June 2, 2026
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed the amendment of Graduate Medical Education Regulations (GMER), 2023, to allow MBBS students up to 10 years to finish their course, including the mandatory rotatory clinical internship.
NMC uploaded a draft amendment on its website, inviting suggestions and comments from stakeholders regarding this change within a time period of 30 days.
The Proposed Change Says
Medical students can continue their undergraduate medical course for up to 10 years from the admission date, including the internship. However, what remains unchanged is that no students will be allowed more than 4 attempts to pass the professional MBBS examination.
This change aligns with the NMC’s Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) regulations.
The draft amendment that was issued said, “Provided that under no circumstances the student shall be allowed more than four attempts for the first year (First Professional MBBS), and no student shall be allowed to continue the undergraduate medical course after 10 years from the date of joining the MBBS course (including continuous rotatory medical internship)”.
In June 2023, the National Medical Commission reduced the number of years of completing the MBBS course from 10 to nine years.
How Will It Benefit Students?
The recent proposal is set to benefit students who face health issues and academic setbacks or any other personal or unforeseen emergency during their course. This will further provide them with more flexibility to complete their MBBS degree without losing eligibility.
The proposal will be finalised after getting feedback on the draft regulations.
