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Essential Information. Doctors are licensed medical practitioners who have undergone 11-15 years of training to gain a license. This usually includes four years of undergraduate education followed by four years of medical school, divided into two years of classroom training in medicine and two years of clinical training.
How many years of college does it take to be a doctor? It usually takes somewhere between 11 and 16 years to become a practicing M.D. After four years at an accredited college and four years at a medical school, a doctor must complete a residency of three or more years.