NExT (National Exit Test)

National Exit Test (abbreviated as NExT) is a proposed examination for all MBBS students in India that is required to pass the final year and obtain a license to practice medicine. Admissions to postgraduate courses will be based on the merit of a candidate in NExT. 

This exam is currently known as FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Exam) which is mandatory for only those medical graduates who have completed their MBBS course from abroad and willing to practice in India. With the implementation of the NExT exam, all medical graduates whether they have studied MBBS from Indian or Abroad will have to qualify for the NExT exam.