Medical/ Dental Education in India

Medical colleges in India are of the following categories –

Government Medical Colleges which could be State/Central Govt Owned.
Deemed to be Universities (Universities which conduct their own annual exam and award degree).
Private Medical Colleges (Self financed and are affiliated to State Universities)

NEET UG Exam

NEET UG Exam is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) body formed by ministry of HRD, Govt of India. NEET UG is a pen and paper based exam with objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Botany & Zoology. Syllabus is based on class 11 and 12. NEET UG is conducted for 180 minutes (3hrs) comprising 180 questions. There is a change in the pattern of questions compared to last year there is around 200 questions instead of 180 and comprises of 50 questions each in Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany with 4 marks per question and max marks of 720. Every student has to attempt only 45 questions per subject and "+4" marks to be awarded for correct answer and "-1" mark deducted for wrong answer.

Also its good news for NRI/ PIO/ OCU students since exam centres extended to - Kuwait City, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Colombo, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah and Singapore

Change - 200 questions instead of 180
Divided into: Section A – 35 Mandatory Questions
Section B – 15 Optional Questions (Answer 10 out of 15)

Eligibility Criterion

Student from India are eligible for following category of seats -

15% seats under AIQ in Govt Med colleges Counseling of which is conducted by Medical council committee on All India basis.
85% seat in Deemed to be universities which comprises of 85% management seats (type of category to be chosen depends on the NEET score, if score is more than apply under management quota).
100 % seat in central universities like AIIMS, JIPMER & Aligarh Muslim University.
85% seats in self financed private medical colleges affiliated to state govt universities.
85% seats in Government Medical Colleges in the state affiliated to state government Universities

Student studied outside India are eligible for following category of seats -

15% seats under AIQ in Govt Med colleges Counseling of which is conducted by Medical council committee on All India basis.
100 % seat in Deemed to be universities which comprises of 85% management seats and 15% NRI category seats (type of category to be chosen depends on the NEET score, if score is more than apply under management quota).
100 % seat in central universities like AIIMS, JIPMER & Aligarh Muslim University.
15% NRI seats in self financed private medical colleges affiliated to state govt universities.
(In case of Counseling being conducted by the state govt, students who have completed class 10 and 12 outside will be considered under NRI category only. However some of the states like Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh would consider all students with valid Neet score for all categories of seats)

Counselling

Counseling in India after the publication of NEET results is conducted by Director General of Health Sciences under a committee called Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) for the following category of seats.

15% of the seats in all Govt Medical colleges in the country under All India Quota category.
100% seats in the central universities like AIIMS, JIPMER Aligarh Muslim University.
100% seats Deemed to be universities in India.

Counseling for the remaining 85% of seats in Govt Medical colleges is conducted by Individual State govt.

Counseling for 100% seats in Private colleges affiliated to State Universities is also conducted by State Govt

Seat Categorisation

All India General Category – 85% & 15% as NRI/Foreign National Category seats in Private/Self Financed Institutions also has 85% seats in General Category which includes State quota seats & Management seats (Break up of seat matrix in this category varies in each state) and remaining 15% seats are categorized as NRI seats.

Fees Structure