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Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai Admission Process

Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital in Chennai is one of the best dental educational institutions in India. The institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate dentistry courses with a rigorous admission process to select deserving students. The admission process is dominated by national-level entrance exams, which provides a fair and competitive selection process.

For undergraduate admissions, the college takes into consideration the marks of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The admission application process for NEET typically begins in February, and the application form is open from February 7 to March 7. Candidates must pass NEET with minimum marks as mentioned to be considered for admission in the BDS course.

The minimum qualification for the BDS course is passing 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as compulsory subjects. In the case of MDS courses, students should have passed their BDS degree from an authorized university. Some of the eligibility conditions may be different for different courses, and students are asked to check the official website for more information.

Application Process

Application procedure for Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, varies for undergraduate and postgraduate courses:

For BDS course:

1. Register for NEET and appear for the test.
2. Submit through the centralized counseling process conducted by the state government.
3. Fill up the application form and submit along with documents.
4. Pay the fee as per the counseling authority.
5. Attend the counseling session if shortlisted based on NEET scores.
6. Finish admission formalities if a seat is allotted.

For MDS courses:

1. Apply for NEET MDS and appear for the exam.
2. Submit through the centralized counseling process for MDS admissions.
3. Fill in the application form for the desired MDS program(s).
4. Submit the application along with all the necessary documents.
5. Pay the application fee.
6. Attend the counseling session if shortlisted based on NEET MDS scores.
7. Finish the admission process if selected for a program.

Degree wise Admission Process

BDS: Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, are approved for conducting the BDS course for 100 students. They are admitted based on the NEET score and then counseled. The aspirants have to pass 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology and be NEET pass in order to be eligible for admission.

MDS: The college has 8 Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) courses with a total strength of 36 seats

  • MDS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (6 seats)
  • MDS Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics (6 seats)
  • MDS Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge (6 seats)
  • MDS Oral Medicine and Radiology (5 seats)
  • MDS Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology (4 seats)
  • MDS Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (3 seats)
  • MDS Periodontology (3 seats)
  • MDS Public Health Dentistry (3 seats)

Admission into MDS courses is based on scores obtained in NEET MDS. Candidates must have passed BDS degree and score well in NEET MDS to be eligible for admission.

Admission documents usually are:

  • NEET/NEET MDS score card
  • 10th and 12th standard certificate and mark sheets
  • BDS degree certificate and mark sheets (for MDS applicants)
  • Valid proof of ID
  • Passport size photographs
  • Caste certificate (if necessary)
  • Other support certificates as desired by the institute
Have a question related to Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai ?

Hi there


In solution to your query; any further changes in the fee structure of the courses for the future batches are technically tentative, although depending from type of University the fee can hike upto 10% of the existing fee structure, for past fees valuation you can verify the same of the website of the respective University.


Hope this answer helps; best wishes

Hi

Your profile suggests that your domicile state is Tamilnadu

It is difficult to make prediction as cut off keeps changing every year  depending upon various factors like

  • number of students that appeared in the neet examination,

  • kind of marks obtained by students  in neet ,

  • toughness level of the neet examination,

  • number of seats available etc.

But when we go through previous data then

>>>>>>> with 421 marks

You hold a low chance to get mbbs seat in Government Medical College .

For example,

in neet  2019, 470 marks for obc category was the lowest marks to get mbbs seat in  government medical college   under Tamilnadu state quota and it was for Government Medical College and Hospital, Pudukottai

You can check the same at

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-cutoff-tamil-nadu

But yes

You have chances in deemed universities for mbbs which are listed below along with their neet 2020 , 2nd round cut off :--

----------) B.L.D.E University, Bijapur:- 387 marks

----------) MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai:- 380 marks

----------) Institute of Medical Sciences and SUMH, Bhubaneswar:-360 marks

----------) Sri Siddhartha Medical College DU, T Begur:- 328 marks

----------) BVDU Medical College and Hospital, Sangli:- 311 marks


And a few more

Above prediction is on the basis of past year data but  cutoff keeps changing every year  due to   many factors as mentioned earlier, so to have a clear picture of the colleges in   which you have to chances and

to get the complete list of colleges in which you have chances, you can go through our college predictor at

https://medicine.careers360.com/neet-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer

It gives you a personalized report with top college in which you have chances for admission , with the help of predicted colleges you can make better choice while filling your choices of colleges during your counselling

Thankyou

You can get this admission only through the NEET examination. You need to clear the NEET exam with a decent score to get into Tamil Nadu Government Dental college. The qualifying cutoff usually for NEET is 135 marks as per the last year first of all to get eligible to apply for the medical courses. And to get into a GDC, you'll need approximately 420 and above marks.

Best wishes. Thankyou.

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