Exam Dates by Authority
Seven Gulf regulators and the UAE residency entrance exam: who fixes the date, what must be done before you can book, and where to look for live availability.
Why you will not find a timetable
Candidates look for a list of sittings because that is how university and board exams work. Gulf licensing papers do not work that way. The regulator first decides whether you may sit, which means your file has been opened and Dataflow has verified it, and only then can you reserve a seat at a test centre. The seat you reserve is your exam date. Prometric runs the booking for DHA, MOHAP, NHRA, OMSB, QCHP and SCFHS. Pearson VUE runs the booking for DOH. What is open depends on the centre, and centres in the large cities are taken first.
The exception is EMREE. It is an entrance test for residency training, run by the National Institute for Health Specialties (NIHS) as part of the residency application, so NIHS announces its dates and no test-centre booking is involved.
Regulators that book through Prometric
You choose the appointment yourself once the regulator has cleared you. Each page sets out the order of steps and the usual waits.
DHA exam dates
Dubai Health Authority
Needed first: An Eligibility ID issued in Sheryan
MOHAP exam dates
Ministry of Health & Prevention, UAE
Needed first: Eligibility granted by MOHAP
NHRA exam dates
National Health Regulatory Authority, Bahrain
Needed first: Exam eligibility confirmed by NHRA
OMSB exam dates
Oman Medical Specialty Board
Needed first: Eligibility issued by OMSB
QCHP exam dates
Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners
Needed first: The DHP evaluation letter
SCFHS exam dates
Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Needed first: An Eligibility ID from Mumaris+
Regulators that book through Pearson VUE
You choose the appointment yourself once the regulator has cleared you. Each page sets out the order of steps and the usual waits.
Dates announced by NIHS
A residency entrance test, not a licence exam, and nothing you reserve with an eligibility ID.
From application to test day, in four moves
- The regulator gets your file and Dataflow verifies the documents in it at source. Start this first: it is nearly always the longest wait.
- The regulator clears you to sit. The name of that clearance varies (an Eligibility ID in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, an evaluation letter in Qatar), and until you hold it no seat can be reserved.
- You reserve the seat: with Prometric for DHA, MOHAP, NHRA, OMSB, QCHP and SCFHS; with Pearson VUE for DOH. Choose the centre, then a date it shows as free. Fees and the exact clicks differ by regulator and are on each page above.
- On the day, take the passport you registered with and the appointment confirmation, and be there about half an hour early.