FMGE Result October 2026 Out: 9,354 Pass, Scorecard 20 Nov

The FMGE result October 2026 was declared by NBEMS on 10 November 2026. Of the 40,923 candidates who sat the exam on 31 October, 9,354 passed, a pass rate of about 22.9 per cent, or roughly two in nine. Scorecards open on 20 November 2026 and pass certificates follow in-person verification.

Key takeaways on the FMGE result October 2026

• The NBEMS notice on the result of FMGE October 2026, dated 10 November 2026, lists 42,113 roll numbers: 9,354 pass, 31,539 fail, 1,190 absent and 30 withheld.

• The pass rate of about 22.9 per cent is almost double the June 2026 figure of about 12.8 per cent, and close to the December 2025 rate of 23.94 per cent.

• The pass mark stayed at 150 out of 300. We read every score in the digitally signed result PDF: 5,367 candidates finished within 10 marks of passing, the top score was 249, and nobody reached 250.

• Individual scorecards can be downloaded from 20 November 2026 and stay online for six months only. A scorecard is not a pass certificate and cannot be used for State Medical Council registration.

• There is no re-evaluation, re-totalling or grace marks in FMGE. A candidate who failed can sit the next session, and there is no limit on attempts.

FMGE result October 2026 at a glance

What does the FMGE result October 2026 say?

FMGE, the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, is the screening test an Indian citizen with a foreign MBBS must pass before registering to practise in India. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) runs it. The October 2026 session was the first time NBEMS held the exam three times in a year, after the June 2026 and December 2025 sessions.

The result file is a 1,359 page PDF published on the NBEMS FMGE results page. It lists every roll number with the application sequence number, the total score out of 300 and one of four outcomes: PASS, FAIL, ABSENT or WITHHELD. It does not show marks for Part I and Part II separately, and it does not give names.

The notice makes three points that matter straight away. Every question was reviewed by subject faculty after the exam, so where a question was technically wrong, all candidates received the marks, and where a question had two correct answers, both options were credited. The result is provisional until identity and documents are verified in person. And thirty results are withheld, with the reason going to each candidate by email rather than in the PDF.

How do you check your FMGE October 2026 result?

You need your roll number from the admit card. NBEMS removes admit cards from the candidate login once the result is out, which is why the FMGE October 2026 information bulletin asks candidates to keep a printed copy.

1. Open the NBEMS FMGE results page and click the entry "Result of Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) October 2026". It opens the five page notice.

2. Click "Click here to view the result of FMGE October 2026" inside the notice. The digitally signed PDF opens.

3. Use the search function in your PDF reader (Ctrl+F on a laptop) and type your roll number. Roll numbers run from 2611200001 upwards in ascending order.

4. Read the score and the outcome in the same row. A score of 150 or more shows PASS.

5. Check the digital signature on the last page. The notice says the file is authentic only with a valid NBEMS signature, so a screenshot or a forwarded copy is not proof of anything.

Our guide to how to check the FMGE result and what comes next walks through the candidate login as well, which is where the scorecard will appear from 20 November.

How does the FMGE October 2026 pass rate compare with earlier sessions?

The October 2026 rate of about 22.9 per cent sits in the middle of the range NBEMS has reported since 2020. It is a sharp recovery from June 2026, which was the lowest session on record, and it is close to the December 2025 session.

The 2020 to 2025 rows come from the NBEMS FMGE performance reports, and the June 2026 row from the NBEMS result of 7 July 2026, both covered in our post on the FMGE 2026 pass rate. The October 2026 row is our count from the result PDF. The lesson for a parent is that a single session, high or low, is not the trend. Two sessions in a row have now moved by ten percentage points in opposite directions on the same pass mark and the same syllabus.

The country-wise split, which NBEMS publishes in its yearly performance report rather than with the result, is not out yet for October 2026. Our web story on the FMGE pass rate country wise shows the 2025 figures, which ranged from about 14 per cent for China graduates to about 40 per cent for Uzbekistan graduates.

How were the marks spread in FMGE October 2026?

NBEMS publishes the score of every candidate but no summary of them, so we built one. We counted all 40,922 scores in the digitally signed PDF (every candidate who appeared, including those with a withheld result and a score shown). The median score was 130 out of 300, the average was 131 and the highest score was 249. Nobody scored 250 or more.

Two things stand out. First, 5,367 candidates missed the pass mark by 10 marks or fewer, and 2,589 of them missed it by five marks or fewer. On a 300 mark paper with no negative marking, five marks is five questions. Second, 4,038 of the 9,354 passes were by 10 marks or fewer. The exam is decided in a narrow band around 150, which is why a planned revision of high-yield subjects from the FMGE syllabus and subject weightage moves so many candidates across the line.

What happens after you pass FMGE October 2026?

Passing is step one of three. The information bulletin, section 10, sets out the rest.

1. Download your scorecard from the NBEMS candidate login on or after 20 November 2026. It stays online for six months from issue, and NBEMS says requests after that window are rejected. Save a copy in two places.

