Duration & Details of MBBS Course



Duration of Course:

The MBBS course comprises four and a half years, followed by compulsory rotatory internship of one year. The course follows semester system, each semester consisting of six months. The MBBS course is divided in to three phases.

Distribution of Subjects in each Professional Phase:

Phase & year of MBBS training Subjects & Teaching Elements Duration (months) University Examination
Phase-I 1. Foundation course of 2 weeks at start of course
2. Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry, Introduction to Community Medicine, including Family adoption programme (FAP) through village outreach
3. Early Clinical Exposure
4. Attitude, Ethics, and communication Module (AETCOM) including Humanities
12 Months Phase 1
Phase-II 1. Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology
2. Introduction to clinical subjects
3. Clinical postings, Family visits for FAP
4. AETCOM
12 Months Phase 2
Phase-III Part-I, including Electives 1 month 1. Community Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Medicine & allied, Surgery & allied, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology
2. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
3. Family visits for FAP
4. Oto-rhinolaryngology
5. Ophthalmology
6. Clinical postings
7. AETCOM
8. Electives - 1 month, 2 blocks, 15 days each
12 Months Phase 3 - Part 1
Phase-III Part-II, MBBS 1. General Medicine, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Radiodiagnosis, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology
2. Clinical postings
3. AETCOM
18 Months Phase 3 - Part 2

Duration of each phase in MBBS Course:

Generic proposed academic calendar from admission batch 2025-2026 onwards
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Adm year 1 2 3 4
Phase 1 Exam 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Phase 1 Exam,
Result
13
Phase 2
Starts
14 15 16
Phase 2 Exam 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Phase 2 Exam,
Result
25
Phase 3
Part 1 Starts
26 27 28
Phase 3,
Part 1 Exam
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Phase 3 Part 1 Exam,
Result
37
Phase 3
Part 2 Starts
38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Phase 3,
Part 2 Exam
53 54
Proposed Next
Step 1
1
CRMI
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Internship 11 12
Proposed Next
Step 2

Legends:


CRMI - Compulsory rotating medical internship