National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), New Delhi, has invited applications for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) June 2025 session to be conducted on 26th July 2025 on a computer-based platform at various test centres across the country.

An Indian citizen/Overseas citizen of India possessing MBBS Degree awarded by any medical institution outside India who is desirous of getting provisional or permanent registration with Medical Council of India (now the National Medical Commission) or any State Medical Council on or after 15.03.2002 shall have to qualify a screening test conducted by the prescribed authority (NBEMS now) for that purpose. However, those holding an Under Graduate medical qualification from Australia/Canada/ New Zealand/United Kingdom/United States of America and the holder thereof has also been awarded a Post Graduate medical qualification in Australia/Canada/New Zealand/ United Kingdom/United States of America and has been recognized for enrolment as medical practitioner in that country, if seeking provisional or permanent registration in India are not required to qualify the Screening Test.

Eligibility of candidates who have obtained their primary medical qualification from Pakistan shall be subject to their security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Govt of India and other conditions.

Eligibility: Applicant should be a citizen of India or an Overseas Citizen of India and should possess an MBBS degree, which is confirmed by the Indian Embassy concerned, to be a recognised qualification for enrolment as a medical practitioner in the country in which the institution awarding the said qualification is situated. The result of the final examination of MBBS should have been declared by 30th April, 2025.

There are no restrictions on number of attempts that can be availed by a candidate to clear FMGE.

Examination: The computer-based examination will have one paper having 300 multiple-choice, single correct response questions in English language only, each carrying 1 mark, delivered in two parts to be taken in a single day. Part I will be from 9 am to 11.30 am and Part II from 2 pm to 4.30 pm.

The question paper for each part will be divided into multiple time-bound sections. For example, if there are 3-time time-bound sections, A, B & C in each part of the question paper, each such section will have 50 questions and 50 minutes of time allotted for the section. Candidates would not be able to proceed to the next section till completion of the allotted time of the previous section. Candidates can mark any question, whether attempted or not, for review and can review such questions before the allotted time for that section ends. Candidates would not be allowed to review the questions/modify the responses of a section after the completion of the allotted time of that section. Questions of the next section will start automatically after the completion of the allotted time of the previous section. The actual number of such time-restricted sections may vary based on the total number of questions in the question paper and operational feasibility in making such sections. There shall be no negative marking for incorrect answers.

Details related to the examination and syllabus are given in the Information Bulletin given at https://nbe.edu.in/ 

Test Cities: The tentative list of cities where the FMGE June 2025 session shall be conducted is given in the Information Bulletin. At the time of online submission of the application form, the candidate will be required to indicate his/her choices of four different test cities amongst the test cities offered where he/she would like to appear in FMGE. The candidate shall be allocated the test centre for FMGE in any one of these four test cities chosen by him/her using a random allocation process.

Application: Application can be submitted online at https://nbe.edu.in/ latest by 11:55 p.m. on 17th May 2025.

The examination fee is Rs 6195/- to be paid online.

Editing application: The Edit Window for all payment success applications will be open from 22nd May 2025 to 24th May 2025. Any information/documents can be edited except Name, Nationality, Email, Mobile number and Test City. Final Edit Window to rectify Deficient/Incorrect Images- Photograph, Signatures, Thumb Impression- will be available from 06th June 2025 to 09th June 2025. Deficiencies related to documents uploaded in the application can be rectified by 11.55 pm on 10th July 2025. Information on the test city will be given by 10th July 2025

Admit Card will be issued on 22nd July, 2025. The result is expected to be declared by 26th August 2025.

For details, visit https://nbe.edu.in/ and https://natboard.edu.in