2. Wait for the pass certificate schedule. NBEMS issues FMGE pass certificates in person after identity checks, including fingerprint biometrics and face ID, tentatively within four weeks of the result. The schedule and the entry slip listing the documents to carry are posted on the NBEMS website.

3. Collect the certificate within six months of the result. Bulletin clause 10.9 says a qualified candidate who does not collect it within six months has the candidature and result deemed cancelled, with no further opportunity.

4. Apply to a State Medical Council or NMC for registration. The council, not NBEMS, decides eligibility, and the notice of 10 November repeats that a scorecard cannot be presented in place of the pass certificate.

For the registration step the council checks three sets of papers, listed in clause 10.11 of the bulletin: the credentials that made you eligible to study medicine abroad (Class 12 marksheet, category certificate, Eligibility Certificate or NEET UG result), the primary medical qualification certificate attested by the Indian Embassy or apostilled, and the FMGE pass certificate. Candidates who started their foreign degree on or after 18 November 2021 are assessed under the NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021, which require a supervised internship in India before permanent registration. Our post on whether an MBBS from abroad is valid in India explains those rules, and our guide to the Indian Medical Register shows what a completed registration looks like.

Once registered, the career routes are the same as for an Indian graduate: NEET PG for a postgraduate seat, a government or private hospital post, or a licensing exam abroad such as USMLE or PLAB. NEETsheet's guide on how to become a doctor in India maps the full route, and its post on doctor salaries in India gives the pay ranges that follow registration.

What if your FMGE October 2026 result says FAIL?

About 31,500 candidates are in this position, so the practical plan matters more than the disappointment. These are the rules and the steps.

• No re-evaluation. Bulletin clause 10.4 rules out re-evaluation, re-checking, re-totalling and grace marks, and says such requests are not entertained. The only review that happens is the faculty review of questions, which NBEMS has already applied before declaring the result.

• No attempt limit. Clause 5.7 says there is no restriction on the number of attempts. The only bar is the other way round: a candidate who has passed cannot sit FMGE again.

• Download the scorecard on 20 November anyway. The score tells you how far you were from 150. For the 5,367 candidates within 10 marks, the gap is a few questions, not a different exam.

• Use the candidate login to see your responses. Clause 10.3 says the applicant login on the FMGE October 2026 index page shows question IDs, the correct answer key IDs and the responses you marked, with the score for each question. That is the most useful study document you will get, because it shows the subjects where marks were lost.

• Prepare for the next session. NBEMS now holds FMGE three times a year. The January 2027 date was withdrawn, and the next date has not been announced; our post on the FMGE January 2027 date explains what NBEMS confirmed. Last year, registration for the December 2025 session opened on 14 November 2025 for an exam on 17 January 2026, so a notice in the coming weeks would follow that pattern. The fee was Rs. 4,650 including GST for October 2026.

• Keep your documents ready. A fresh application needs the same papers as before: the primary medical qualification certificate with apostille or embassy attestation, the Eligibility Certificate or NEET UG result, proof of citizenship and the passport pages. The Online Deficient Document portal for October 2026 closed on 21 October 2026, so for the next session upload complete documents at the time of application.

What does a withheld FMGE result mean?

Thirty candidates have WITHHELD against their roll number. The notice says the reason is being sent to each of them by email, so a withheld result is not a fail. In the PDF, some withheld rows carry a score of 150 or more. In June 2026, NBEMS released the withheld results in two later lots on the same results page, and those lots are still listed there. If your result is withheld, read the email, reply through the Communication Web Portal with the documents NBEMS asks for, and watch the results page for the follow-up lot.

Is FMGE being replaced by NExT after this result?

No. NExT, the National Exit Test, is notified in law but deferred, and no date is in force. FMGE remains the exam for practising in India with a foreign degree, and the October 2026 result is proof that NBEMS is running it on a three-session calendar. Our explainer on NExT or FMGE in 2026 sets out which exam a student of each batch should plan for.

A worked example: reading the result as a family

For example, take Rohan. He graduated from a university in Georgia in June 2026, cleared the document checks and sat FMGE on 31 October 2026 in Delhi.

On the evening of 10 November his father opens the result PDF and searches the roll number. The row shows 146 and FAIL. Four marks short.

Rohan does not apply for re-evaluation, because there is none. On 20 November he downloads his scorecard, then opens the applicant login and goes through every question he got wrong. Pharmacology and preventive medicine account for most of the lost marks.

He treats the next session as a revision of two subjects, not a restart of nineteen. He also keeps the admit card, the attested degree and the Eligibility Certificate in one folder, because the next application will ask for them again.

Three things to notice from Rohan's case. The result PDF gives the score, so a family can see at once how close the attempt was. The applicant login shows the question-level record, which is worth more than any commercial test series. And the next session is a few months away, not a year, because FMGE now runs three times a year.

Sources

• NBEMS, Notice on the result of Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) October 2026, 10 November 2026

• NBEMS, FMGE results page (October 2026 result PDF and earlier sessions)

• NBEMS, FMGE October 2026 information bulletin (fee, pass mark, scorecard, pass certificate and registration rules)