All About JIPMER PMT,FAQs

• How many students are admitted?

JIPMER admits 75 (seventy five only) students to each batch of MBBS course, yearly once. They are available to eligible students as per the reservations under various categories, detailed below.

For Pondicherry natives: 20 (5 for Scheduled castes + 15 any others)

For students of other states: 26 (8 for Scheduled castes + 4 for Scheduled tribes + 14 for others)

Common All India Entrance Test by CBSE: 11

Central Government Nominations: 18

No seats are earmarked for Non-Resident Indians (no NRI quota)

What is the procedure for admission?

JIPMER conducts entrance examination on all India basis and only merit in the Entrance Examination is the criterion for selection to 46 seats (including 20 reserved for locals). Eleven seats are filled on merit from all India Test conducted by CBSE.

Government of India nominees are selected by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi according to set criterion. Please refer to Annexure II of Prospectus for details.

3. Who are eligible for admission?

Students who are Indian nationals, aged 17 years on or before 1st July and passed Higher Secondary Examination (+2) under 10+2+3 pattern with 50% marks in English and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together are eligible to appear in the Entrance Examination and try their merit.

4. When is the next Entrance Examination?

JIPMER Entrance Examination is usually conducted on the second Sunday of June every year. The notification of entrance examination is published in all leading news papers and on the website in January/February every year.

5. What is the syllabus for Entrance Examination?

JIPMER does not prescribe any syllabus for our Entrance Examination. However, it is based on CBSE syllabus for 11^th and 12^th standard students.

6. What is the pattern of Entrance Examination?

The examination consists of 200 multiple choice questions, of one best response type with four alternatives, equally distributed among English, Botany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry. The evaluation is fully computerized and there is no negative marking.

7. When will the application forms for the next Entrance Examination be available?

We shall be releasing the advertisements in all leading News Papers. Soon after, the application forms and prospectus will be available on payment from JIPMER, Pondicherry. Please also watch our website for information (www.jipmer.edu).

8. How do I reach Pondicherry?

Pondicherry is situated 160 Km south of Chennai on the East Coast of south India. The easy mode of transport is public buses. A number of buses ply between Chennai and Pondicherry and journey time is 3 to 4 hours. Train services are also available from Egmore station but they are infrequent. Pondicherry is not connected by air.

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