Compare Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College Hospital and Research Institute Ludhiana vs Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital Chandigarh

Admission is based on the NEET (UG) merit list of successful candidates for BDS, prepared by the NTA (National Testing Agency).

Admissions to the BDS course will be done through National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG).

1. A person who has attained the age of 17 years on or before December 31 of the year of admission.

2. Only candidates whose names appear in the NEET (UG) merit list of successful candidates prepared by NTA (National Testing Agency) for BDS will be eligible to apply. This condition is also applicable to NRI Category candidates.

3. A candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Bio-technology & English individually in the qualifying 12th standard examination or other equivalent qualifying examination.

4. The candidates must have come in the merit list of NEET (UG) of the year of admission for BDS by securing the following minimum marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology/Biotechnology taken together:

General category: not less than 50th Percentile (Including candidates from Hoshiarpur District, preferably of Jaj (Judge Community) & NRI)

SC/ST/ Backward Class (BC) category: not less than 40th Percentile
Person with Disability (PwD): not less than 45th Percentile
(The minimum marks shall be at the 45th percentile for GEN-PwD and the 40th percentile for SC-PwD, ST PwD & BC-PwD candidates.)

a. The higher secondary examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years study, the last two years of study comprising of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics or any other elective subjects with English at a level not less than the core course for English as prescribed by the National Council for Educational 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 10+2 education structure of the National Committee, the candidates will have to undergo a period of one-year pre-professional training before admission to the dental colleges;

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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;

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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. 

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d. The first year of the three-year degree course of 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;

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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), and further that he/she has passed the earlier qualifying examination with the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English.

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f. Any other examination which, in scope and standard, 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.