Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to AIIMS MBBS Course

All India Institute of Medical Sciences admits 77 students for the MBBS course every year through a competitive entrance examination. The distribution details are as under:

• 37 Seats for General Candidates
• 11 Seats for Scheduled Castes
• 05 Seats for Scheduled Tribes
• 19 Seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC)
• 05 Seats for Foreign Nationals
• For Indian Nationals, 3% reservations for orthopaedic physically handicapped shall be provided on a horizontal basis, in the seats available.

If the requisite number of suitable candidates are not available to fill the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the same are filled out of the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes and vice versa. In case suitable candidates are not available from the above two reserved categories and orthopaedically handicapped and OBC, the vacant seats will be filled by the candidates from the general category.

Eligibility

A) For Indian Nationals

• Nationality: He/She should be an Indian citizen.
• Age: He/She should have attained or will attain the age of 17 (Seventeen) years as on the 31st of December of the year of admission.
• Essential: He/She should have passed the 12th Class Qualifications under the 10+2 Scheme/Senior School Certificate Examination or Intermediate Sciences (I.Sc.) or an equivalent examination of a recognised University/Board of any Indian State with ENGLISH, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, and BIOLOGY.
• Minimum: He/She should have obtained a minimum Aggregate Mark of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST candidates) in aggregate in ENGLISH, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, and BIOLOGY.

B) For Foreign Candidates

• Foreign Nationals who wish to be considered for admission to the MBBS Course against the five reserved seats for Foreign Students need not fill up the application form prescribed for Indian candidates but should apply to the Government of India through their diplomatic channels.
• Foreign candidates nominated by the Government of India are required to have obtained a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate in the subjects of ENGLISH, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, and BIOLOGY in their Intermediate Science or an equivalent examination to be eligible for admission to the MBBS Course.

Procedure to Apply

A candidate seeking admission to the Entrance Examination is required to send his/her application in the prescribed form, available with the prospectus. The MBBS course commences from 1st August every year. The above 45 seats, excluding five seats for foreign nationals, are advertised in national dailies in the month of January and the applications are invited till the 3rd week of February. The entrance examination is held on 1st June of every year in Delhi as well as 8 other Centres.

• Ahmedabad
• Bangaluru
• Calcutta
• Chennai
• Delhi
• Guwahati
• Hyderabad
• Lucknow
• Mumbai
• Jammu

The result of the entrance examination is declared in mid-July. After declaration of results, the selection letters are issued by the Academic Section and the selected candidates are required to undergo a medical examination. After the medical examination, the candidates found fit shall have to pay the fees immediately.

Procedure of Selection

Based on the result of the Competitive Entrance Examination, a separate merit list will be prepared for:

• General Category Candidates
• Scheduled Castes Candidates
• Scheduled Tribes Candidates
• Other Backward Classes (OBC)
• For Indian Nationals, 3% reservations for orthopaedic physically handicapped shall be provided on a horizontal basis in the seats available.

Inter-se merit of two or more candidates in the same category obtaining equal marks in the competitive entrance examination will be determined in order of preference as under:

• Candidates obtaining higher marks in Biology in the entrance examination.
• Candidates obtaining higher marks in Chemistry in the entrance examination.
• Candidates obtaining higher marks in Physics in the entrance examination.
• Candidates older in age to be preferred.

Medical Examination

The selected candidates will have to undergo a medical examination by a Medical Board set up by the Institute, consisting of Faculty Members of the Institute. If, in the assessment of the Medical Board, a candidate is found medically unfit to be admitted to the course, then he/she will be rejected and not admitted, and the decision of the Board shall be final. In that case, the next candidate in order of merit will be admitted after being found fit by the Medical Board and deposition of fee.

Fees

The following fee and other charges for the duration of the MBBS Course are subject to change if any from time to time:

• Registration Fee: Rs. 25/-
• Hostel Rent: Rs. 990/-
• Caution Money: Rs. 100/-
• Gymkhana Fees: Rs. 220/-
• Tuition Fee: Rs. 1350/-
• Pot Fund: Rs. 1320/-
• Laboratory Fee: Rs. 90/-
• Electricity Charges: Rs. 198/-
• Students Union Fee: Rs. 63/-
• Mess Security (Refundable): Rs. 500/-
• Hostel Security (Refundable): Rs. 1000/-

Total: Rs. 1628/- + Total Rs. 4228/- (ABOVE FEES ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION)

Admission Procedure and Date of Joining

1. Admitted candidates must join classes on 1st August. The admission of the candidates who fail to join the course by the date stipulated in the letter of intimation shall automatically be cancelled, and such seats shall then be offered to the candidates on the waiting list in order of merit in the same category.
2. Normally no candidate, Indian or Foreign National, will be admitted to the MBBS course beyond 30th September of the year of admission. In exceptional circumstances and if so required in the National interest, Foreign Nationals may be admitted up to 30th November of the year but only with the specific approval of the President of the Institute.

Deposition of Original Testimonials/Certificates

The following original testimonials/certificates are deposited with the Academic Section till the candidate completes/leaves the course:

• 10th certificate
• 10+2 mark sheet
• 10+2 certificate
• Migration Certificate – Migration certificate can be deposited within a period of 15 days after taking admission.

Duration of Course

The duration of this course is 5½ years, i.e., 4½ years + 1 year compulsory internship. The MBBS course is divided into three phases and semesters as under:

• Pre-clinical (one year August to July)
  • Phase-I – Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology
• Para Clinical (1½ years – July to Dec, Jan to June, July to Dec)
  • Phase-II – Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology
• Clinical (2 years + Jan to June, July to Dec, Jan to June and July to Dec)
  • Phase-III – Medicine including Psychiatry and Dermatology, Surgery including Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology, Casualty and Dental Surgery, Paediatrics, Obst. & Gynae and Community Medicine.

Internship

Internship – One year = Jan to Dec (Batches to be made by Academic Section)

Specialty – Duration

• Medicine – 1½ months
• Surgery – 1½ months
• Rural – 3 months
• Paediatrics – 1 month
• Obst. & Gynae. – 1 month
• Casualty – 1 month
• Anaesthesiology – 15 days
• Ophthalmology – 15 days
• Elective – 2 months

Total: 12 months

Stipend

The interns are entitled to a stipend of Rs. 8900/- per month or more as per orders of the Government of India from time to time.