MBBS Abroad: 37,283 Indian Students Went To Colleges With Unclear Ownership

From the 470 foreign medical colleges whose Indian graduates appeared for the Foreign Medical Graduates Exam (FMGE) 2022, Careers360 could not find clear ownership details for 298. There was no clarity if they were government-owned, privately-owned or otherwise. As many as 37,283 Indian graduates who appeared for FMGE 2022 were from these colleges. Only 7,998 cleared the exam.

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That said, FMGE qualification rates are dismal irrespective of the institutions’ ownership with graduates of private medical colleges doing significantly better. Indian graduates of government-owned colleges recorded a pass percentage of 23.90 per cent in the FMGE; colleges with no ownership information registered a passing percentage of 15.44 per cent; while privately-owned colleges had 35.22 per cent of medical graduates passing the exam.

The FMGE is a mandatory exam for medical graduates from foreign institutes to practise medicine in India. The pass percentage of this licensure test has been declining every year. Out of the 54,924 Indian medical graduates who wrote the FMGE 2022, a little over 12,600 cleared it. Even as per the recent results of the December 2023 session of FMGE, 7,781 students cleared the exam out of 37,827 who appeared for it.

For this article, Careers360 has only considered the data of FMGE 2022 as the relevant data for FMGE 2023 is not yet available.

MBBS Abroad: Ownership Details Missing

The highest number of institutes without proper information on ownership were from China (93), Russia (37), and Ukraine (21). A total of 11,549 Indian medical graduates from such institutes in China appeared for FMGE exam 2022, but only 1,783 passed. From Russia, 3,793 Indian graduates appeared, only 996 passed. The numbers for Ukraine were poor too.

MBBS Abroad: Medical colleges with no clarity on ownership

However, students from such institutions do not always do badly in the FMGE. Given below are the names of medical colleges with unclear ownership but with Indian graduates who recorded reasonably high pass percentages. Most had a few Indian students each.

Top 10 Foreign Medical Colleges Without Ownership Details As Per Pass Percentage In FMGE 2022

Among foreign medical colleges where ownership details are unavailable, 20 institutes achieved a 100 percent success rate in FMGE 2022, as only one student appeared for the exam from each and cleared it.

Foreign Medical Colleges With 1 Indian Student Each

MBBS Abroad: Government-Owned Colleges

Ten thousand Indian medical graduates from 94 publicly-owned foreign medical institutes wrote the FMGE in 2022. Public ownership means run by the government body of the country. Of these, only 2,400 cleared the exam.

Russia, Bangladesh and Ukraine have the highest number of such institutes.

MBBS Abroad: Government-Owned Colleges

FMGE 2022: Top 10 Government-Owned Foreign Medical Colleges And Their Pass Percentages

Besides these, there were eight government-owned colleges that had only one student appearing and clearing the FMGE, showing a 100 percent pass percentage. These are listed below.

Government Medical Colleges With 1 Indian Each

MBBS Abroad: Private Ownership

From the 470 foreign medical colleges Careers360 looked at, 77 were privately-owned. A little over 6,000 students appeared for FMGE 2022, only 2,134 cleared it. The 77 colleges included 36 medical colleges from Bangladesh, 11 from Philippines and seven from Georgia.

Bangladesh recorded 1,318 Indian medical graduates appearing for FMGE 2022 from privately-owned institutes but just 589 passed. There were 3,419 Indian students who appeared for FMGE 2022 from such institutes in the Philippines but just 1,088 students could clear it. Meanwhile, 950 Indian graduates appeared for the exam from private medical colleges in Georgia but only 344 passed.

MBBS Abroad: Privately-Owned Colleges

Top 10 Privately-Owned Foreign Medical Colleges And Pass Percentages In FMGE 2022

Privately-owned foreign medical colleges that had only one student appearing and clearing the FMGE 2022 are listed below.

Private Medical Colleges With 1 Indian Student Each

Importance of Ownership While Choosing A College

Careers360 has discussed the importance of accreditation, hospital ownership, a fully functional website, and ranking for a foreign medical college. These factors serve as crucial checkpoints for students considering medical education at foreign universities.

Analysing the ownership of colleges from which Indian students appeared for FMGE 2022, reveals that only 12 of 94 government-owned foreign medical colleges have valid accreditation, have a hospital, a proper web presence and are also ranked by a global ranking institute and among private institutions only one –New Vision University School Of Medicine, Georgia checks off on all points.

These are the government institutions for which information was available:

• University Of Adelaide Faculty Of Health Sciences, Australia

• Dhaka University, Bangladesh

• University Of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

• Gomel State Medical University, Belarus

• Medical University Of Sofia Faculty Of Medicine, Bulgaria

• Chongqing Medical University, China

• Vitebsk State Medical University, Belarus

• Anhui Medical University Faculty Of Medicine, China

• University Of The Philippines Manila College Of Medicine, Philippines

• Medical University Of Gdansk, Poland

• Makerere University School Of Medicine, Uganda

• Sumy State University Medical Institute, Ukraine

28 foreign medical colleges with no clarity on ownership seemed to have valid accreditation, were associated with a hospital and were also ranked by a global ranking institute.