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Directorate of Medical Education
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Selection and Admission Procedures for
MBBS/BDS/PG Degree/PG Diploma/Higher Speciality and Paramedical Courses?
General Information
Admission to Professional Courses MBBS, BDS, B.Pharmacy, B.Sc (Nursing) B.P.T & B.O.T in the Government colleges and self-financing colleges is done by the Selection committee functioning under the chairmanship of the Director of Medical Education. The office of the Selection Committee is situated in the Directorate of Medical Education, #162, Periyar E.V.R. High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010.
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Eligibility
1. Nativity: Candidates who belong to Tamil Nadu only will be considered for admission to the medical, dental and para-medical courses.
2. Age Limit: Candidates should have completed 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission. (Example-For 2001-2002 session 17 years should have been completed on or before 31st December 2001).
3. Qualification: Candidates should have passed Higher Secondary Certificate (Academic) conducted by the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary State Board with the following group of subjects with prescribed minimum marks alone shall be considered
a) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology????
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b) Physics, Chemistry, Biology with any other subject.
Note: Candidates who have passed any other equivalent examination with the same group of subjects mentioned above shall also be considered subject to the eligibility certificate from TamilNadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University, Chennai.
Candidates who have already undergone or undergoing any of the Professional courses in Medical, Dental, Para Medical, Engineering, Law, Agriculture, Veterinary etc., for six months or more are not eligible to apply to the Medical, Dental and Para Medical courses.
4. All eligible candidates seeking admission to Medical, Dental & Para Medical courses in the Government and Self-financing colleges should have appeared in the Tamil Nadu
Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE) conducted by the Anna University every year. However, candidates who have passed Diploma in Pharmacy seeking latent entry for B. Pharmacy are exempted from appearing for TNPCEE.
Candidates should apply directly to Anna University in the application form prescribed for TNPCEE. Notification regarding the same will be published in the newspapers by Anna University. (Usually applications will be available from beginning of March and examinations will be conducted during the 3rd /4th week of April).
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Minimum Eligibility Marks:
Minimum eligibility marks in the various subjects (physics, chemistry, biology botany and zoology) for the different categories / Communities, namely Other communities (O.C), Backward class (B.C), Most Backward classes and Denotified communities (M.B.C/D.C) and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (S.C/S.T). have been prescribed. Details will be available in the prospectus.
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Categories of Seats
CATEGORY I : The seats in the government medical, dental and para- medical colleges.
CATEGORY II : 50% of the seats are known as FREE? SEATS in self-financing Medical , Dental and Para-Medical Colleges.
CATEGORY III : 35% of the seats are known as the Payment Seats in self-financing Medical, Dental and Para-Medical Colleges,
CATEGORY IV : 15%? of the seats are known as NRI seats/ Management quota seats in the self-financing colleges.
All applications for admission against seats under the first three categories should be made in the printed application form prescribed by the Director of Medical Education and submitted to THE SECRETARY, SELECTION COMMITTEE.? Usually the sale of applications would begin during the last week of May, the details of which will be notified in the newspapers.
For Category IV seats, candidates should apply directly to the management of the self-financing colleges/ institutions.
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Method of Selection and Admission :
Selection for admission to government / self-financing medical institutions in Tamil Nadu for the Medical, Dental and Para-Medical courses will be made on the basis of marks obtained by the eligible candidates in the prescribed science subjects at the qualifying examination reduced to the base of 200 marks and the marks obtained for the maximum of 100 marks in the entrance examination (TNPCEE) conducted by the Anna University.
Calculation
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Weighted total marks for a maximum of 200
Percentage in biology (X)
Percentage in physics and chemistry taken together (Y)
Percentage in botany and zoology taken together (Z)
Weighted total marks for a maximum of 200 Either (X+Y) or? (Z+Y)
Entrance Examination marks for a maximum of 100
Merit of the Candidate:-?? Science Marks (Max)? + Entrance Marks (Max) =? Aggregate Marks (Max)
??????????????????????????????????????????????????? 200??????????????????????????????? 100?????????????????????????????????? 300
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Ranking of the candidates will be done based on the total marks computed to a maximum of 300, as mentioned above.
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The MERIT/RANK LIST will be published in the notice board of the office of Selection Committee. Arrangements will be made to make the merit list available through internet and in all the government medical colleges.
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Selection for admission to the seats under category I and Category II? under the respective courses will be made according to merit, choice of the candidate, seats available and rule of reservation. For category III the rule of? reservation will not be followed.
