GUJCET

Medicine based entrance exam, applicable to colleges and institutes within Gujarat, primarily for students who belong to Gujarat.

GUJCET (Gujarat Common Entrance Test) is a State level medical entrance examination for colleges and institutions within Gujarat. It is conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar for students who belong to the state of Gujarat.

It is considered to be the most important State Level Entrance Examination in Gujarat. It provides students with the opportunity to join undergraduate courses related to the field of Medicine such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS etc.

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What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible to appear in the GUJCET, you should have passed your Class 12th or equivalent examinations from a school situated in the state of Gujarat which is recognized by the Gujarat State Board or the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE).

Candidates who are going to be appearing for their Class 12th exams in the same year as the GUJCET are also eligible to appear in the GUJCET provided that they are appearing for their Class 12th examinations from a school situated in Gujarat which is recognized by the above mentioned boards.

Candidates who have passed their Class 12th examinations from an institution outside Gujarat will also be eligible to appear in the GUJCET provided that they are wards of officers/employees who belong to the state of Gujarat but are working in other states for the Central Government/State Government/Military Forces/Board Corporation.

You should be not less than 17 years of age as on the 31st of December of the year of admission.

For the MBBS/BDS/BAMS course, you will need to secure at least 50% in the GUJCET as well as in your Class 12th examinations so as to be eligible for admission (40% for SC/ST candidates).

For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.gseb.org/.

How to apply?

You can only apply for the GUJCET online.

The application forms are available at the following website: http://www.gseb.org/.

To apply online, you will need to procure the Information Brochure and the User ID and Password details from the designated centers as mentioned on the above website.

You will be able to procure the Information Brochure and the User ID and Password only if you produce a Demand Draft of the specified amount in favor of ‘The Secretary, Gujarat Common Entrance Test Cell, Gandhinagar’, payable at Ahmadabad.

Once you procure the Information Brochure and User ID – Password, visit the above mentioned website, fill in the application form and submit it. You will also need to upload digital copies of your photograph and signature.

After you submit the application, you will receive an ‘Application Number’. You should note down this number and also take a print out of the submitted application form as it might be used during further correspondences with the examination board.

Your admit card will be available on the below mentioned website in due time.

For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.gseb.org/

What is the pattern of the examination?

The exam will consist of objective type questions in the multiple choice format.

Each question will have four options with only one being correct.

The duration of the total paper will be 3 hours. The paper will be divided into 3 sections: Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

There will be 40 questions from each section (Physics/Chemistry/Biology).

You will be awarded 1 mark for every right answer.

Do not attempt questions you do not know the answers to as there will be negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

The merit list will be prepared on the basis of your marks in the GUJCET by the ‘C/o. Dean, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad – 380 016 ’. 60% weightage will be given to your Class 12th results (PCB) and 40% weightage will be given to your score in the GUJCET.

For any further information, please visit the following website: http://www.gseb.org/.

What do you do after you get your results?

The counseling will be conducted for 85% ‘State Quota’ seats in Government and Government Aided Medical and Dental Colleges in Gujarat. Additionally, the counseling is also conducted for 75% ‘State Quota’ seats in Private Medical and Dental colleges in Gujarat.

All these seats are reserved only for Gujarat Domiciles.

Admissions into the remaining 15% seats in Government Medical and Dental colleges in Gujarat are conducted by the DGHS under the ‘All India Quota’ on the basis of AIPMT results through the following website: http://www.mcc.nic.in/mccres/HomePage.aspx#.

For admissions into the remaining 25% seats in Private Medical and Dental colleges in Gujarat (which are not available through the below mentioned counseling), please contact the college/institution directly.

Your goal is to get admission in a suitable college. The GUJCET and Class 12th test result becomes the basis for the admission.

Once the results are announced, you will have to register and participate in an offline counseling procedure which is conducted by the ‘Admission Committee for Professional Medical Educational Courses, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad'.

You or your authorized representative will need to reach the counseling venue on the specified date along with originals and copies of all your documents.

Before you report for the counseling, you will need to select the colleges you wish to join in order of preference. You will have to mark your choices/preferences based on two main factors:

1. The colleges you wish to join.

2. The colleges that are likely to admit you based on your rank. Go through the ranks that were admitted by a particular college last year for your course. You can obtain the ranks of last year from the counseling website.

Base your decision on these two factors and make multiple choices to ensure that you receive an admission.

On the day of the counseling, you will need to choose the college you wish to join out of the options that offer your course and are available for your rank at that point of time.

Once you’re allotted a seat, you will need to report to the institute in due time and get your documents verified as well as submit the admission fee to confirm your seat.

For further information regarding the counseling procedure, please visit the following websites:  http://www.medadmbjmc.in/.

What are the prospects?

The GUJCET is a very important state level entrance exam in Gujarat. It is attempted by many students annually. The GUJCET provides students with the opportunities to pursue courses in Medicine such as MBBS, BDS and others such as Homeopathy and Ayurveda.

There are many colleges and institutions within Gujarat that admit students on the basis of their GUJCET marks. To see the colleges that admitted students on the basis of their GUJCET marks, please visit the following websites: http://www.medadmbjmc.in/ or http://www.gseb.org/.

 

Important Dates for GUJCET 2014:

Online Registration starts from

31.03.2014

Last Date of Registering online

15.04.2014

Date of Examination (GUJCET)

08.05.2014


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