MBBS Student Years

MBBS in India runs 4½ academic years in four phases, then a one-year compulsory internship. How the course is built, and the attendance, assessment, exam and time-limit rules.

Two documents govern the MBBS course for current batches. The Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 are the notified regulations, published in the Gazette. The Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum 2024 guidelines, issued by the National Medical Commission’s Undergraduate Medical Education Board, apply to batches admitted from 2024-25 and carry the detail on phases, attendance and examinations. Where the two differ, both are shown.

Each university builds its own detailed curriculum on this framework, so a college’s rules can add to what is recorded here.

How the MBBS course is structuredMBBS in India takes 5½ years in all: 4½ academic years in four professional phases, then twelve months of compulsory rotating internship. Phases, foundation course, electives and postings, from GMER-23.Verified September 2026
MBBS attendance, assessment, examinations and time limitsMBBS needs 75% attendance in theory and 80% in practical and clinical work, in each subject. Also internal assessment, supplementary exams and the Phase I attempt limit.Verified September 2026