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Rule of Reservation:
Reservation for Rural School candidates: 15% of seats will be allotted to students who have studied both +1 and +2 (XI and XII Stds) in schools located in village Panchayat. This reservation will be done only within the reservation compartments (i.e., BC/MBC/SC/ST). This? will be applicable for Medical, Dental and Para-Medical courses in government and self-financing colleges. The list of rural schools eligible for consideration will be published as an appendix along with the prospectus. Any unfilled seats in this category due to non availability of? eligible candidates, would be carried over to the general pool under the same category. (Subjected to the final verdict in the S.L.P. filed in the Honble Supreme Court)
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Special Categories
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Code No.
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Special Category
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Seats reserved in MBBS
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01
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Children of freedom fighters
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02
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Grand children of freedom fighters?
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03
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Children of parents who contributed for Tamil language development.
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04
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Children of service personnel killed in action.?
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05
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Children of Ex-servicemen
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06
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Children of serving defence personal.
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07
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Children of police personnel who died in heroic action.
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08
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Children born of Inter caste marriage between SC/ST & Forward Community.
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09
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Children born of Inter caste and between SC/ST & Backward Community.
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10
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Children born of inter caste between SC/ ST & Most Backward Community & Denotified Community.
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11
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Children of medical department staff who lost their lives due Occupational Hazards.
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12
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Eminent Sportsmen.
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13
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Physically Handicapped.
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14
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Recipients of Anna Award - Disabled / If not 'Not Disabled'
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15
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Candidates of Tamil Nadu Origin settled in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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16
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Orphans from Orphanages and Inmates of Juvenile /Spl. Homes approved? and aided by State Govt./ Central Government.
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17
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Widows.
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18
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Deserted Women.
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19
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Sri Lankan? Tamil Students among Sri Lankan? Tamil Refugees.
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20
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National Cadet Corps.
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Seats Reserved in BDS
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21
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Children of Ex-Servicemen / Service Personnel Killed in Action / Serving Defence? Personnel of Tamil Nadu origin.
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Seats Reserved in B. Pharmacy
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22
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Candidates of Tamil Nadu Origin settled in? Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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23
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Government of Pondicherry Nominees.
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24
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Nominees of Central Pool.
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Seats Reserved in BSc (Nursing)
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25
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Candidates of Anglo-Indian Community.
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Seats Reserved in BPT
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26
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Physically Handicapped candidates.
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Seats Reserved in Diploma in Nursing
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27
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Candidates sponsored by Social Welfare Board
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28
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Burma / Sri Lankan Repatriates
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29
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10% of the total seats reserved for widows / Defence Personnels
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Number of seats: (Alloted by the Selection Committee on State Govt. Quota)
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S.No.
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Name of the College
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No. of Seats
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MBBS
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1
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Govt. Medical Colleges (Eleven)
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1026
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2
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Perundurai Medical College (IRT)
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40
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3
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Self financing Colleges?
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Free seats
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75
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Payment seats
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60
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BDS
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1
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Govt. Dental College
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51
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2
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Self financing Dental Colleges (Ten)
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Free seats
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345
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Payment seats
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249
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Para Medical Courses?
B.P.T.
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1
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Govt. Seats
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50
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2
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Free Seats
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953
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3
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Payment Seats
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656
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B. Pharmacy
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1
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Govt. Seats
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100
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2
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Free Seats
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797
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3
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Payment Seats
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546
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B.Sc (Nursing)
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1
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Govt. Seats
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25
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2
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Free Seats
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727
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3
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Payment Seats
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503
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B.O.T.
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1
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Free Seats
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112
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2
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Payment Seats
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81
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Diploma in Nursing
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1
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Government Seats (Stipendary)
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625
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2
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Government Seats (Non-Stipendary)
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100
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Note: The number of seats available for allotment for the previous year (2000-2001) are shown. The exact number of seats in each college and any other changes (due to starting of new colleges) as approved by Government will be available usually before the commencement of the Counselling. Allotment will be made only for seat approved by the MCI / DCI / GOI on the date of counseling.
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All India Quota:
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15% of the total seats in government medical colleges and government dental college are allotted to the AIQ and the allotment is done by the DGHS, New Delhi, based on the Entrance Examination conducted by them on All India basis. (158 seats in Govt. Medical Colleges are earmarked for this)
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Seats are reserved for various special categories in Government Colleges. Details regarding the eligibility conditions and mode of Selection for the various special categories will be available in the prospectus.
