MBBS ADMISSION IN INDIA: Becoming a doctor is hard! Becoming a doctor in India is harder! You would require admission in a Top Government Medical College for MBBS in India which is itself a very daunting task. A very minor examinee/seat ratio in Government medical colleges makes the task of getting admission in MBBS colleges a greater challenge for students across India. The system of getting admission in a good government medical college in India is extremely complicated itself because of the following well-known and well-hated reasons.
- Separate examinations on State and National levels (AIPMT till 2016 and NEET from 2017 onward).
- Reservation policies (50% of the seats are reserved) which make the task of predicting cut-offs very difficult.
- Different rules and policies followed by private medical colleges regarding reserved seats.
- The system of allocation of Management and NRI quotas in top private medical colleges making it more difficult for students to get admission in them normally.
- Then there are different agents providing different options and demanding capitation fees for providing admission to top private MBBS colleges making it further difficult and confusing to understand the exact status of admission in those colleges (although this problem has been solved to a large extent by now)
It is estimated that India has a requirement of more than 6.5 lakh doctors and healthcare professionals whereas the total number of medical colleges (around 426) in the country have only around 60,000 seats available on an annual basis by the latest estimate. Only 50% among them are government colleges while the rest is constituted by the private ones. So, in order to become an MBBS doctor in India, an aspirant has following options in front of him/her:
- MBBS through Government Medical Colleges
- MBBS through Private Medical Colleges
- MBBS through abroad
MBBS through Government Medical Colleges via NEET and others
More than 10 lakh students appear for NEET exam (in the first attempt, before dropping out to try for repeat exam) while only 4500 medical seats are allotted to them (15% of the total government seats – 16,000 + few others) through AIQ which pegs the success ratio for getting an MBBS Admission to a top Government college and becoming a doctor in India via a national test to somewhere around only 0.5%. What this means is that more than 99% students wouldn’t have a chance to get admission in a top government medical college even after studying hard for more than a year. Although various other tests are conducted for admission in medical colleges, most of them such as AIIMS, AFMC, JIPMER, and others mostly look for toppers only in order to ensure that the MBBS Admission to top Government Medical Colleges are provided to the best students in the country only.
What makes this equation more complex is the provision of reservation of seats in the colleges of India for members of some specific castes. Around half of the total seats are allotted to reserved candidates only which means the chance for a general student to get admission in any top college is reduced by 50% itself before even appearing in the exams. Members of the reserved castes will get admission to these colleges even though they score much less than the general students. The current reservation system in India for medical examinations stands as follows:
| Category | Marks Range | Rank Range
(All India Quota seats) |
| OBC | 453 – 450 | 14053 – 14905 |
| SC | 453 – 324 | 14200 – 61238 |
| ST | 451 – 288 | 14481 – 83162 |
| UR-PH | 449 – 324 | 15149 – 61494 |
| OBC-PH | 322 – 312 | 62218 – 67788 |
| SC-PH | 315 – 302 | 66314 – 73737 |
| Unreserved | 695 – 453 | 1 – 14052 |
The state level admission tests for MBBS Admission for Government Medical Colleges such as Assam CEE, BCECE, EAMCET, GCET, GUJCET, MHT-CET, MP DMAT, KARNATAKA CET, Haryana PMT, KEAM, MP PMT, PMET, HPMT, WB JEE Medical Exam, O JEE Medical Exam, UPCPMT, UPMT and others yield an almost similar story as NEET and other national tests with a success ratio of around or less than 2%. The rest 98% of students would either then have to prepare for a re-examination next year or give up on their aspirations for becoming a doctor altogether.
Another level of entrance exams are also conducted by some Deemed Universities in India, for example, BVP CET, MGIMS Wardha Medical, KLEU AIET, MU OET Medical, KIMS UG Medical, etc. which although being approved by MCI issue their own separate degrees.
