Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu Admission to MBBS & BDS Courses 2016 Tamil Nadu to issue application forms for medical admissions from May 9 Government of Tamil Nadu

On Tuesday, April 19, the Directorate of Medical Education announced that the application form to take admission in various state medical colleges for the MBBS and BDS courses (2016-17) will be available from May 9.

Application form and important dates:

The students can download the application form from the official website www.tnhealth.org and may submit it in the prescribed format within May 26 till 5 pm. The merit list is expected to be declared on June 15 and the classes will commence from August 1. Steps to download the application form:

• The candidates can log on to the official website, www.tnhealth.org
• Click on the application form link
• Take out the print out of the application form for future use

Official's view :

The Director of Medical Education R Vimala told TOI that there was no change in the sanctioned seat strength from the previous year. The 20 government medical colleges in the state have 2,655 seats available, of which, the state quota claims 2,257 seats and 398 seats are allotted under the all-India quota.

Seat Capacity:

Similarly, the eight self-financing colleges have a strength of 1,010 seats, of which 595 seats are available under the state quota, while 65 of the sanctioned 100 seats will be available under state quota in ESIC Medical College, Chennai.

For any other query, candidates can visit the official website.

Source : indiatoday.intoday.in