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The list of Government / Self financing Medical, Dental and Para-Medical institutions are given in the annexure. Further details will be available in the prospectus.
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Duration of Medical / Dental and Para - Medical Courses
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MBBS (MEDICAL) -???????????????????? 5 ½ Years (Including one year CRRI)
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BDS (Dental) -??????????????????????????? 5 Years (including one year CRRI)
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B.Pharmacy -????????????????????????????? 4 Years
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B.Sc (Nursing) -???????????????????????? 4 Years
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B.P.T. (Physiotherapy) -????????????? 4 ½ Years (Including Six Month CRRI)
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B.O.T. (Occupational Therapy) - 4 ½ Years (Including Six Month CRRI)
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Diploma in Nursing???????????????????? 3 Years
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Counselling (Single Window System):
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Selection and admission will be made on merit basis for all categories of seats for Medical, Dental and Para-Medical courses, through counselling, following? rule of reservation, choice of candidates and availability of seats. Eligible candidates will be called for counselling through call letters and also by publishing schedule in the newspapers and also in the Internet. This single window system was introduced during 1999-2000 session.
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According to this system the candidates are called for counselling according to the rank based on the aggregate marks (for 300) obtained. Candidates can attend the counselling accompanied by one parent /guardian.
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Candidates have to furnish relevant details in a proforma and the original certificates are verified. The vacancy position and colleges available are displayed. The candidates have four options for MBBS and three options for BDS. (for MBBS : Govt/IRT/Free/Payment, for BDS: Govt./Free/Payment).
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Candidates can choose any of the course and college where seats are available at their turn. If the seat is not available in the course of their choice they can opt to be wait listed. If the candidate chooses the BDS course (which is only available at his/her turn) in government dental college, then the candidate can be waitlisted for MBBS course in all categories of seats unless he/she is opting out.
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Option once given at the time of counselling cannot be changed under any circumstances. If a Candidate opts out of one category of seats and opts for the other category, under no circumstance he can claim for opted out category.
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For example, if a candidate opts out MBBS/BDS Seat in any of the Government medical /dental colleges when seats are available and takes up free/payment seats in a particular self financing colleges / IRT, the candidate can not come back or claim seat in any Government medical / dental colleges at a later date and he/she will not be considered for vacancies if any arise at a later date in Government medical/dental colleges
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From 2000-2001 session a non-refundable amount is being collected from the candidates selected during counselling. If the candidate does not join the course or fails to remit the balance amount of tuition fee on the date stipulated by the Secretary, Selection Committee, at the respective colleges he/she, will have to forfeit the non refundable amount paid during the counselling and the selection automatically stands cancelled.
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Tuition Fees:
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Sl.No.
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Free
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Payment Rs.
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1.
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MBBS
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4,000
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10,000
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95,000
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BDS
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2,000
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7,500
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70,000
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B.Pharmacy
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1,200
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5,000
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31,000
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BSc (Nursing)
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1,200
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6,000
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34,000
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BPT
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1,200
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6,000
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34,000
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BOT
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1,200
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6,000
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34,000
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Diploma in Nursing for Non-Stipendary Students
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200
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Cut-off Date: The cut-off dates fixed by the Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University for admission is as follows:
Sliding movement will be done according to the vacancies arising after the first phase of counselling due to non-joining of the candidates. The cut-off date for the All India Quota students is 30th September of the year of admission. After this date the vacant seats are surrendered back to the State, which are added to general pool and candidates are allotted from the waiting list following the rule of reservation. The government also fix a cut-off date for the selection of candidates for MBBS/ BDS / PARA MEDICAL courses Admission will be made from the waiting list till the cut-off date prescribed by the Government.
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Tentative Time Schedule for MBBS / BDS Courses
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Commencement of Sale of Applications
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First Week of June
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Last Date for receipt of filled up applications at the Office of the Selection Committee, Chennai - 10
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Third Week of June
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Publication of Merit List
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Fourth Week of June
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Counselling for MBBS / BDS Courses
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Second Week of July
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Commencement of the Courses
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First Week of August
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Cost of Application:
The Cost of Application Form for MBBS / BDS Courses is Rs.300/- and the application forms will be available at all Government Medical Colleges and Tamil Nadu Government Dental College, Chennai. Candidates can obtain the application forms by remitting a Demand Draft for Rs.300/- drawn in favour Secretary, Selection Committee, Chennai - 10 payable at Chennai. The Demand Draft should be purchased from any of the Nationalized Banks. The Candidates belonging to SC / ST Community are exempted from payment of the cost of application. All completed applications with prescribed enclosures should reach the Office of the Secretary, Selection Committee, 162, E.V.R. Periyar High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai - 10 on or before the prescribed Date and Time.
