Hello Candidate,

Hope you are in your good health so the answer to your question is :-

Admission to the BSc Nursing programme in 2021 is through entrance tests, and a candidate must score at least 50% on the exam to be considered for admission. For admission to the best BSc Nursing institutes in India, BSc Nursing Entrance Exams are organized.

Eligibility for the BSc Nursing Entrance Exam 2021

A BSc in Nursing requires a minimum age of 17 years. The maximum age for entry is 35 years old.

AISSCE/CBSE/ICSE/SSCE/HSCE or other comparable Board would acknowledge 10+2 class passed with Science (PCB) and English Core/English Elective with an aggregate of 45 percent marks from recognized board under AISSCE/CBSE/ICSE/SSCE/HSCE or other equivalent Board.

Students who pass the National Institute of Open School's Science 10+2 exams with a 45 percent grade will be eligible.

Students must be in good health.

Once a year, students will be accepted.

The qualifying conditions for pursuing a BSc in nursing at a particular college or university may differ.

The following are some of the most popular nursing examinations in India for B.Sc Nursing admission: -

CENTAC, SAAT, ITM, NEST, NEET

Top Colleges for B.Sc. Nursing accepting NEET 2021

• AIIMS Delhi
• CMC Vellore
• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
• Banaras Hindu University
• Kasturba Medical College.
• Maulana Azad Medical College
• Lady Hardinge Medical College(LHMC)
• King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
• The Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER), Kolkata
• Bangalore Medical College And Research Institute

So, don't worry NEET is not the only exam for admission in Nursing there are many opportunities you can go through all of the above .

I hope this will help you a lot ! Thankyou

Hi

No, NEET is not mandatory for BSC Nursing.

Neet examination is mandatory for following courses only

• MBBS

• BDS

• Ayush courses( Ayurveda i. e BAMS , Unani i.e B. U. M. S, Siddha i. e BSMS, and Homeopathy i.e BHMS ) and

• veterinary i. e BVSc.  ( for BVsc some states also have their own entrance like RPVT in Rajasthan for state quota seats).

For details about neet examinat visit :- https://medicine.careers360.com/exams/neet

The general eligibility criteria for Bsc nursing is that one should have at least 50 % in 12th board examination with physics, chemistry and Biology.

Some of the top entrance exams for bsc nursing are :-

• AIIMS Bsc Nursing entrance exam

• Indian Army BSc Nursing entrance exam

• AFMC Nursing Exam

• JIPMER Nursing entrance exam

• PGIMER Nursing entrance exam

• BHU nursing entrance exam

• NEIGRIHMS BSc Nursing entrance exam

• RUHS Nursing entrance exam

Some of the top colleges BSc nursing colleges are listed below :-

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Delhi

• Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Pondicherry

• Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi

• Jamia Hamdard University

• Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research , Chandigarh

• Christian Medical College , Vellore

• Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences ,Lucknow

• St John's Medical College

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education

• Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth

For details about BSc nursing, you can visit, our page for which link is provided below :-

https://www.careers360.com/courses/b-sc-nursing

Thank you