NEET Exam Date for PG Dental Courses Announced

Updated on: Tuesday, November 15, 2016

neet National Board of Examinations (NBE) will conduct the common medical entrance test for post graduate dental as well as diploma courses across 41 cities, scheduling the entrance process to PG medical courses.

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for PG Diploma courses will be conducted by NBE from December 5-13. While for dental courses, NEET Exam will be conducted from November 30 to December 3 this year in 86 centres across 41 cities, health minister said in a statement on Wednesday.

It says "NEET exam will be held as a computer based test and will comprise of 300 multiple choice questions from the MBBS syllabus followed at medical colleges in India,".

Health Ministry also said that it will be a single eligibility cum entrance examination for admission to PG medical courses' for the academic session 2017 and include all India 50% quota seats for MD, MS and PG Diploma courses for all states except Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana.

It will also include state quota seats for MD, MS and PG diploma courses for all states and UTs including Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana.

NEET for MDS courses (Dental) will also be a computer based test which includes 240 multiple choice questions.

"NEET-MDS is a single window entrance exam for entry to dental post graduate courses. No other examination either at state level or institutional level entrance examination conducted by dental colleges or institutions shall be valid as per the Dentists Act, 1948 with effect from 2017 admission session," the statement said.

Website for NEET-MDS and NEET-PG will be available from September 24 and online registration will start from September 26 to October 31.

AIIMS, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Jawaharlal Institute of PG Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and SRICHITRA Institute will not be covered by NEET PG.

AIIMS, New Delhi Dental institution will not come under centralised admissions for MDS seats through NEET-MDS for 2017 session.

NEET Exam Date for PG Dental Courses Announced

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