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For BDS Admission no candidate shall be allowed to the dental curriculum of first-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course unless they fulfill the following criteria:

• She/he shall be a minimum age of 17 years on, or before 31st December, of the year of admission to the BDS course.
• She/he must have passed 10 + 2 Examination with minimum 50% marks in Physics-Chemistry-Biology (PCB) and passed in English subject.
• Candidates must have satisfied NEET eligibility criteria and qualify NEET exam.

Candidates who have passed the two-year Pre-University Examination of Karnataka’s Pre-University Board (or equivalent qualifying examination of other recognized boards) with English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as optional subjects are eligible for admission to the first year. The candidate shall have obtained not less than 50% of the aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology has taken together, and a pass in the English language in the qualifying examination or any other examination recognized as equivalent by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka. Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) students or students of any other categories notified by the government shall be given a relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks required for eligibility. The candidate shall have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete this age on 31st December of the calendar year in which he/she seeks admission.