Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery are the two first professional degrees in medicine and surgery awarded upon graduation from medical school by universities in countries. Medical colleges in India, accredited by the Medical Council of India, title the degrees as MBBS. A medical college offers graduate degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
The MBBS course starts with the basic pre and para-clinical subjects such as biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, microbiology, pathology and pharmacology. The students simultaneously obtain hands-on training in the wards and out-patient departments, where they interact with real patients for five years. The curriculum aims to inculcate standard protocols of history taking, examination, differential diagnosis and complete patient Management. The student is taught to determine what investigations will be useful for a patient and what are the best treatment options. The curriculum also contains a thorough practical knowledge and practice of performing standard clinical procedures. The course also contains a 12-month-long internship, in which an intern is rotated across various specialties. Besides standard clinical care, one also gets a thorough experience of ward management, staff management, and thorough counselling skills. The seats are filled on the basis of their entrance score conducted by the following agencies:
JIPMER - Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research
NEET - National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (For any private as well as public university in India)
AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(Reference: https://www.mciindia.org/CMS/)
The Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Tamil Nadu will announce for Tamil Nadu MBBS admission by the second week June of every year (tentatively) for the 85% state quota seats i.e., for 3650 medical seats and 1201 dental seats in the government as well as private colleges of Tamilnadu. The application forms for Tamil Nadu MBBS admission will be released online and offline.
Candidates possessing a valid NEET-UG score are eligible for applying for the counselling. The filled-in application form should reach the Directorate of Medical Admission by third week of June. Candidates will be admitted on the basis of their NEET score to their preferred college (based on the availability of the seats during counselling).
Name - Tamil Nadu MBBS Admission
Exam - NEET UG
Exam Conducting Authority - Central Board of Secondary Examination
Authority Conducting Counselling for State Quota seats: Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Tamil Nadu
Counselling Authority for All India and Central Pool Quota seats: Medical Counselling Committee (MCC)
| Events | Important Dates * |
|---|---|
| Application form release date | Second week of June |
| Last date of application form | Third week of June |
| Document verification | Third week of June |
| Declaration of merit list | Third week of June |
| Web option choice filling | Fourth week of June |
| Counselling | June 25 – July 5 |
* Tentative Dates
Candidates applying to Tamil Nadu MBBS BDS admission must be Indian citizens (including OCI)M
Candidates must be at least 17 years of age.
The age of the candidates must not exceed 25 years.
Candidates need to pass all the subjects of the qualifying exam of the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (Academic) with minimum eligible marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology conducted by Tamil Nadu State Board/any other equivalent board in only one attempt.
Candidates must have passed Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology and English as subjects. They also must have passed in the above-mentioned subjects individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks (SC/ST-40%, SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH/GEN-PH-45%) in aggregate at the exam in order to be eligible for Tamil Nadu MBBS admission.
Candidates applying for admission to Tamil Nadu MBBS seats must be domicile of Tamil Nadu.
Candidates who have studied from Class 8 to 12 in schools located in Tamil Nadu do not need to submit the domicile certificate while, the candidates who have studied class 8 to 12 partly or completely outside Tamil Nadu, have to produce the same.
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