What is the ruling on studying medicine in the presence of free mixing of men and women?

Question : This questioner says: What do you say about a girl studying in a college of medicine, despite the free mixing of men and women among the students in the laboratories and labs?

Answer : There is no doubt that it is required for a woman to learn medicine, because Allah the Exalted made the children of Adam men and women, as Allah the Exalted said: , and women need a woman who has learned medicine. So a woman learning medicine is not blameworthy; rather, it is commanded. However, the blameworthy thing is the free mixing between her and the young men.
And perhaps Allah the Exalted will facilitate the solution to this problem for this state, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and eliminate it. The matter there is something that is necessary, which is for a woman to learn medicine, and there is a blameworthy thing that accompanies this necessary thing, which can be eliminated, if Allah wills. We ask Allah the Exalted to grant success to those in charge of our affairs in achieving the benefits.