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

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 candidate has completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete this age on 31st December of the year of his admission; provided that the candidates who are being admitted to the 5-year course, including 1 year for the pre-dental course should have completed the age of 16 years at the time of admission or will complete this age on 31st December of the years of his admission to the pre-dental course; 

• has passed the two-year Intermediate or equivalent course thereof with Science subjects, viz. Physics, Chemistry, and Biology from a recognized Indian University or Pre-University. Intermediate Board:

• B.Sc. (Part I) Examination of an Indian University as laid down by the University Grants Commission (U.G.C.)

NOTE: A student who has passed the B.Sc Examination with one or more of the subjects mentioned at (b) above would be admitted to the Dental Course if he had passed the remaining subjects of the Medical Group (Physics, Chemistry & Biology) in the Pre-University/ Intermediate examination;

• The candidate should have secured not less than 50% of marks on the aggregate of the above subjects in the qualifying or competitive examination conducted on similar lines as the qualifying examination conducted by a competitive body. ‘For Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, the minimum marks required for admission shall be 40% instead of 50% for general candidates.