NMC issues advisory to MBBS aspirants in foreign universities

The National Medical Commission (NMC) in an advisory on Wednesday made it clear that MBBS aspirants desirous to obtain the medical qualification from any foreign medical institutions or universities and thereafter practice allopathy in India have to ensure that all conditions prescribed Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiates (FMGL) Regulations, 2021 are fulfilled fulfilled before taking admission.

In the notification issued on Wednesday, the NMC said that it has noticed that several Indian students are seeking admission to private medical colleges abroad which do not adhere to regulations laid by National Medical Commission. The Institutes or Universities abroad are following the curriculum, time frame and training imparted to the students are not in consonance with NMC



regulations being followed in India. It has also come to the notice of this Commission that many students are still taking admissions to such Institutes/Universities.

The NMC has already published Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiates (FMGL) Regulations, 2021 in which the terms of duration of the study, medium of instructions, syllabus, clinical training or internship/clerkship etc. are prescribed. These conditions are mandatory for registration to practice allopathy in India.

Any variation in duration, medium of instructions, syllabus, clinical training or internship/clerkship may lead to disqualification in grant of registration in India. ln case of disqualification, the sole responsibility shall lie upon the candidate only, the NMC notice said.