Get set for NUPGET for MD/MS/MDS admission
Students seeking admission to MD/MS and MDS programs at K.S Hegde Medical Academy and A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences for the academic year 2013-14 can take the NITTE University All India Entrance Test for Post Graduate Medical and Dental Courses conducted by NITTE University (NUPGET). The exam is scheduled to be conducted at January 6, 2013.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Candidate must be a citizen of India
- He/she must have studied and passed courses leading to the award of Bachelor's degree (MBBS or BDS as the case may be) from a college recognised by the MCI for MD/MS candidates and DCI for MDS candidates.
- He/she has completed or is completing compulsory rotatory internship on or before April 30, 2013
- Must be less than 45 years of age as on April 30, 2013
Note: Applications are liable for rejection if:
- Incomplete
- Received after the last date
- Not signed by the candidate himself/herself wherever signature of the candidate appears
- Photographs are not of recent origin
Pattern/Structure:
The NUPGET will be conducted in English and each question for the same will carry one mark. Every correct answer will be awarded one mark; however, there will be no negative marking for incorrect answers.
It’s a three-hour long paper comprising 200 multiple choice questions (MCQs).
There will be at least 4 versions of the question paper booklet. The answer sheet (Response Sheet) will be of Optical Mark Reader (OMR) type and will be marked as per instructions on it.
Exam Centres:
- Bangalore
- Delhi
- Ernakulam
- Mangalore
- Mumbai
Subject-wise distribution of marks:
| Approximate Subject-wise Distribution of Marks/Questions (TENTATIVE) |
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| MD/MS |
No. of Questions/Marks |
MDS |
No. of Questions/Marks |
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| Anatomy |
05 |
General Human Anatomy including Embryology & Histology |
05 |
| Physiology |
05 |
Human Physiology |
05 |
| Biochemistry |
05 |
Human Biochemistry |
05 |
| Pharmacology |
10 |
Dental Materials |
10 |
| Pathology |
10 |
General Pathology |
05 |
| Microbiology |
10 |
General Microbiology |
05 |
| Forensic Medicine |
05 |
Oral Anatomy including Embryology |
05 |
| Community Medicine |
20 |
General Pharmacology & Dental Therapeutics |
05 |
| General Medicine |
30 |
General Medicine |
10 |
| Paediatrics |
10 |
General Surgery |
10 |
| Psychiatry |
05 |
Oral Pathology |
10 |
| Dermatology |
05 |
Oral Microbiology |
05 |
| Radiology |
05 |
Preventive and Social Dentistry |
15 |
| General Surgery |
30 |
Prosthetics |
15 |
| Orthopaedics
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10 |
Conservative (Operative) Dentistry including Endodontics |
15 |
| Anaesthesiology |
05 |
Pedodontics |
15 |
| Ophthalmology |
05 |
Oral Surgery |
15 |
| Oto-RhinoLaryngology |
05 |
Periodontics |
15 |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
20 |
Orthodontics |
15 |
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Oral Medicine |
05 |
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Oral Diagnosis |
05 |
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Dental Radiology |
05 |
| Total |
200 |
Total |
200 |
Important dates:
| Events |
Dates |
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MD/MS |
MDS |
| Date of Notification of Entrance Test |
25-10-2012 |
25-10-2012 |
| Date of hosting of application format and Brochure on the website |
30-10-2012 |
30-10-2012 |
| Last date for receipt of application by the University |
22-12-2012 |
22-12-2012 |
| Date of dispatch of Test Admission Tickets by Post by the University |
5-11-2012 onwards |
5-11-2012 onwards |
| Date for downloading the Test Admission Tickets from the website if not received by post |
02-01-2013 |
02-01-2013 |
| Date for contacting the University by phone for Non -receipt of Test Admission Tickets |
24-12-2012 |
24-12-2012 |
| Date of Entrance Test |
06-01-2013 |
06-01-2013 |
| Date of publication of key answers (Provisional) |
08-01-2013 |
08-01-2013 |
| Last date for receipt of objection / clarification, if any, for key answers through e-mail. |
16-01-2013 |
16-01-2013 |
| Date of publication of Key Answers (final) |
22-01-2013 |
22-01-2013 |
| Date of announcement of Merit List |
09-02-2013 |
09-02-2013 |
| Date of Counselling – First Round |
22-02-2013 |
21-02-2013 |
| Date of Counselling – Second Round |
22-03-2013 |
22-03-2013 |
| Last date for Admission |
30-04-2013 |
30-04-2013 |
| Date of Commencement of classes |
02-05-2013 |
02-05-2013 |
| Date of casual round of admission, if any |
30-05-2013 |
30-05-2013 |
