CMS Exam

Eligibility Criteria

1. Nationality:

   • A candidate must be either;
   • (a) a citizen of India, or
   • (b) a subject of Nepal, or
   • (c) a subject of Bhutan, or
   • (d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India; or
   • (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
   • Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt. of India.
   • A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

2. Education qualification:

   For admission to the examination a candidate should have passed the written and practical parts of the Final M.B.B.S Examination.

   A Candidate has appeared or has yet to appear for the M.B.B.S Examination may also apply. Such candidates will be admitted to the examinations if otherwise eligible but the admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the written and practical part of the final M.B.B.S Examination along with the detailed application which will be required to the submitted to the Commission by the candidates who qualify on the result of the written examination. Such proof of passing the requisite examination should have been issued latest by the closing date of Detailed Application Form of the Combined Medical Services Examination (CMSE).

   Only valid proof of passing the qualifying examination viz. Degree Certificate / Final Marksheet / Provision Degree Certificate etc. as are normally issued to the candidates by the competent authority will be accepted.

   NOTE : A Candidate who has yet to complete the compulsory rotating internship is educationally eligible for admission to the examination but on selection he / she will be appointed only after he / she has completed the compulsory rotating internship.

   Physical and Medical Standards:

   Candidates must be physically and medically fit according to the physical / medical standards for the Combined Medical Services Examination, 2025.

3. Age limit:

   • A candidate for this examination must not have attained the age of 32 years as on August 1, 2025, i.e. the candidate must have been born not earlier than August 2, 1993. However, for Medical Officers Grade in General Duty Medical Officers Sub-cadre of Central Health Services, the upper age limit must not exceed 35 (thirty-five years) as on 01 August, 2025.
   • The upper age limit is Relaxable;
   • Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to an Schedule Caste or a Schedule Tribe.
   • Upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
   • Upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof;
   • Upto a maximum of five years in the case of Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on August 1, 2025, and have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st August, 2025) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (II) on acount of physical disability attributable to Military Service or (iii) on invalidment.
   • Upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years Military Service as on August 1, 2025, and whose assignment has been extended beyond 5 years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and that they will be released on 3 months’ notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment;
   • Upto a maximum of ten years in the case of (a) blindness and low vision, (b) deaf and hard of hearing, (c) austim, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness (e) multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses (a) to (d) of section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 including deaf-blindness.