Army College of Dental Sciences

The admission process at Army College of Dental Sciences takes around 1 month for both MDS and BDS. Admission confirmation usually takes around 1 week after the admission process has been completed. Dates for counselling and certificate verification is announced by KNR UHS in their website for PG generally by end Feb/ early March and for UG by end of August.

Army College of Dental Sciences opens admissions for its BDS programmes every year. The registration for admission is opened by KNRUHS on their website for PG generally before Feb end/ early March and for UG before August end. Admission into BDS and MDS course is merit based and the college requires a minimum eligibility of passing Class 12 with PCB for BDS and passing BDS from a recognised university for MDS.

Army College of Dental Sciences follows the seat reservation policy as directed by Govt. of Telangana. Civilians have seven seats reserved under Competent Authority quota in BDS programme at the college. There is no specified seat reservation for civilians or children of Army personnel, under MDS programme.

Army college of Dental Sciences offers a one year mandatory paid internship programme within the college itself. The internship takes place in the last year of the BDS programme. An amount of INR 1200/- per month is paid to final year BDS students during the tenure of the internship.

The online application process for admission at Army College of Dental Sciences starts with candidates have first checking their eligibility for the course they are applying for. After ensuring that they meet the eligibility requirements of preferred course, they must register online by paying the registration fee online on the official portal of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences. After successful registration, candidates are automatically issued an online acknowledgement form with registration number by the university. All candidates who receive Registration Number from Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, should forward the scanned copy of required documents online to Army college of Dental Sciences for online verification of the same.

After the last date of registration and document verification, the merit list is uploaded on the official portal of the university. NEET UG/MDS score of only those students, who have registered successfully and have had their documents verified online, are considered for the merit list.

There is no preference given to BDS graduates from Army college of Dental Sciences for MDS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery admission to the college. Admission is strictly based on NEET MDS rank. BDS graduates from Army college of Dental Sciences do not receive any preferential treatment in the MDS admission process.

At Army College of Dental Sciences fees are refunded after commencement of the course but before last date of admission if seat is filled by another Candidate. The refund policy is as follows:

·       Initiation Registration Fees - Full registration fees less INR 1000/- processing charges.

·       Admission Fees - To be refunded

·       Security Deposit - To be refunded in full

·       Student Association Fees - To be refunded

·       Tuition fees/ Hostel Charges/ Messing Charges/ Other Charges - As per actual. A single day of the month is treated as a month.

MDS Prosthodontics is a three year course in full time mode with a seat intake of three seats. Two seats of these, are reserved for children of Air Force and Navy personnel. Admission into MDS programme at the college is merit based with the university accepting NEET MDS scores. No other entrance exam is conducted by the university. The minimum eligibility is having a BDS degree from a recognised university.

Affiliated with the Telangana State Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, Warangal, Army College of Dental Sciences boasts excellent and experienced faculty along with a mandatory one year internship programme for final year MDS orthodontics students. The mandatory internship gives the students critical field experience that is required for any aspiring doctor. With a meagre seat intake of 3 in MDS Orthdontics, the admission into the college is highly competitive and selective. The high competition ensures that only the top students get admitted to the course, hence, providing a rigorous environment for students. While, there are no direct placements from the college, students do get placed in the Army.

If the candidate has been selected for allotment of Provisional Admission order to Army College of Dental Sciences, university fee is required to be paid to KNR UHS at the time of counselling. University fee amount and mode of payment is available on the official website. Hence, candidate has to prepare separate demand draft as specified in KNR UHS website.

Army college of Dental Sciences offers hostels for its students and charges a fee of INR 40,000/-. A Demand Draft for INR 40,000/- must be prepared in favor of Army College of Dental Sciences (Hostel/Mess A/c) payable at Secunderabad or Hyderabad. Alternatively the fee can be paid through NEFT/RTGS at the time of admission also. Hostels are compulsory for all students in the college.

No, the eligibility criteria does not differ depending on the student category at Army college of Dental Sciences. The college admits students into all programmes on a merit basis and accepts NEET UG and NEET MDS scores.

A total of 50 seats are available at Army College of Dental Sciences for BDS while 15 seats are available for MDS. The following seat reservation policy is followed for BDS at the college:

·       Competent Authority quota - 7

·       Management quota - 43

1.       Army personnel - 41

2.       Navy personnel - 1

3.       Air Force personnel – 1

Out of 15 seats in MDS course, 1 seat in each specialisation is reserved for the wards of Indian Air Force & Indian Navy (Management Quota) through NEET MDS rank and three seats are reserved for the students of Telangana Domicile (Competent Authority Quota) on rotation.