FNB in Renal Transplant is a doctoral fellowship course for doctors in India that they do after completing their postgraduate medical degree course. The duration of the course is for 2 years.

FNB Renal Transplant offers an in-depth understanding of renal transplantation (its physiology, immunology & technicality) & dialysis access-related procedures like vascular access, CAPD, etc.

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The course is a full-time program pursued at various accredited institutes/hospitals across the country. According to the NBE website, this program is offered at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences Premises No.1489, Kolkata, West Bengal, for this year.

Aspirants can get admission to 2 years FNB program after successfully qualifying for the Fellowship Entrance Test exam, which NBEMS conducts. FET is conducted annually as per the defined program. The merit-based counseling for admissions to the FNB Course after the conduct of FET is administered by NBEMS.

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The fee for following FNB Renal Transplant varies from accredited college/hospital to hospital and is Rs.1,25,000 per year.

After completing their respective program, doctors can join the job market. Aspirants can take decent jobs as research fellows, Senior residents, Consultants, etc., with an approximate average salary range of Rs. 27 lakhs to Rs. 40 lakhs per annum.

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Eligibility Criteria

The qualification for FNB Renal Transplant is specified by the NBE and is subject to changes by the NBE.

· The qualification mentioned here

· There is no upper age limit for internship in NBE Fellowship courses.

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Admission Procedure

• FET is a qualifying-cum-ranking exam for admission to (FNB) Fellow of National Board/(FNB-PD) Fellow of National Board - Post Doctoral programs.
• The selection of a candidate will be through an MCQ-based examination, namely Fellowship Entrance Test.
• A candidate can apply for the fellowship programs for which his/her broad or super specialty qualification/ equivalent qualification is eligible at the time of online submission of the application form.
• The total time of the question paper will be 105 minutes (Part A - 45 minutes and Part B - 60 minutes).
• QUALIFYING CRITERIA: Candidates who got a minimum of 50th Percentile in their respective question paper/specialty shall be declared “Qualified.”
• NBEMS shall announce a specialty-wise merit list, i.e., each fellowship program will have a separate merit list. There shall not be any equating/scaling and normalization. The merit shall be generated strictly based on marks acquired by the student and the application of the prescribed tie-breaking criteria.
• The admission to Fellowship programs in the accredited hospitals shall be undertaken solely based on merit-based counseling held by NBEMS.
• Documents needed to be produced during counseling: MBBS Degree Certificate and MD/MS/DNB/DM/MCh/DrNB Degree Certificate/Provisional Pass Certificate of eligible PG Medical Qualification issued.

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