As per the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997, of the Medical Council of India, the minimum qualification for Indian students for admission to any Foreign Medical Institutions is as follows.

He/she shall complete the age of 17 years on or before the 31st of December, of the year of admission to the MBBS course.

He/she must have passed in 10+2 or equivalent examination in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examination as mentioned in clause (2) of regulation 4.

All Indian citizens, possessing a primary medical qualification, awarded by any medical institution outside India, who are desirous to get Provisional or Permanent Registration with the Medical Council of India or any State Medical Council on or after the 15th of March, 2002, shall have to qualify a Screening Test, which will be conducted by the National Board of Examinations, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029.

As per the new rules of Medical Council of India (MCI) a student has to complete his/her studies from the Medical Institutes in which he/she is taking admission. The student need not apply for Eligibility Certificate prior the admission (published in E-gazette dated 28/11/2013 Notification No. 42). But if Doctors desirous to get Provisional or Permanent Registration with the Medical Council of India shall have to qualify a Screening Test.