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Colleges Which Offer M.B.B.S. Course
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Government Medical Colleges???
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Madras Medical College?
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Stanley Medical College, Chennai????
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Madurai Medical College, Madurai?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai
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Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu
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Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli
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Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore
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Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
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K.A.P. Viswanatham Govt. Medical College Tiruchirapalli
- Thoothukudi Govt. Medical College, Thoothukudi
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IRT Perundurai Medical College, Perundurai?
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Self-Financing Medical Colleges??????????
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P.S.G Institute of Medical Science & Research Institute, Coimbatore.?
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Vinayaka Mission Kirubananda Variar Medical College, Salem.
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Colleges Which Offer BDS Course
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Para Medical Courses
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Cost of Application:
The Cost of Application Form for Para Medical Degree Courses is Rs.250/- and the application forms will be available at all Government Medical Colleges and College of Physiotherapy, Trichirapalli. Candidates can obtain the application forms by remitting a Demand Draft for Rs.250/- drawn in favour Secretary, Selection Committee, Chennai - 10 payable at chennai. The Demand Draft should be purchased from any of the Nationalised Banks.
The Candidates belonging to SC / ST Community are exempted from payment of the cost of application. All completed applications with prescribed enclosures should reach the Office of the Secretary, Selection Committee, 162, E.V.R. Periyar High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai - 10 on or before the prescribed Date and Time. Candidates can apply for all the four Courses in single common application form. Candidates with D.Pharm Qualification should submit the application for Lateral Entry Scheme and they are exempted from writing the Entrance Examination.
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Tentative Time Schedule for Para Medical Courses
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Commencement of Sale of Applications
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First Week of June
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Last Date for receipt of filled up applications at the Office of the Selection Committee, Chennai - 10
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Third Week of June
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Publication of Merit List
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Third Week of July
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Counselling for Para Medical Courses
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Between Fourth Week of July and Third Week of August
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B.Pharmacy Course
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B.Sc.(N) Course
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B.P.T. Course
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B.O.T. Course
Diploma in Nursing Course
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Government Colleges
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Chennai District
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Govt. General Hospital
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Govt. Stanley Hospital
- K.M.C. Hospital, Chennai
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Coimbatore District
- Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore
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Madurai District
- Govt. Rajaji Hospital, Madurai
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Salem District
- Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital, Salem
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Thanjavur District
- Thanjavur Medical College Hospital, Thanjavur
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Tirunelveli District
- Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, Tirunelveli
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Trichy District
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Annal Gandhi Memorial Govt. Hospital, Trichy
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Post Graduate Degree / Diploma / MDS, M.Phar. / M.Sc. (Nursing) and Higher Speciality Courses
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Selection and admission for the above courses are also done by the Selection Committee. Out of the total number of Seats available for various PG Degree / Diploma Courses 25 % of seats are allotted for the All India Quota Candidates. Separate Entrance Examination is conducted usually in last week of January and candidates are allotted based on merit by the DGHS, New Delhi.
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For the remaining 75% seats which are exclusively for Tamil Nadu State Candidates, Entrance Examination is conducted by the Selection Committee usually in last week of March or first week of April and a merit / rank list will be prepared. Candidates will be called for Counselling as per their rank in the merit list and allotted seats depending upon their Choice, availability of seats and rule of reservation. Option once given during counseling can not be changed under any circumstances.
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50% of the seats in all specialties are reserved exclusively for service candidates of Tamil Nadu.
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Number of Seats Available (as per 2000 - 2001 Session)
Degree Courses (MD) - 220
Degree Courses (MS) - 106
Diploma Courses - 358
Degree Courses (MDS) - 14 Govt.??????????? Self Financing (Payment seat) 42
Higher Specialty (DM and MCh) - 73
M.Pharmacy - 12???????????????????????????????????? M.Sc. (Nursing) 8
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Details regarding distribution of seats for each specialty and the colleges will be available in the prospectus.
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The Cutoff date for completing the admissions for all the PG Courses is 31st December.
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