NMC announces 43,250 internship slots for foreign medical graduates across India
The National Medical Commission has announced 43,250 CRMI internship slots for the 2026–27 academic year to address the shortage of training seats for foreign medical graduates. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh received significant allocations to help clear the backlog of eligible FMGs.
Hyderabad: In a development that addresses the shortage of internship seats for medical graduates who have completed their MBBS in foreign countries, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced 43,250 Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) slots for 2026-27 academic year.
The allocation opens up training opportunities for such medical students across the country, with Telugu states receiving a significant share of the relief. In Telangana, of the 9,440 approved MBBS seats, 4,871 Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) internship slots are available, while in AP, of the 7,090 approved MBBS seats, 2,271 internship seats are available for foreign medical graduates.
In Telangana, institutions like Government Medical College (GMC) Sangareddy and GMC Mahabubabad are providing over 100 slots each. Similarly, Andhra Pradesh sees substantial figures from the GMCs at Machilipatnam, Rajamahendravaram, and Eluru, offering 150 positions.
At national level, Uttar Pradesh leads the national tally with 5,034 earmarked slots, followed by Telangana with 4,871 positions and Karnataka with 4,652. Other major contributors to the internship pool include Maharashtra with 3,662 slots and Tamil Nadu with 3,126.
The NMC has directed the State Medical Councils to initiate the allotment process in coordination with the Directorates of Medical Education to ensure that training begins without further delay.
The expansion of internship slots is expected to clear the significant backlog of eligible FMGs who have cleared their screening exams but remained in professional limbo due to the seat scarcity. The new allocation follows a formula, which requires established medical colleges to allocate 7.5 percent of their total permitted intern intake to FMGs.
