Tamil Nadu MBBS/BDS Process Explained For 2023

Tamil Nadu MBBS/BDS admission process

In Tamil Nadu, admission process for filling Undergraduate Medical/dental seats is administered by The Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Tamil Nadu. The aim is to fill the  10625 MBBS seats and 2873 BDS seats in the medical and dental colleges of Tamil Nadu state. The admission to these seats will be based on the NEET 2023 score. Out of these seats, 85% seats are state quota seats for which DME, Tamil Nadu will organize counseling based on state merit rank derived from NEET scores and 15% are AIQ seats which will be filled by MCC on the basis of NEET 2023 Score. 

Tamil Nadu Colleges offering MBBS and their sanctioned seats

Tamil Nadu Colleges offering BDS and their sanctioned seats

 Note: These are the total seats available for admission. The available seats for various categories are mentioned in the prospectus 2023.

Admission Process

For admission to MBBS/BDS courses in Tamil Nadu, candidates were required to register online by filling the application form which was available at https://tnhealth.tn.gov.in from 25-07-2023 to 03-08-2023 (upto 05:00 P.M). 

Dates for admission and counseling schedule (Round 1)

Counseling Schedule (Round 2):

Stray Round 2 (only for BDS):

Counselling Process

For Tamil Nadu MBBS/BDS admissions, total three rounds of counselling will be conducted including a mop-up round (if required). The admission authority will separately release the provisional state merit list for each round. The list will be prepared on the basis of NEET-2023 score and it would include the details like name, roll number, NEET overall AIR, NEET marks, percentile, and date of birth. 

Round-I:

The admission authority will publish the provisional state merit list for 1^st round on 06-08-2023. Candidates whose names will be displayed in the state merit list will be eligible to attend the first round of counseling.

 Note: Candidates who will be allotted seat in 1^st round of counseling and do not join the institute in the stipulated time; will not be eligible for subsequent rounds of counseling. Also those who have not participated in 1^st round will not be eligible to participate in other rounds of counseling.

Round-II:

After round-I of counseling, the counseling authority will conduct a second round of counseling for 24-08-2023 (10:00 A.M.) to 28-08-2023 (05:00 P.M.) to fill the vacant seats. Candidates who will not be allotted seats in first round of counseling can attend the round-II. The candidates who are waitlisted/ re-allotted need not pay the processing fee.

Mop up round

All those candidates who will be granted seats in 1st & 2nd round and those candidates who will be in waiting list or to whom the choices were not available during 1st round and 2nd round will be eligible to participate in mop up round.

“This article was modified on 26th October 2023.”

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