M.Sc. in Biostatistics 

at JIPMER Pondicherry, Pondicherry

The required criteria for pursuing your M.Sc nursing degree at JIPMER is given below -

 The selection to the course is done on the basis of how the candidates perform for the entrance exam set by the college. JIPMER college offers M.Sc in Nursing and Allied Medical Sciences. The course work for M.Sc. is divided into 4 semesters, lasting for 2 years. The college provides students with practical training as well as theoretical studies.

JIPMER college offers a total of 25 seats for the M.Sc. program. 

The courses offered are in two specializations with 10 different disciplines. 

The two course specializations offered are: Nursing and Allied Medical Sciences.

M.Sc. Nursing disciplines are: Community Health Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, and Obstetrics & Gynaecological Nursing. M.Sc. Allied Medical Sciences disciplines are Medical Biochemistry, MLT- Microbiology, MLT-Pathology, Medical Physiology, and Biostatistics. 

The basic eligibility to the course is for candidates to have passed their undergraduate in B.Sc. with a minimum requirement. Admissions to the M.Sc the course at JIPMER college is done online through the college admission portal which is available on the official website.

JIPMER, Pondicherry offers twelve courses in its M.Sc program. The admission is made on the basis of marks secured in entrance exams. The entrance exams accepted for admission to M.Sc at JIPMER, Pondicherry are JIPMER Nursing and JIPMER PG. Other than these, JIPMER admission to MD/ MS courses is based on INI CET scores. INI CET 2024 Counselling is ongoing for the January Session for admission to MD/ MS courses at JIPMER. 

JIPMER Institutes GN EWS – GN SC OBC ST

Marks Rank Marks Rank Marks Rank Marks Rank Marks Rank

Puducherry 691 (General)239 (general ees)675 (sc) 1106 (obc)641 (St)

Karaikal 672 (gen)1068 (gen ews)661 (sc) 1876 (obc)615 (St) 

These are the cutoff of JIPMER pg. The data may vary because the information which I have got isn't from the official website. I had gone through several websites and collected this data.

Courses Seat Intake Academic Fees/Year

BSc Allied Health Science 50

INR 5760

MSc Nursing 31

INR 8760

MSc Allied Health Science 23 

INR 8760

Master of Public Health 34

INR 8760

JIPMER Courses & Fees 2024

Courses Tuition Fees Eligibility

B.Sc. (16 courses) 4.8 K 10+2 : 50 % Exams : NEET

M.Sc. (12 courses) 2.4 K - 3.6 K Exams : JIPMER PGJIPMER Nursing

MD (20 courses) 46.6 K Graduation : 55 % Exams : INI CET

There is no specified lower range for minimum marks required for admission at JIPMER, Pondicherry. The cutoffs are subjective to change every year. However, as per JIPMER eligibility criteria 2024, students from general category and EWS are required to secure at least 50% marks combined in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Students from reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC) are required to score 40% marks. The admission also includes evaluation of the marks secured in any entrance test.

The average package offered at JIPMER placements 2025 is yet to be released on the official website. However, the median package offered in 2024 placements is disclosed in the NIRF report 2025. Check out the below table for course-wise median packages offered during JIPMER placements between 2022 to 2024:

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the JIPMER NIRF report 2025.

JIPMER offers good placements to its MBBS, MSc, MD courses and many more. Check out the JIPMER placements 2022 to 2024 from the table below:

Note: The placement details are taken from NIRF 2025. 

The selection criteria vary from one course to another. While some courses like MBBS require valid scores in NEET-UG and other courses like BSc and MSc, the institute conducts its entrance exam. For admission to the flagship MBBS programme, candidates have to appear for the NEET-UG exam. Candidates having valid scores/ rank in NEET-UG can then apply through the JIPMER Puducherry official website followed by the counselling round conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Yes, JIPMER provides the National Scholarship for Higher Education for ST Students, which was formerly known as the Central Sector Scheme of Top Class Education for ST students. This scholarship is available for students belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category who are pursuing their higher education at the undergraduate (UG) or postgraduate (PG) level in professional courses such as MBBS, MD, BSc, and Certificate, among others.

Yes, the student can get into JIPMER with 75% in 10th and 80% in 12th. JIPMER accepts NEET UG scores for MBBS admission, and doesn't consider 10th and 12th scores if the NEET UG is qualified. However, students need to qualify the eligibility criteria for NEET UG, before filling of the NEET UG examination form. The NEET UG eligibility in respect of 10th and 12th marks is different for different categories of candidates. The Minimum aggregate in the qualifying examination (PCB) is 50 percent for the General category, 45 percent for General PWD and 40 percent for SC/ ST/ OBC/ Reserved-PWD. For more details of the eligible criteria of NEET UG exam, please click here.