Ready to book your PLAB test?
If you’ve read our guides and meet the requirements, you're ready to book your test. To book PLAB 1, you'll need to set up a GMC Online account. To book PLAB 2, log in to GMC Online.
Coronavirus – information for PLAB candidates
Demand for our Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests is very high. The number of candidates we can test in one sitting is lower than normal because we have to comply public health guidance in the UK and in PLAB 1 host countries.
We’re doing all we can to increase the number of places we can offer to candidates who want to sit PLAB.
Keep checking Coronavirus - information for PLAB candidates for the latest information.
Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board
The Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test, or the PLAB test, helps us to make sure doctors who qualified abroad have the right knowledge and skills to practise medicine in the UK. There are two parts to the PLAB test.
Coronavirus and PLAB tests
Latest updates on how coronavirus could affect your PLAB test.
Your guide to the PLAB tests
Learn more about each part of tests you'll need to take, before booking your test below
PLAB test blueprint
Download the PLAB blueprint, which sets out the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of candidates.
Information for employers
Find out how we assess international doctors and what the PLAB test involves
