Santiniketan Nursing Institute, Birbhum Admission 2025: Dates, Registration, Fees, Eligibility

Santiniketan Nursing Institute is one of the nursing institutions in Birbhum, West Bengal. Admissions in the Santiniketan Nursing Institute are mainly through entrance examinations. Entrance examinations conducted for this institute are organized by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board, which is popularly abbreviated as WBJEEB. Scores of JENPAS-UG, an acronym for Joint Entrance for Nursing, Pharmacy, and Allied Sciences - Undergraduate are accepted to be given admission in B.Sc Nursing course. This is the entrance exam, designed specifically for the courses in nursing and allied health sciences of West Bengal. In fact, this test usually comes once in every calendar year but first of all there has to be a passing score in the entrance test so as to seek admission into the B.Sc Nursing course of Santiniketan Nursing Institute.

GNM admissions are on the basis of entrance examination by ANM(R) & GNM conducted by WBJEEB. The WBJEEB conducts entrance only for those students who apply for the nursing diploma from any state. The admissions process of WBJEEB is carried out through its official website, and students who have applied can get regular updates about the exam dates, application procedures, and declaration of the results. Usually, the institute admission cycle falls in line with the academic calendar and processes normally begin a few months before the start of an academic year.

Application Process

1. Registration of Entrance Exams: The candidates need to register for the entrance examinations -either JENPAS-UG for B.Sc Nursing or ANM(R) & GNM for the GNM program- from the official website of WBJEEB.

2. Admission Test: Appearance report for admission test on schedule date. Generally, entrance examination is done as per relevant subjects of curriculum for nursing education, which involves biology, chemistry, physics, and general knowledge.

3. Declaration of Result: Wait for the declaration of the entrance exam result by WBJEEB.

4. Counseling Registration: Students are shortlisted for the counseling procedure and are required to register online for counseling, which is conducted.

5. Document Verification: Candidates shortlisted are required to submit documents for verification process. The list of documents includes:

• Mark sheets and certificates of 10th and 12th
• Admit card and score card of entrance examination
• Domicile certificate (if required)
• Category certificates (for reserved categories)
• Recent passport-size photographs
• Any other document that institute/WBJEEB may require

6. Seat Allotment: Seats are allocated to the candidates through the management based on the rank received in the entrance exam and through document verification.

7. Payment of fees: After the allotment of seats, candidates have to pay their fee as applicable by Santiniketan Nursing Institute to ensure the seat.

8. Admission to Institute : All shortlisted candidates should report on the date mentioned above along with valid documents to the Santiniketan Nursing Institute for all admission procedures over there.

Degree-wise Admission Process

B.Sc Nursing: For admission to the B.Sc Nursing course in Santiniketan Nursing Institute, JENPAS-UG is conducted. It is an Undergraduate nursing degree course of four years, which is a general nursing education. Candidates have to pass JENPAS-UG conducted by WBJEEB for admission. It normally depends on the marks obtained by a candidate in the entrance exam and after counseling, the seat allotment takes place.

GNM: General Nursing and Midwifery Course Admission in GNM course at Santiniketan Nursing Institute is done through ANM(R) & GNM entrance examination conducted by WBJEEB. The course is a diploma course intended for training the student in general nursing and midwifery. Admission is based on the result of this specific entrance test designed to evaluate aptitude and knowledge appropriate for nursing education.