There are some more common entrance exams conducted by the association of colleges under MCI approval such as COMEDK UGET Medical (Karnataka Association for private medical colleges) and CETPPMC (Conducted for Private colleges in Pudducherry) but that doesn’t help much in tackling the situation of examinee/seat ratio in India.
MBBS through Private Medical Colleges
According to a recent estimate, before the commencement of NEET, a student used to appear for 6 entrance examination on an average for trying to get admission in a reputed medical college in India. Most of the students had also admitted to getting calls by various agents across the country offering admissions in a reputed MCI approved private medical college via Management and NRI Quota in exchange of money. These agents have contacts inside the college management and often guarantee a seat in a reputed college of your choice for a price which is much higher than the normal admission charges in the college.
Even after getting admission to a private medical college in India on merit only, it’d had cost around 40 – 50 lakh for studying in a private medical college or a deemed university in India. You can double the amount again for capitation fees in case the aspirant failed to make it through the test. So in short, the total donation one would need to pay to get admission in a private medical college was around 50 lac rupees itself. But the provision of capitation fees was completely removed in India in 2017 when it was decided to fill all the available seats in medical colleges (both government and private) through a common test only (NEET). This removed the authority of private colleges for admission completely and significantly brought down the cut-off marks required to clear the test. There is no need now to engage an agent for getting admission in a top Private Medical College in India for your MBBS degree.
Presently, MBBS courses are trending among the students of medical stream. Various medical colleges in India are associated with state hospitals which provide students better scope to deal with patients. India is also a home to several reputed medical colleges such as All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Armed Forces Medical College, Christian Medical College, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, etc. Here candidates can check information regarding MBBS Admission in India 2018.
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MBBS Admission Notification 2018
JIPMER University will organize its own entrance exam for admission to the MBBS & BDS courses. Admission Procedure
Admissions in MBBS and BDS courses will be given on the basis of national level examination NEET, AIIMS & JIPMER. Central Board of Secondary Education shall organize the NEET examination for selecting students for medical courses. Top medical colleges of India consider the NEET score card for admissions.
MBBS BDS Entrance Exam
NEET (National Eligibility Entrance Test) is an all India level based examination organized by the CBSE Board. Through this examination, students will get admissions into MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) programmes. This examination is conducted in various famous cities of the country.
Top Medical Colleges in India
There are many reputed medical colleges are situated in India, which are famous around the globe. Some of the Top Medical Colleges in India 2018 are AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), AFMC (Armed Forces Medical College), Maulana Azad Medical College and many others.
MBBS Admission 2018
Students looking for admission in MBBS programmes, can apply for the NEET examination from 31st January 2017. The application form is available till the 8th February 2018. The examination will be organized on 06th May 2018.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Indian Nationals & OCI candidates can apply for this exam.
- Candidates must have cleared the 12th or equivalent exam with PCB and English subjects from any recognized board.
- Students must have completed the age of 17 years as or on 31st December of the year of admission.
- The maximum age limit is 25 Years for general and 30 years for SC/ST candidates.
- Students appearing in the qualifying exam are also eligible to apply.
Selection Procedure
After clearing the NEET examination, a merit list will be prepared by the authority as per the marks scored in the entrance test. Students will be invited for counselling process as per the ranks secured in the rank list. In the counselling process, candidates are required to choose the list of colleges where they are seeking for admissions.
Seats will be allotted to students on the basis of choices filled by them, rank scored and the availability of seats in the colleges. Students will be required to report to the allotted college to complete the admission process. In India, there are approx 53565 seats are available for admissions in MBBS programme.
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MBBS Admission in Uttarakhand 2018
MBBS Admission in Maharashtra 2018
Documents Required
Candidates will be required these documents at the time of counselling/admission:
- 10th Class Mark Sheet & Passing Certificate.
- 12th Class Mark Sheet & Passing Certificate.
- NEET 2017 Admit Card & Rank Card.
- Category Certificate (if applicable).
- Counselling Letter.
- Passport size photographs.
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