Exam guide
The MOHAP exam, explained
The MOHAP exam is the Ministry of Health and Prevention's licensing assessment for doctors who want to practise in the UAE's northern emirates, and at federal facilities beyond Dubai's and Abu Dhabi's direct remit — those two emirates license separately, through the DHA and DOH. MOHAP itself publishes no official exam outline; the shape candidates and preparation sources consistently describe is 150 multiple choice questions in about 3 hours, computer based through Prometric, in English.
Last checked 16 August 2026. MOHAP publishes less about this exam than the DHA publishes about its own: there is no public format document and no published pass mark. This page states what MOHAP's published pages do say, and marks everything else as consistently described rather than official. Confirm the current detail with MOHAP before you book.
How licensing in the northern emirates works
MOHAP is the UAE's federal health regulator. Its licence covers practice in the northern emirates and at federal and private sector facilities outside Dubai's and Abu Dhabi's direct remit — Dubai licenses separately through the DHA, and Abu Dhabi separately through the DOH, each running its own assessment. The UAE's health authorities are building a national unified licensing platform, but today each authority still licenses separately, and MOHAP remains its own exam with its own booking process.
Eligibility is commonly described as a recognised medical degree from an Avicenna or WDMS-listed school, a completed internship year, and two years of post-internship clinical experience. Confirm your title's exact requirements with MOHAP before applying, since criteria can vary by profession and category.
How the exam is structured
No official blueprint for the MOHAP General Practitioner exam has been published. The shape candidates and preparation sources consistently describe: 150 multiple choice questions in about 3 hours, computer based through Prometric, using the same single best answer clinical vignette format as the platform's other Gulf exams.
| Questions | Consistently described as 150; MOHAP publishes no official format document |
|---|---|
| Time | About 3 hours in a single sitting — MOHAP publishes no official format document |
| Question type | Clinical vignettes asking for the single best answer |
| Language | English |
| Delivery | Computer based, at Prometric test centres |
| Pass mark | Not published by MOHAP; prep sources commonly describe around 60% — treat that as unofficial |
| Attempts | Maximum of 3; a fourth attempt is not permitted |
| Fee | MOHAP's fee schedule lists an application fee and a licence fee, with no separate exam line — confirm the current exam fee when booking |
One detail worth flagging because most preparation advice states it as settled fact: every figure above — the 150 questions, the roughly 3 hour sitting, even the pass mark — is consistently described by candidates and preparation sources, not confirmed by MOHAP itself. Sites presenting these as official are asserting what MOHAP has never published. The one hard number MOHAP does enforce: a maximum of three attempts, with a fourth not permitted.
What the exam covers
MOHAP publishes no percentage breakdown for the General Practitioner exam. The four domains candidates and preparation sources consistently describe are the same as the platform's other UAE exams: internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, and obstetrics and gynaecology, tested through patient scenarios rather than recall of isolated facts.
How to prepare for the MOHAP exam
- Practise vignettes, not summaries. Every question is a patient. Reading notes builds recognition; working through cases builds the decision making the exam actually measures.
- Rehearse the pace. A little over a minute per question, for about three hours. That pace has to be trained before exam day, not discovered on it.
- Cover all four domains. With no published weighting, the only safe plan is genuine coverage of medicine, surgery, paediatrics and obstetrics — with your revision tilted toward whichever is currently costing you marks.
- Revise against current guidelines. The correct answer is what the cited guideline supports today. Material that cannot name its source cannot tell you when it has gone stale.
- Treat your first attempt as the one that counts. With a maximum of three tries and no published pass mark to calibrate against, going in under-prepared costs more here than on exams with a wider margin.
Questions about the MOHAP exam
What is the MOHAP exam?
The MOHAP exam is the Ministry of Health and Prevention's licensing assessment for doctors who want to practise in the UAE's northern emirates and at federal facilities outside Dubai's and Abu Dhabi's direct remit. MOHAP itself publishes no official exam outline; candidates and preparation sources consistently describe a computer based exam of 150 multiple choice questions in about 3 hours, at Prometric test centres, in English.
How is the MOHAP exam different from the DHA and DOH exams?
They license different parts of the UAE. DHA licenses Dubai, DOH licenses Abu Dhabi, and MOHAP covers the northern emirates plus federal and private sector facilities outside those two emirates' remit. Each authority runs its own exam and its own booking process — DHA publishes a fixed pass mark, MOHAP and DOH do not.
How many questions are on the MOHAP exam?
MOHAP publishes no official format document. What candidates and preparation sources consistently describe is 150 multiple choice questions in a single sitting of about 3 hours, computer based, in English.
How many attempts do you get for the MOHAP exam?
A maximum of 3. Preparation sources are consistent that a fourth attempt is not permitted, a tighter cap than some neighbouring Gulf exams.
What is the passing score for the MOHAP exam?
Not officially published. Preparation sources commonly describe a pass mark around 60%, carried over informally from the neighbouring DHA and DOH exams, but treat that figure as unofficial until MOHAP itself confirms it.
Does MOHAP publish a syllabus for the General Practitioner exam?
No percentage breakdown. MOHAP's fee schedule and published pages do not include a content outline. Candidates and preparation sources consistently describe the paper as covering internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, and obstetrics and gynaecology, the same four domains as the DHA and DOH exams.
Where PassCurve fits
PassCurve's MOHAP bank is built from single best answer vignettes set in UAE practice. Sessions balance the four clinical domains, then tilt toward whichever subject is currently costing you marks. Anything you miss returns on a spacing curve until it sticks, and every answer names the guideline it rests on and the date that source was last read.
Five questions a day are free, with no card required, and the review deck is free for good.
Sitting a different Gulf licensing exam? PassCurve also covers the DHA exam in Dubai and the DOH exam in Abu Dhabi, each with its own guide.
PassCurve is an independent revision tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP), Prometric, or any exam authority. Where this page reports figures MOHAP has not published, it says so. Always confirm current exam rules, fees and dates with MOHAP before applying.