FMGE result October 2026: 9,354 pass as rate nearly doubles to 22.87%

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) declared the result of the October 2026 Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. According to the result list, 9,354 candidates qualified and 31,539 did not, a pass rate of about 22.9%. The exam was held on Saturday, 31 October 2026, as an additional session after candidates protested over the June 2026 paper, in which only about 12.4% passed.

The FMGE is the screening test for Indian students who earned their medical degree abroad. More than 42,000 candidates were listed for this one session, which shows how many young Indians now take the foreign MBBS route. When they return, this exam decides whether they can move on to an internship and a career as a doctor in India, so each result shapes thousands of career plans at once.

The October session was not part of the usual calendar. After the June 2026 result, foreign medical graduates protested over the paper and the low pass rate. Reports say NBEMS agreed in late August to hold an extra exam before the end of October, and issued a notice confirming the 31 October date. Reports also say the session planned for January 2027 was moved to later in January or February 2027. For candidates who failed in June, the extra session cut the waiting time by several months.

The better result in October will be read closely by students who are thinking of studying medicine abroad. The FMGE pass rate has swung widely from session to session, and a single good or bad result does not show a long-term trend. A student weighing a foreign MBBS should look at several sessions, the university's own record and the cost of repeated attempts, not one number.

Peepals calculation: The reported figures add up. Pass plus fail is 9,354 + 31,539 = 40,893; adding the 30 withheld results gives 40,923; adding the 1,190 absentees gives 42,113 candidates in all. Dividing 9,354 by 40,893 gives 22.87%, and by 40,923 gives 22.86%, which explains why reports differ by one hundredth. Against the June rate of about 12.4%, the October pass rate is about 1.84 times higher (22.87 / 12.4 = 1.84). Still, more than three in four candidates who sat the exam, about 77.1% (31,539 / 40,893), did not qualify. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: The 9,354 qualified candidates can move towards their compulsory internship and registration once they collect their pass certificates after document checks. Those who did not qualify must prepare for the next session, now expected in early 2027.

Long-term: The extra session and the reported move towards three exams a year give foreign medical graduates more chances to qualify each year, which shortens gaps in their careers. Whether pass rates stay near the October level will only be clear after more sessions.

Who is affected: Indian students who studied medicine abroad and their families, students now choosing between an Indian and a foreign MBBS, state medical councils that register new doctors, and hospitals that take on interns.

What to watch next: Scorecards open for download on Friday, 20 November 2026, and NBEMS is to announce the date of the next session, reported for January or February 2027.

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