FMGE

Students who want to appear in Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) exam must note that this exam is a licensure examination for Indian citizens who completed their medical education abroad. This exam is conducted twice in a year one in June and other in December. Applicants need to fill the form seperately to appear in the exam.

To qualify the FMGE licensing exam you need to secure at least 50% of the marks of a total of 300 marks. This translates to 150 marks. Total Marks of FMGE licensing exam: 300Number of Questions in the exam: 300 Multiple Choice QuestionsMarks per Question: 1 mark Negative Marking: No 

The NBEMS has mentioned on the official website that the result of FMGE 2024 December session will be declared on February 12, 2025.  The authorities will release the FMGE results on the official website at natboard (dot)edu (dot)in. Applicants are advised to enter their login credentials while checking for the results.

Students can edit all the details excpet name, email, mobile, test city and nationality between May 24 to 28, 2024. While the correction in photograph, signature and thumb impression can be done between June 7 to 10, 2024.Only those candidates can edit their application form who filled the form successfully within time.   

The FMGE 2024 registration started on October 28, 2024 in online mode at official website. The last date to fill FMGE application form was November 18, 2024 (11:55 PM). Students must note that, this year FMGE 2024 application fee was reduced in June session and now applicants had to pay INR 6,195 instead of INR 7,080. 

It means that the results have not been posted due to discrepancies in the documents provided. the authorities will issue a notice regarding the candidates who need to submit their official documents again. Once the notice has been out and the link is out, you can fill the form again with care. Recheck the provided documents. After the checking your results will be released by the authorities.

FMGE exam is of moderate difficulty level as per the student reaction and expert exam analysis derived from top coaching institutes and the evaluators. A candidate need to focus on FMGE exam preparation around solving the multiple-choice questions. As there is no negative marking in the exam, this makes it easy for candidates to attempt the entire question paper. However, a minimum of 50% marks needs to be scored in order to receive the Pass Certificate from NBEMS

Candidates pursuing medical degree outside India, if wish to practice medicine profession in India can start preparing for the FMGE exam much before applying for it. There is no defined timeframe which a candidate need to prepare for the exam. The syllabus more or less remains the same and the topics are also covered in the syllabus which is taught at the MD level. FMGE screening test is sought after to seek the medical licensing to practice Doctoral profession in India. This mandates an aspirant to score minimum 50% marks to be able to pass the exam.

As per the NBE report on Institute wise performance in FMGE-2022, the FMGE passsing rate of MBBS students from Northern State Medical University is 24.06%. Of the 399 students who pursued MBBS from Northern State Medical University only 96 cleared FMGE test in 2022. The FMGE passing rate is expected to increase from 2024 as most of the students who will give the exam from 2024 will be those who had qualified NEET exam because qualifying NEET was made compulsory for MBBS abroad in 2018.