MBBS Compulsory Rotating Internship

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Parul Thapa
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1 min readUpdated on May 23, 2024 00:19 IST
An MBBS Internship is a mandatory 12-month training program that all MBBS graduates in India must complete before they can register as medical practitioners. It serves as a bridge between the theoretical knowledge acquired in medical school and the practical realities of working as a doctor.

In India, MBBS degree has a compulsory rotational internship. MBBS rotational internship is important for medical graduates because it gives practical experience in many medical fields and is a mandatory requirement for MBBS and practising medicine in India.

Goal of this rotational internship is to train medical graduates to fulfil their roles as doctors. MBBS rotational internship should be completed within 2 years of passing final MBBS/FMGE/NExT exam

Also all interns are will get monthly stipend set by state medical authority of college's location. Interns receive a nominal amount as a stipend during their internship with medical colleges run by central government providing highest monthly stipends. Compulsory rotating medical internship may be extended but it only depends on medical university.

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Table of contents
  • What is CRMI?
  • Duration
  • Leave Allowance

What is CRMI?

After completing 4.5-year MBBS course, every medical graduate should go through a compulsory rotating medical internship (CRMI) which is for twelve months. Candidates become eligible for MBBS only after passing final year MBBS exam or NEXT Step 1 exam and completing internship.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the average package offered during AIIMS Delhi placements?
A: 

 The average package at AIIMS Delhi Placement  has not been made available yet. However the median package for the past three years has been released and is given in the table below:

Particulars

Placement Statistics (2023)

Placement Statistics (2024)

Placement Statistics (2025)

Median Package

INR 15.5 LPA (UG 4-year)

INR 22 LPA (PG 1-year)

INR 16 LPA (PG 2-year)

INR 32 LPA (PG 3-year)

INR 32 LPA (PG 6-year)

INR 16 LPA (UG 4-year)

INR 24 LPA (PG 1-year)

INR 17 LPA (PG 2-year)

INR 34 LPA (PG 3-year)

INR 34 LPA (PG 6-year)

INR 17 LPA (UG 4-year)

INR 25 LPA (PG 1-year)

INR 18 LPA (PG 2-year)

INR 35 LPA (PG 3-year)

INR 35 LPA (PG 6-year)

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2026

Q:   How are the placements at AIIMS Delhi?
A: 

According to AIIMS Delhi NIRF report 2024, the median packages recorded during AIIMS Delhi placements 2024 as compared with 2023 and 2022 are presented below:

Course Median Package (2022)Median Package (2023)Median Package (2024)
UG 3-yearINR 11 LPAINR 12 LPAINR 12.50 LPA
UG 4-yearINR 15 LPAINR 15.50 LPAINR 16 LPA
PG 1-year INR 22 LPAINR 20 LPA
PG 2-yearINR 15 LPAINR 16 LPAINR 17 LPA
PG 3-yearINR 30 LPAINR 32 LPAINR 34 LPA
PG 6-yearINR 30 LPAINR 32 LPAINR 34 LPA
Q:   How many students are placed during AIIMS Delhi placements?
A: 

A total of 648 students have been placed during the AIIMS Delhi placements 2025. Check out the table below to see the breakdown of students placed in past years:

Particulars

Placement Statistics (2023)

Placement Statistics (2024)

Placement Statistics (2025)

Total Students

92 (UG 4-year)

20 (PG 1-year)

127 (PG 2-year)

364 (PG 3-year) 

8 (PG 6-year)

116 (UG 4-year)

51 (PG 1-year)

130 (PG 2-year)

460 (PG 3-year) 

5 (PG 6-year)

118 (UG 4-year)

53 (PG 1-year)

100 (PG 2-year)

432 (PG 3-year) 

14 (PG 6-year)

No. of Students Placed

90 (UG 4-year)

20 (PG 1-year)

112 (PG 2-year)

335 (PG 3-year) 

8 (PG 6-year)

110 (UG 4-year)

51 (PG 1-year)

122 (PG 2-year)

430 (PG 3-year) 

5 (PG 6-year)

110 (UG 4-year)

53 (PG 1-year)

85 (PG 2-year)

395 (PG 3-year) 

5 (PG 6-year)

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2026

Q:   What are the USPs of AIIMS Delhi campus?
A: 

Other than the beautiful, wi-fi enabled campus and a well maintained hostel and teaching campus, AIIMS New Delhi set up an Innovation Facilitation Division in 2017 for accommodating AIIMS faculty and scientists as incubatees. A Bio-Park is also under construction. MoU with other incubators to invite the startups for commercial ventures is also signed. AIIMS Delhi established a Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR) in 2016 with an aim to build a convergence of contemporary medicine with India’s ancient and traditional medical practices. CIMR is dedicated to research, documentation and delivery of holistic healthcare. A patent has been granted to ‘Sealbio: a novel non-obturation regenerative technique of endodontic treatment’.

Duration

In internship, candidates will be placed in different departments for their training. Candidates can see duration of internship according to their departments below -

Department/Speciality

Duration

Internal Medicine 

2 months

General Surgery

2 months

Gynaecology and Obstetrics

2 months

Paediatrics

1 month

Preventive and Social Medicine

3 months

Orthopedics

15 days

ENT

15 days

Ophthalmology

15 days

Elective Posting (Anesthesia/Psychiatry/Derma/Radiology)

15 days each

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Leave Allowance

CRMI students can be allowed a maxumum of 15 days leave if taken permission beforehand. 

Lady Interns can be allowed maternity leave also according to rules and regulations of Central or State Government. Male interns can also be allowed paternity leave for 2 weeks.

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Placement Statistics (2023)

Placement Statistics (2024)

Placement Statistics (2025)

Total Students

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430 (PG 3-year) 

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