UP - CPMT

Medicine and Dentistry based entrance exam, applicable to colleges and institutions within Uttar Pradesh, for students who belong to Uttar Pradesh.

UP – CPMT (Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre Medical Test) is a State level medical entrance examination for most of the Government as well as some private medical and dental colleges within Uttar Pradesh. It is conducted by the ‘Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur’ for students who belong to the state of Uttar Pradesh.

It is considered to be the most important State Level Medical Entrance Examination in Uttar Pradesh and provides students with the opportunity to join various courses in the fields of Medicine such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS and BUMS.

Out of the total seats that are available in medical and dental colleges who accept the UPCPMT, 23% are reserved for SC, 2% are reserved for ST and 27% seats are reserved for candidates from the OBC category.

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What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible for the UPCPMT, you should be an Indian National and a domicile of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

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

Candidates who are going to appear for their Class 12th exam in the same year as the UPCPMT are also eligible for admission provided that they can submit their final documents before the specified date.

For MBBS/BDS:

You should have passed your Class 12th or equivalent examinations (as specified in the information brochure) with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as your main subjects. Your aggregate percentage in these 3 subjects should be not less than 50% (45% for PH candidates and 40% for reserved candidates). Additionally, you should have passed each of these 3 subjects individually along with English.

To be eligible for admissions into the MBBS/BDS course, you should have scored not less than 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the UPCPMT (45% for PH candidates and 40% for reserved candidates).

For BHMS, BUMS and BAMS:

You should have passed your Class 12th or equivalent examinations (as specified in the information brochure) with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as your main subjects (including practical examinations). You should have passed each of these 3 subjects individually along with English.

To be eligible for admissions into the BHMS/BUMS/BAMS course, you should have scored not less than 35% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the UPCPMT.

For the BUMS course, it is mandatory that you should have passed your Class 10th or equivalent examination with Urdu as one of your subjects apart from meeting the above criteria.

For the BAMS course, candidates who have completed the ‘Madhyama’ examination including Science as a subject from the ‘Sampoornanand Sanksrit University, Varanasi’ are also eligible.

How to apply?

You can apply online by going to: http://www.upcpmt2015.co.in/
Your admit cards will be available on the above website in due time. They will not be sent to you by post.

What is the pattern of the examination?

The UPCMPT consists of a single paper that has 4 sections: Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany.

Each sections comprises of a total of 50 questions.

The questions are objective – type in the multiple choice format. Each question is of one mark and contains 4 options with only one correct answer.

Attempt as many questions as possible as there is no negative marking for wrong answers.

The duration of the exam is 3 hours. The merit list will be prepared on the basis of your marks in the UPCPMT.

All candidates who qualify in the UPCPMT exam will participate in a counseling procedure to get admission into a medical/dental college in Uttar Pradesh which accepts UPCPMT scores.

For further information, please visit: http://www.upcpmt2015.co.in/.

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 Uttar Pradesh.  All these seats are reserved only for Uttar Pradesh Domiciles.

Admissions into the remaining 15% seats in Government Medical and Dental colleges in Uttar Pradesh 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#.

Admissions into Private Medical and Dental colleges in Uttar Pradesh are conducted on the basis of a separate entrance exam, known as the ‘UPCMET’.

Your goal is to get admission in a suitable college. The UPCPMT test result becomes the basis for the admission.

Once the results are announced, you will have to participate in an offline counseling procedure which is conducted by the Directorate General of Medical Education, Uttar Pradesh.

The Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University will create a merit list on the basis of the marks of the candidates in the UPCPMT examination. The merit list will be available on the above mentioned website.

You will need to make a ‘Counseling fee payment’ (amount specified on website in due time) before you report for the counseling. 

All candidates who have their name in the merit list will be required to appear for the counseling personally along with originals and copies of all their documents including Class 12th mark sheets, UPCPMT Admit Card, Counseling fee payment receipt, Security Deposit payment receipt etc.

Before you report for the counseling, make sure you research in detail about the colleges you can join through this counseling procedure. You should be clear about at least your top 5 choices/preference before you step in the hall for counseling.

Make 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 consider multiple choices to ensure that you receive an admission.

Once you reach the venue and the counseling begins, you will be allotted a seat on the basis of your choices and the seats that are available for your rank.

After you’ve been allotted a seat, you will need to report to the college in due time with originals and attested copies of all your documents and submit the admission fee so as to confirm your seat.

Subsequent rounds of counseling will be conducted for seats that are left vacant after the first round.

For further information regarding the counseling procedure and reservations, please visit the following websites: http://www.upcpmt2015.co.in/.

What are the prospects?

UPCPMT is one of the biggest and most prestigious medical entrance exams in Uttar Pradesh. It provides students with the opportunity to join various Government, Government Aided and Private medical and dental colleges in Uttar Pradesh. To see a list of the colleges who admit students on the basis of the UPCPMT merit list, please visit the following website: http://www.upcpmt2015.co.in/.

Important Dates for UP – CPMT 2015:

Application form download begins from

20.03.2015

Last date of filling application forms

22.04.2015

Download Admit Cards

08.05.2015

Date of UP – CPMT

25.05.2015

Date of results

15.06.2015

First Round of Counseling

25.06.2015

Report to colleges after first round of counselling

05.07.2015

Second round of counselling

27.07.2015

Report to colleges after second round of counselling

02.08.2015


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