D Y Patil Dental School, Pune: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

The D Y Patil Dental School of Pune holds the distinction of being among the most progressive dental schools in India. Built under the aegis of the highly reputed university, Dr. D Y Patil, Knowledge City, Charoli Budruk, Lohegaon, Pune, the institute is affiliated with the Dental Council of India. The programs affiliated and featured by the D Y Patil Dental School are spread over 5 acres, featuring a highly favorable student-teacher ratio. The total enrolment of students into the institution is 347, and there is a total faculty of 163 members. 

The college offers the students a variety of opportunities, complemented by several modern facilities that contribute to the students' academic and personal growth. The central library is the knowledge resource of the college where individuals make use of books and journals to browse research and learning activities. The state-of-the-art sports facilities include a swimming pool, tennis courts, badminton hall, gymnasium, basketball courts, and a football ground for physical fitness and recreation purposes. The ultramodern preclinical laboratories of the D Y Patil Dental School provoke the students into training with their excellent facilities.

D Y Patil Dental School extends four courses in dentistry among which one is an undergraduate program in dentistry, namely BDS, and the rest three are postgraduate specialisations in MDS. The Bachelor of Dental Surgery program enrolls 100 seats, and 3, 3, and 2 seats are offered for the MDS programs in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics; Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics; and Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, respectively.

The admission procedure in D Y Patil Dental College is a merit-based admission process followed in the colleges with the permission of the respective regulatory authority. Admission into the degree program of BDS is done on the ground of the marks secured by the candidate in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). That is, for both the MDS programs, they must clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for MDS (NEET MDS). Both these national-level exams are conducted so that the selection process is conducted uniformly and justly.