Just 15% of Indians with foreign medical degrees clear test once they return home

Of the total number of students that appeared for the test, 87.6 per cent (54,055) were from colleges in seven countries: China, Russia, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

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The Board tracked the 61,708 Indian students who graduated from foreign medical institutions between 2015 and 2018. Image source: Representational Image/ gettyimages.in

SQUEEZED OUT by the competition at home, Indian students may be increasingly tapping medical colleges overseas but, overall, less than 15 per cent of them clear the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), the mandatory test to obtain a licence to practice in India. And of those successful, chances are most of them are either from Bangladesh or Mauritius — not among the most favoured destinations.