How to get into a Postgraduate course at a Medical College in India?

So you want to pursue a postgraduate medical/dental course in India. But there are innumerable colleges, entrance exams and so much of competition! Find out how to get into a MD/MS or MDS course here.

You can apply to 50 percent seats in medical colleges in the states where you are not domiciled.

Through the AIPGMEE/AIGPDEE, you can get into the seats available at Government colleges which are located in the states where you are not domiciled (except Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh). You would be required to appear for the counselling conducted by the DGHS (Directorate General of Health Services) using your AIPGMEE/AIPGDEE scores.

You can apply to 50 percent seats in medical colleges in the state in which you are domiciled.

State-level and Government colleges reserve the remaining 50 percent of their seats for students from the state in which the college is located (domiciles).

For the domiciled 50% (State Quota/Govt. Quota) seats, some states require students to take their own medical/dental entrance exams. These states are:

West Bengal (Medical & Dental)                http://www.wbuhsexams.in/index.html

Karnataka (Medical)                                http://www.nbe.gov.in/pget/aboutpget2014.php

Karnataka (Dental)                                  http://www.nbe.gov.in/pgetdental/aboutpget_dental2014.php

Assam (Medical & Dental)                        http://ssuhs.in/node.php?u=nwsd

Bihar (Medical & Dental)                          http://bceceboard.com/PGMATexIndex.php

Puducherry (Medical)                              http://jipmer.edu.in/education/examinations/

Uttar Pradesh (Medical & Dental)             http://kgmu.edu.in/uppgmee2014/upp14/

Jharkhand (Medical)                                http://www.nbe.gov.in/jhpg/aboutjhpget2014.php

Jharkhand (Dental)                                  http://www.awadhdentalcollege.in/main.php

Chattisgarh (Dental)                                http://www.cgdme.in/

Maharashtra (Medical)                            http://www.dmer.org/PGM-CET%20Notification%202014.htm

Maharashtra (Dental)                              http://www.dmer.org/PGD-CET%20Notification%202014.htm

Chandigarh (Medical & Dental)                 http://pgimer.edu.in/PGIMER_PORTAL/PGIMERPORTAL/home.jsp

Odisha (Dental)                                      http://dmetorissa.gov.in/

Tamil Nadu (Medical & Dental)                http://www.tnhealth.org/notification.htm

Gujarat (Medical & Dental)                      http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in/web/WebAdmissions.asp

Rajasthan (Medical & Dental)                   http://www.ruhsraj.org/ViewPageAdmission.aspx?pagetypeid=26

Uttarakhand (Medical & Dental)               http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/    

Some states accept students based on their AIPGMEE results for their 50% State Quota Medical Seats. These states are:

Haryana                                                http://pgimsrohtak.nic.in/notice.htm

Punjab                                                  http://bfuhs.ac.in/

Himachal Pradesh                                   http://www.hp.gov.in/hpdmer/page/UGPG-Admission.aspx

Delhi                                                     http://www.fmsc.ac.in/admission-pg.htm

Chhattisgarh                                          http://www.cgdme.in/

Kerala                                                   http://www.cee-kerala.org/index.php/pg-medical-courses/  

Odisha                                                  http://www.dmetodisha.gov.in/PG%20Counseling.html

Madhya Pradesh                         http://www.medicaleducation.mp.gov.in/couns.htm

Similarly, some states accept students based on their AIPGDEE results for their 50% State Quota Dental Seats. These states are: Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab.

All states hold their own counseling procedures where they allocate colleges and courses to students.

* For more information about the Medical/Dental Admissions in the state of Goa, please visit: http://www.gmc.goa.gov.in/.

* Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh are not a part of the above mentioned 50% - 50% seat sharing setup. Please visit their respective state medical education websites directly for more information.

Jammu & Kashmir: http://www.jakbopee.org/

Andhra Pradesh: http://ntruhs.ap.nic.in/.   

You would need to take separate exams for many famous national level medical colleges.

Many national level medical/dental colleges such as AIIMS, JIPMER, NEIGRIHS etc. have their own entrance exams. You would be required to qualify their entrance exams for admission into these institutes.

AIIMS                                                    http://www.aiimsexams.org/

PGIMER                                                 http://pgimer.edu.in/PGIMER_PORTAL/PGIMERPORTAL/home.jsp

NEIGRHMS                                            http://neigrihms.nic.in/MD-MS.html                                                                      

You can apply directly to many private medical colleges.

You can apply directly to private medical colleges like CMC Vellore etc. Some of these colleges require you to take the AIPGMEE/AIPGDEE or State exams. Some even have their own entrance exams. Explore their websites directly for more information.

Management quotas in private medical colleges.

A certain percentage of the total seats (differs from state to state) in many private medical/dental colleges are filled under the management quota. The entrance requirements are less stringent through this quota, but the admissions and tuition fees are generally much higher compared to that paid by All India and State Quota students.