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    NEET
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    100

    Course Details

    MODE

    Full time

    DURATION

    60 Months

    Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course is a five-year full-time course, which includes 4 years of curriculum plus 1 year of rotating internship, offered by Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, and approved by the National Dental Commission (NDC).


    Important dates

    Exams and EventsDates
    NEET
    Counselling Date - Round-2: Verification of joined candidates by institutes (Mode - Online)
    18 Sep'26 - 18 Sep'26

    Eligibility Criteria

    Research and Training after the introduction of the 10+2+3 years educational structure, as recommended by the National Committee on Education. Note: Where the course content is not as prescribed for the 10+2 education structure of the National Committee, the candidates will have to undergo one year of pre-professional training before admission to the dental colleges. 

    or 

    b. The intermediate examination in science of an Indian University/Board or other recognized examining body with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, which shall include a practical test in these subjects and also English as a compulsory subject; 

    or 

    c. The pre-professional/pre-medical examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, after passing either the higher secondary school examination or the pre-university or an equivalent examination. The pre-professional/pre-medical examination shall include a practical test in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, and also English as a compulsory subject.t; 

    or  

    d. The first year of the three-year degree course at a recognized university, with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, including a practical test in three subjects, provided the examination is a "University Examination" and the candidate has passed 10+2 with English at a level not less than a core course; 

    or

    e. B.Sc examination of an Indian University, provided that he/she has passed the B.Sc examination with not less than two of the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany, Zoology,y), a nd further that he/she has passed the earlier qualifying examination with the following subjects-Physics, ChemistryBiologyol, and English. 

    or

    f. Any other examination which, in scope andstandardnd is found to be equivalent to the intermediate science examination of an Indian University/Board, taking Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, including practical tests in each of these subjects and English.

    Admission Details

    Admission to the BDS course will be based on the NEET score. Admission for the NEET-eligible candidates is done through the Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai.

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