions will be announced by the school.
Prepare your plans and application documents. Applications will be submitted through EMISSA Connect when the 2027–2028 campaign opens.