Migration of BHMS Students During the Course of Study

The BHMS Regulations-2022, framed by the National Commission for Homoeopathy, provide a clearly regulated and restrictive framework for the migration of BHMS students during their course of study. Migration is treated as an exceptional academic provision, not as a routine facility or entitlement. The primary objective of these regulations is to maintain academic continuity, institutional stability, and uniform educational standards across recognised homoeopathic medical institutions in India.

As per the Regulations, a BHMS student may be considered for migration only after successfully passing the First Professional BHMS examination. Students who fail the first professional examination are strictly barred from transferring or migrating mid-term. This condition ensures that migration occurs only after the student has completed the foundational phase of professional education and has demonstrated the minimum academic competence required to progress further in the course.

The Regulations further emphasise that migration is not a right of the student. For a migration request to be considered, the student must obtain mutual consent from both the parent medical institution and the receiving medical institution, as well as approval from the respective university. Additionally, migration is permitted only against a vacant seat in the receiving institution. These safeguards prevent overcrowding, protect admission integrity, and ensure that migration does not adversely affect other students or institutional capacity.

Importantly, the Commission allows migration only in exceptional cases on compassionate grounds. Such grounds are narrowly defined and include the death of a supporting guardian, serious illness or disability of the student certified by a recognised hospital, or disturbed conditions officially declared by the Government in the area where the college is situated. Routine migration requests on personal, academic preference, or convenience grounds are explicitly disallowed. The student must submit a formal application in Form-3 within one month of declaration of the First Professional BHMS results, along with an affidavit committing to complete twelve months of prescribed study before appearing for the Second Professional Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery examination at the transferee institution.

Finally, the Regulations make it mandatory that all migration applications be routed through the medical institution to the Commission, and no institution is permitted to allow migration without prior approval of the Commission. The Commission reserves the authority to accept or reject applications strictly in accordance with the prescribed compassionate criteria. In essence, the BHMS Regulations-2022 establish a strict, transparent, and compassionate-based migration policy, ensuring that student welfare is addressed without compromising academic discipline or regulatory standards.