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

Selection for BDS Admissions is based only on the NEET UG-2025 Tamil Nadu state medical counseling for both Government and Management quota.

For Government Quota

• NEET Qualified
• Candidates should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission, or should complete that age
• age on or before 31st December of that year.
• Candidates should be a Native of Tamil Nadu.
• Candidates should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or should complete that age on or before 31st December of that year.
• Candidates should be a Native of Tamil Nadu. 
• Candidates belonging to the Native of Tamil Nadu and having studied from Standard VI to Standard XII in schools of Tamil Nadu need not submit their “Nativity Certificate”. 
• However, such candidates should produce the true copies of their parents’ certificates, such as Birth Certificate, Ration Card, SSLC/10th/ 12th/ Degree/Diploma/ Professional course. In CA, parents are not literate, then no Graduation Certificate for parents, from the Revenue Authority of the competent jurisdiction, to substantiate their parents’ place of birth in Tamil Nadu, and also a Parents’ Community Certificate to claim the communal reservation. If the candidates do not submit the above-mentioned certificates, then they will be considered under the Open Category only. 
• Candidates belonging to other States who are residing in Tamil Nadu cannot claim nativity of Tamil Nadu, a nd they will be considered undethe r Open Category. 
• The other State candidates who are not natives of Tamil Nadu and have studied from Standard VI to XII in Tamil Nadu will be considered under the Open Category.

For Management Quota 

• The NEET qualified Candidates should be citizens of India, and Candidates should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or should complete that age on or before 31st December of that year.
• The NEET qualified Candidates can be NRIs as per the prospectuses of the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu guidelines.

The higher secondary examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination after 12 years of 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 the 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.

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