Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
Due to scheduled maintenance, ECFMG’s on-line services are expected to be unavailable beginning at approximately 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 18, 2025. Services are expected to be restored by 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2025. All times are calculated using Eastern Time in the United States. During this maintenance period, you will be unable … Read More
The co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and NBME, will begin centralizing all USMLE service functions no earlier than mid-2025. These plans will impact both international medical students and graduates (IMGs) and U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) and will create a more seamless and convenient examinee … Read More
Effective January 1, 2025, fees for the following ECFMG applications/service requests will increase: The examination fees for United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) will be $1,020 for each exam registration. The USMLE Step 1 International Test Delivery Surcharge will be $205. The USMLE Step 2 CK International Test … Read More
The co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and NBME, are developing plans to centralize all USMLE service functions. As part of these plans, USMLE services currently provided to international medical students and graduates (IMGs) by ECFMG®, a division of Intealth™, will transition to the USMLE … Read More
ECFMG’s 2025 Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2025 application materials for United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) for international medical students/graduates (IMGs) are now available on the ECFMG website. The ECFMG Information Booklet is the definitive source of information on ECFMG Certification. The USMLE Bulletin … Read More
As part of the transition to the ECFMG 2025 Information Booklet and 2025 United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) application materials, any USMLE applications that have been saved but not submitted via ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be deleted. If you have a saved USMLE application in IWA, you must complete and submit the application, including … Read More
Due to required maintenance, ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be unavailable for up to 24 hours, beginning at approximately 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time in the United States, on August 20, 2024. During this maintenance period, you will be unable to perform any IWA transactions, including working on or submitting an Application for ECFMG Certification … Read More
Effective August 21, 2024, the processing of all United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) transcript requests from international medical students and graduates (IMGs) will transition from ECFMG®, a division of Intealth™, to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), a co-sponsor of the USMLE program. ECFMG will process complete transcript requests received through August 20, … Read More
ECFMG’s 2024 Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2024 application materials for United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) for international medical students/graduates (IMGs) are now available on the ECFMG website. The ECFMG Information Booklet is the definitive source of information on ECFMG Certification and is required … Read More
As part of the transition to the ECFMG 2024 Information Booklet and United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) application materials, any USMLE applications that have been saved but not submitted via ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be deleted. If you have a saved USMLE application in IWA, you must complete and submit the application, including payment, … Read More
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