NExT Exam Likely To Be Held In August 2025

As per reports, the official sources have revealed that the National Exit Test (NExT) exam is likely to be held on August 2025.

Amid several updates on the National Exit Test (NExT) exam, one of the reports suggested that the exam is expected to be held on August 2025.

Discussions between the Health Ministry and NMC officials indicate that the National Exit Test (NExT) is likely to be held in August 2025 for the final year MBBS students of the 2020 batch, official sources said, as reported by NDTV.

"Going by the deliberations being held between the health ministry and NMC officials, the NExT Step 1 is likely to be held in August 2025 for the final year MBBS students of the 2020 batch," an official source said.

NExT shall serve as a licentiate examination for medical graduates in India and determine the eligibility and ranking for admission to postgraduate medical education in the country. It will also be a screening exam for foreign medical graduates who want to practise in India.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) in its NExT Regulations 2023 issued in June had stated the exam will be held in two phases - NExT Step 1 and NExT Step 2 - within 12 months.

NExT: Recent updates

Last month, the National Medical Commission deferred the exam for the final year MBBS students of the 2019 batch.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in the Rajya Sabha that NMC considered 6,500 comments while preparing NExT exam guidelines.

As per the academic calendar released by National Medical Commission recently, NExT exam first edition will be held in February 2028 for MBBS students of 2023-24 batch.

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