Get information on MBBS BDS Admission 2017-18 in Tamilnadu, Dates, Notification, Eligibility and Selection Procedure.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: -

Candidate should be a Citizen of India.

Age Limit: -

Should have completed the age of Seventeen years on or before 31st December 2016. Evidence should be produced.

Educational Qualifications:-

(i) Candidates should have passed in all the subjects of the qualifying examination of the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (Academic) conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Board /any other equivalent Board in one and the same attempt ( Single Sitting ) in the followinggroup of subjects with the minimum eligible marks.

(a) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology.
(or)
(b) Physics, Chemistry, Biology with any other subject.
(ii) A failure in examination/ reappearance/ first appearance in compartment in one or more subjects will be treated as an attempt.

(a) Candidates who have passed the H.S.C in the Vocational Stream and private candidates are not eligible to apply for Medical / Dental course.
(b) The selection and admission of candidates of other Universities / Boards will be provisional subject to recognition of the qualifying examination by the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University under which the candidate gets admitted. In case, the recognition is not accorded for the admission of the candidate on any ground, the provisional admission will not entitle the candidate for the continuance of the course and the admission will be cancelled.

Minimum Eligibility Marks: -

For MBBS:-

(i) Other Communities : -
(a) A minimum of 60% marks in Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.
(b) A minimum of 60% marks in each of the subjects of Physics and Chemistry.
(c) Weighted aggregate of the percentage of marks in (a) and the percentage of marks in (b) should not be less than 140 out of 200 marks.

(ii) Backward Class and Backward Class Muslim : -

(a) A minimum of 60% marks in Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.
(b) A minimum of 60% marks in each of the subjects of Physics and Chemistry.
(c)Weighted aggregate of the percentage of marks in (a) and the percentage of marks in (b) should not be less than 130 out of 200 marks.

(iii) Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities : -

(a) A minimum of 55% marks in Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.
(b) A minimum of 55% marks in each of the subjects of Physics and Chemistry.
(c) Weighted aggregate of the percentage of marks in (a) and the percentage of marks in (b) should not be less than 120 out of 200 marks.

(iv) Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Caste–Arunthathiyar , Scheduled Tribes : -
(a) A minimum of 40% marks in Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together.
(b) A minimum of 40% marks in each of the subjects of Physics and Chemistry.
(c) Weighted aggregate of the percentage of marks in (a) and the percentage of marks in (b) should not be less than 80 out of 200 marks.

The candidates under Physically challenged Category – (Locomotory disability of Lower Limbs alone). OC / BC / BCM / MBC / DC should have obtained a minimum of 45% marks in each prescribed subject in the qualifying examination.

For BDS:-

(i) The candidates ( OC / BC / BCM/ MBC/ DC ) should have obtained not less than 50% of the aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology / Botany and Zoology taken together at the qualifying examination.
(ii) Scheduled Caste, Scheduled caste – Arunthathiyar and Scheduled Tribe, the aggregate marks required for admission shall be 40%.
(iii) The candidates under physically challenged category (OC / BC / BCM / MBC / DC) should have obtained not less than 45% of the aggregate marks in the above prescribed subjects at the qualifying examination.

METHOD OF SELECTION AND ADMISSION: -

(i) Ranking will be made on merit on the basis of marks obtained by the eligible candidates in the prescribed science subjects in the qualifying examinations reduced to the base of 200 marks. The marks obtained through different boards will be taken into account after normalization.

CALCULATION

Weighted Total Marks for a maximum of 200
Percentage in Biology (after normalization) (X)
Percentage in Physics and Chemistry taken together (after normalization) (Y)
Percentage in Botany and Zoology taken together (after normalization) (Z)
Weighted total marks for a maximum of 200 Either (X+Y)
OR (Z+Y)
The percentage and the weighted total should be accurate to two decimals.

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