Colleges

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.

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;

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 of 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."