About 4MBBS
4MBBS helps students decide where — and whether — to study medicine abroad, using verifiable facts instead of sales talk.
Why this site exists
Every year tens of thousands of Indian students leave to study medicine abroad, and many decisions are made on a consultant's word. Pass rates in the licensing exam are low (12.77% in FMGE June 2026, about 23% in October 2026), the rules changed fundamentally with the NMC FMGL Regulations 2021, and some programmes sold as "NMC-approved" do not meet them. We publish the information we would want before paying the first instalment.
What we cover
- 30 country guides with fees, programme structure, FMGL fit, FMGE results, safety and living costs.
- 42 university profiles with tuition, hostel, intake, recognition and sources.
- 23 guides to the rules, exams, documents, visas, loans and careers after graduation.
- Free tools: a cost calculator and a country finder.
How we decide what to recommend
We do not rank universities by who pays. For each country we compare the typical English-medium programme with the NMC FMGL 2021 conditions — course length, a 12-month internship at the same university, English throughout, and the right to a licence in that country — and we read every NMC advisory and Indian embassy notice for that country. We add the FMGE results that NBEMS publishes for graduates of that country and, where available, of each university. Cost comes last: a cheap course that cannot lead to an Indian licence is not cheap.
That is why some popular destinations carry a "mixed" or "poor" label on this site even though agents sell them heavily, and why we tell readers about recent problems — the April 2026 NMC alert on three Uzbek universities, the June 2026 accreditation results in Kyrgyzstan, the war-time situation in Ukraine and Iran — on the pages where they matter.
Who we write for
Mainly Indian students who have qualified (or are about to qualify) NEET-UG and their parents, plus students from Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, whose home regulators have their own rules for foreign degrees. Each of those countries has its own page.
How we make money
Reading the site is free. If you ask for counselling, your request goes to Univenter, an international admissions platform that processes 4MBBS applications. Universities may pay a recruitment fee when a student enrols through that platform. This never changes what we publish: we cover risky countries, advisories and low pass rates even where we could earn a fee, and we never accept payment for a ranking or a review.
Our standards
Every page shows when it was last fact-checked and lists its sources, with official regulators and universities first. Read the full editorial policy. Found something out of date? Tell us.