PGMI Slot Allocation and Re-Application Rules (IPM 2027)

The PGMI Induction Policy Manual (IPM) 2027 has strict rules about slots. A careless preference or a missed joining date can cost you the whole session.

Slot allocation

Residents are selected on merit for clinical units in public sector teaching hospitals of KP and other PGMI affiliated institutions. The list of affiliated hospitals and units is on the PGMI website.
Seat allocation is done through PGMI’s official software.
No surrender: after you submit preferences on the induction portal, there is no option to surrender a slot under any circumstances. Any slot allotted is final.
No waiting list is maintained.
PGMI will offer induction to an applicant a maximum of two times. You cannot apply a third time.

If you are allotted a slot

Program	Same session	Next session
First fellowship	Not considered for any other slot (including NOC based induction, slots vacated by resignation or non-joining, or new slots added after the preferences portal opens)	Can apply. But if you are allotted a slot again and do not join, you cannot apply in the following session.
Subspecialty and second fellowship	Not considered for any other slot	Not eligible

Joining

The joining time (arrival at the allotted institute and Step-I and Step-II with CPSP) is given in the placement order.
If you do not join in time, the seat is declared vacant and offered on merit to applicants who have not got any slot.
On arrival, sign the training agreement and surety bond with PGMI. Government servants must bring an approved EOL from the Health Department KP, or the arrival will not be accepted.

Subspecialty slots

Subspecialty slots in Medicine and Surgery (Groups A, B and C) are first offered to specialty residents on the PGMI payroll who have completed Pre-IMM training. Remaining slots go to eligible specialty residents who applied in the current session and sat the ETEA test, and then to other groups as per policy.

Already enrolled trainees: can you apply?

Your situation	Can you apply for January 2027?
Enrolled with PGMI before the July 2026 session and left training	Yes, but only if you resigned and PGMI notified the resignation before the closing date. Upload the notification with the application.
Allotted a slot in the final allocation or in any later placement order of the July 2026 session	No. This includes those who surrendered after the time limit.
FCPS trainee working with PGMI who wants to resign and re-apply	Only with a resignation notified by PGMI / the Associate Dean, submitted with the form before the due date. A notified resignation cannot be withdrawn.
MCPS / Diploma trainee who has passed the exit exam	Yes
MCPS / Diploma trainee who completed training but has not passed the exit exam	Yes, but FCPS stipend starts only after you pass the exit exam, or after a deduction equal to the stipend received in the previous training, whichever comes first.
Completed FCPS-II training in one specialty	Can join another specialty only after passing the FCPS-II exam of the previous specialty.

As per CPSP notification No. F-a/Exam-21/CPSP/1102 dated 15 February 2021, a trainee cannot do FCPS and MCPS at the same time. An MCPS trainee who wants to join FCPS before passing MCPS must cancel the MCPS RTMC, and under PGMI policy must return all stipend and other benefits received during that training.

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