National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences

National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and established in 1975 at New Delhi as a Society under Delhi Society registration act, to standardizing postgraduate medical education and examination in India.

The postgraduate degree awarded by the National Board of Examinations is called the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) for specialty and Doctorate of National Board (DrNB) for superspecialty. The list of recognised qualifications awarded by the Board in various specialties and super-specialties are approved by the Government of India and are included in the First Schedule of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. The National Board of Examinations conducts the largest portfolio of examinations in the field of medicine in India

Examinations
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences conducts the following examinations:

Entrance exams

 * NEET-PG for admission to MD/MS/DNB postgraduate medical courses across India
 * NEET-MDS for admission to postgraduate dental courses across India
 * NEET-SS for admission to DM/Mch/DrNB superspecialty medical courses across India
 * Fellowship Entrance Test (FET) for admission to Fellow of National Board (FNB)/Fellow of National Board - Post Doctoral (FNB-PD) courses.
 * DNB-PDCET for admission to various post diploma DNB courses in broad specialty subjects.
 * Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) for admission to M. Pharm.

Screening tests

 * Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) for Indians graduated from foreign countries to practice in India.
 * Foreign Dental Screening Test (FDST) for Indians holding BDS or MDS/PG Diploma to practice in India
 * FSDT (BDS)
 * FSDT (MDS & PGD)

The screening test is governed by the screening test regulations as notified by the Medical Council of India with previous approval of Central Government of India and the judgments of the Supreme Court of India.

Exit exams

 * DNB/DrNB – Final, exit examination leading to the award of DNB/DrNB.
 * FNB Exit, exit examination leading to the award of FNB/FNB-PD.