Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation took the 14th place in Russia and the 3rd place in the Southern Federal District on successful completion of the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) for Indian citizens getting medical education outside their country.

We talk about this today in the section “International dialogue (English-medium)”.

The rating was compiled based on statistics on the FMGE according to the latest test results in December 2025.

It includes more than 40 medical universities of the Russian Federation.

FMGE is a mandatory licensing exam in the Republic of India which is taken by foreign medical graduates who wish to practice in the country.

It is conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE, National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, NBEMS) twice a year — in June and December on the third Monday and Tuesday of the month.

According to the rating, RostSMU ranks 14th on successful certification among Indian graduates who studied in the Russian Federation and returned to work in India.

Rostov Medical University took the 3rd place in the ranking of universities in the Southern Federal District.

More than 30 percent of the students were able to pass the exam for admission to work in medical institutions in India.

The exam was introduced in 2002 as a qualification test for Indian students who got medical education outside India. The ranking includes 35 countries from the New World to Oceania.