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    NEET
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    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).


    Eligibility Criteria

    Candidates with 50% marks on aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Botany/Zoology), and English at the qualifying examination at the end of 12 years of study for all categories, except for Scheduled Castes and tribe who are eligible with 40% aggregate. Graduate students should have one of the following subjects as a major, viz. Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, or should have passed the earlier qualifying examination with the above subjects. Students who have studied abroad should have the equivalency of qualification as determined by the Association of Indian Universities and should have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English up to 12th standard with 50% marks. Candidates should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or complete the age on or before 31st December of the years of admission to the first year BDS course.

    Admission Details

    Admission is based on the NEET Entrance exam.

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