NBEMS Releases Tentative Exam Schedules For DNB, GPAT And FMGE
GPAT 2026 is proposed to be held on March 7, while FMGE is slated twice during the period—on January 17 for the December 2025 session and on June 28 for the June 2026 session.
EW DELHI: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has announced the tentative examination schedule for medical and allied health examinations to be conducted between January and June 2026.
The provisional calendar includes proposed dates and timings for key examinations such as the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT), Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), Diplomate of National Board (DNB) final exams, and several diploma and fellowship tests.
As per the schedule, GPAT 2026 is proposed to be held on March 7, while FMGE is slated twice during the period—on January 17 for the December 2025 session and on June 28 for the June 2026 session.
The DNB Final Examination for the June 2026 session is scheduled from June 18 to June 21. NBEMS has also clarified that the schedule for NEET-PG 2026 will be notified separately and is not part of this tentative calendar.
NBEMS tentative examination schedule 2026
| Name of Examination | Exam Date | Exam Day | Exam Time |
| NBEMS Diploma Final Examination – December 2025 | 06 January 2026 | Tuesday | 2 pm to 5 pm |
| 07 January 2026 | Wednesday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| 08 January 2026 | Thursday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) – December 2025 | 17 January 2026 | Saturday | Paper I: 9 am to 11:30 am
Paper II: 2 pm to 04:30 pm |
| Fellowship Diploma Status Test – MDS (FDST-MDS) 2025 | 21 February 2026 | Saturday | Paper I: 9 am to 11 am
Paper II: 2 pm to 5 pm |
| Fellowship Diploma Status Test – BDS (FDST-BDS) 2025 | 01 March 2026 | Sunday | Paper I: 9 am to 11 am
Story continues below this ad Paper II: 2 pm to 5 pm |
| Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2026 | 07 March 2026 | Saturday | 9 am to 12 pm |
| Fellowship Entrance Test (FET) 2026 | 14 March 2026 | Saturday | 9 am to 10:45 am |
| Post Diploma Centralized Entrance Test (PDCET) 2026 | 12 April 2026 | Sunday | 9 am to 11 am |
| DrNB Final Examination – April 2026 | 24 April 2026 | Friday | 2 pm to 5 pm |
| 25 April 2026 | Saturday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| 26 April 2026 | Sunday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| NBEMS Diploma Final Examination – June 2026 | 14 May 2026 | Thursday | 9 am to 12 pm |
| 15 May 2026 | Friday | 9 am to 12 pm | |
| 16 May 2026 | Saturday | 9 am to 12 pm | |
| DNB Final Examination – June 2026 | 18 June 2026 | Thursday | 2 pm to 5 pm |
| 19 June 2026 | Friday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| 20 June 2026 | Saturday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| 21 June 2026 | Sunday | 2 pm to 5 pm | |
| Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) – June 2026 | 28 June 2026 | Sunday | Paper I: 9 am to 11:30 am
Paper II: 2 pm to 04 |
NBEMS has emphasised that the above schedule is tentative. The final examination dates will be announced separately through official notifications and information bulletins issued for each individual examination.