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NEET

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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

60 Months

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course is five years full-time, which includes 4 years of curriculum plus 1 year of rotating internship, offered by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, and approved by the Dental Council of India (DCI).

Important dates

Exams and Events	Dates

NEET Counselling Date - Round 2- reporting and joining (Mode - Online)	17 Sep'25 - 24 Sep'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 2 - Verification of joined candidates by institutes (Mode - Online)	25 Sep'25 - 26 Sep'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3 - Verification of seat matrix (Mode - Online)	26 Sep'25 - 27 Sep'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3- registration and payment (Mode - Online)	28 Sep'25 - 4 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3- choice filling and locking (Mode - Online)	29 Sep'25 - 4 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3- processing of seat allotment (Mode - Online)	5 Oct'25 - 6 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3- seat allotment result (Mode - Online)	7 Oct'25 - 7 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3- reporting and joining (Mode - Online)	8 Oct'25 - 16 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Round 3 - Verification of joined candidates by institutes (Mode - Online)	17 Oct'25 - 18 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Stray round - Verification of seat matrix (Mode - Online)	20 Oct'25 - 20 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Stray round- registration and payment (Mode - Online)	21 Oct'25 - 25 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Stray round- choice filling and locking (Mode - Online)	21 Oct'25 - 25 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Stray round- processing of seat allotment (Mode - Online)	26 Oct'25 - 27 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Stray round- seat allotment result (Mode - Online)	28 Oct'25 - 28 Oct'25
NEET Counselling Date - Stray round- reporting and joining (Mode - Online)	29 Oct'25 - 4 Nov'25

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who have passed the two-year Pre-University Examination of Karnataka’s pre-university Board (or equivalent qualifying examination of other recognized boards) with English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as optional subjects are eligible for admission to the first year. Candidates shall have obtained not less than 50% of the aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology taken together, and a pass in the English language in the qualifying examination or any other examination recognized as equivalent by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. Scheduled caste/ Scheduled Tribes (SC/ ST) Students or students of any other categories notified by the government shall be given a relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks required for eligibility.
In case of admission based on a competitive entrance examination similar eligibility as above applies. In addition, the candidate must be ranked in the entrance examinations merit list by securing not less than 50% marks in it. SC/ST students of any other categories notified by the government shall be given a relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks required for eligibility through the competitive entrance examination.
The candidate shall have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete this age on 31st December of the calendar year in which he/she seeks admission.