I am doing medical ug in Russia. If i did pg in USA/ UK / CANADA. Do i need to clear FMGE to practice in India?

Medical Council of India (MCI) which is also known as Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) is a licensure examination conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE) in India. MCI Examination is compulsory for those Indian students who have pursued MBBS from abroad. The MCI Screening Test was first brought in the year 2002 for the Indian students who have attained a degree of medicine from the country other than India such as Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, China, Bangladesh, Barbados, Philippines, Caribbean countries etc. The Medical Schools should have been listed in the WHO International Directory of Medical Schools.



For those students who complete their MBBS from abroad and want to further practice in India, it is compulsory to give MCI Examination for them so that they can start their professional life in India as well. Once you clear this exam, you will be equivalent from those who have done their MBBS from India. Only then you are allowed to choose your career in the field of medicine.

The MCI Screening test is conducted to keep a check on basic concepts, common sense, application of concepts, and ability to check the time management. This exam is not about each and every detail of the study material of MBBS. The test is taken just to check if you are familiar with the core data.

After clearing MCI Screening Test, the students need to carry out 1 year of internship to fulfill the eligibility criteria. If not done, the students will remain to be unemployed in India.

There is no bar on the number of attempts for giving this exam. The minimum eligibility criteria to pass MCI Screening test for a candidate is 50% marks. The aspirants who qualify the MCI Screening Test can apply to Medical Council of India, New Delhi or State Medical Council for his/her permanent or provisional registration.

MCI Screening Test is known to be a very challenging exam as it needs a lot of practice. Only 19% of the candidates are able to clear this test if we see this statistically. If we compare the graphic representation from 2005 to 2015, there had been a huge fall from around 80% of the Indian medical students from International Universities passing the mandatory MCI Screening Test