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

Admissions into BDS programs will be done through the entrance exam NEET.

Nationality:

• Indian Nationals
• Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
• Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)
• Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)
• Foreign Nationals (15% quota – All India Quota only). The norms for state admissions will be different.

Subjects To Be Studied in Qualifying Exam:

• Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology (including practical tests in these subjects) AND
• Mathematics or any other elective subject with English as prescribed by the NCERT.

Qualifying Exam:

• Candidates have to pass a recognized Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination equivalent to 10+2 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after 12 years of study.
• NIOS candidates are eligible for now subject to the matter subjudice in the court.
• Students from Foreign/International Boards are eligible if their qualifying exam meets the equivalency determined by the Association of Indian Universities (MU) as per regulations of the Medical Council of India and the concerned University.

Required Pass Percentage in 10+2 Or Equivalent:

• Unreserved candidates and OCI, NRI, and foreign candidates.
• Must have secured at least 50% in their qualifying exam in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology/ Bio-technology taken together.
• Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, or Other Backward Classes (OBC) must have secured 40%.
• PwD candidates must have secured 45% in their qualifying exam.

Age Limit:

• Candidates must have completed 17 years at the time of admission or before December 31 of the year of admission.

The students, who have passed the 10+2 examination with the science stream and have had Physics, Chemistry and Biology, and English in the 12th stream, may go for the BDS course.
It is the course that will have hands-on training in the field of dentistry for the duration of five years. The students will get the chance to interact with the patient and will get practical knowledge of the diseases.
The students have to score a minimum of 50% marks (40% in the case of the reserved category) in plus two and have to appear for an entrance examination conducted by the respective authorities.