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

The Students who have eligible NEET-UG marks can apply for BDS admission.

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.

No Candidate shall be allowed to be admitted to the Medical Curriculum of the first Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) Course until:

1. He/she shall complete the age of 17 years on or before 31st December, of the year of admission to the MBBS course.

2. 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 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.

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3. The intermediate examination in science of an Indian University/Board or other recognized examining the 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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4. 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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5. The first year of the three years degree course at 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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6. 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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7. 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.