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    NEET
    Seats
    100

    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 Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur, and approved by the Dental Council of India (DCI).


    Important dates

    Exams and EventsDates
    NEET
    Application Date (Mode - Online)
    7 Feb'26 - 7 Mar'26
    NEET
    Others - Last date of fee payment (Mode - Online)
    7 Mar'26 - 7 Mar'26
    NEET
    Application Correction Date (Mode - Online)
    9 Mar'26 - 11 Mar'26
    NEET
    Exam Date (Mode - Offline)
    2 May'26 - 2 May'26

    Eligibility Criteria

    Candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala, or examinations recognized equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology separately, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology put together, are eligible and also studied English as a compulsory subject in the Plus Two level. As per allotment by the Commissioner for Entrance Examination (CEE), Govt. of Kerala, from among the KEAM Rank list prepared based on the NEET Score.

    Age: Applicants should be at least 17 years of age as of the 31st of December of the same year. No relaxation in the minimum age will be allowed. There is no upper age limit.

    Nativity: Only Keralites are eligible for admission to the BDS course as per the statutory board.

    Admission Details

    As per allotment by the Commissioner for Entrance Examination (CEE), Govt. of Kerala from among the KEAM Rank list prepared based on the NEET Score

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