Indian students planning to pursue medicine in Georgia need to carefully examine the country’s licensing requirements before enrolling. Under Clause 4(b) of the National Medical Commission’s Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations, 2021, a foreign medical graduate must possess a license to practice medicine in the country where the medical degree was obtained, at par with the license granted to citizens of that country. Georgia currently has around 21 medical universities where Indian students are pursuing medicine, with an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 Indian students enrolling each year.

Considering the six-year medical education cycle, this represents roughly 30,000 to 40,000 student enrollments across successive batches. A significant proportion of these students enrolled after the November 2021 FMGL Regulations came into force, making licensing, internship, and…