What an MRCOG means on a doctor's profile
The MRCOG is the London college's examined qualification in obstetrics and gynaecology, recognised in India; a membership by examination.
The MRCOG is the examination of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London, in parts, taken after training in the speciality. Like the MRCP it is called a membership but is an examined specialist qualification, and the MRCOG appears among the recognised foreign qualifications in the Second Schedule of the Indian Medical Council Act. An Indian gynaecologist with an MRCOG has usually trained in the UK or sat the examination at an overseas centre, and registers it with a state medical council as a postgraduate qualification.
On this site the MRCOG is recorded on a modest number of gynaecologists, mostly in the corporate hospitals of Bengaluru. The Indian equivalents are the MS or MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the DNB; the DGO is the two-year diploma.
How to check whether a doctor holds an MRCOG
- Read the register entryA doctor's record on the Indian Medical Register names the qualification the state medical council recorded at registration, and further qualifications where the doctor has had them added. If the doctor says they hold an MRCOG and the register shows only the primary degree, the MRCOG has not been registered — which is common and not by itself a warning, but it does mean the register cannot confirm it.
- Check the college was recognised for the courseThe NMC's College and Course Search lists which institutions are recognised for which courses. This applies to degrees and diplomas; a fellowship or membership awarded by a society is not a course the NMC recognises, and will not appear there.
- Ask the awarding body when it mattersThe society or college that awarded it can confirm a fellowship or membership; that is the only check available, and this site says so on the profile. On this site a qualification is marked verified only when it has been checked against the awarding body and the date is shown; otherwise it is marked as supplied.
61 doctors record an MRCOG
None of them has the qualification checked against the awarding body yet. All are recorded as supplied. Counts are read from the live database and refresh hourly.
Branches as written on profiles
| Branch | Doctors |
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| UK | 19 |
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Questions people ask
- Is an MRCOG a recognised medical qualification in India?
- Not in the statutory sense. It is awarded by a college or society rather than a university, and it is not on the schedules of recognised qualifications the National Medical Commission maintains. It may still represent real training or examination; what it cannot do is stand in for a recognised degree or diploma, and on this site it is shown alongside the qualifications, never in place of them.
Every profile lists its qualifications as supplied and says which of them have been checked against the awarding body and when. Where none has, the profile says so.
General information about medical qualifications in India, checked against the sources listed on 25 Sep 2026. Not advice about your situation. Errors can be reported through the corrections process.