M.Sc. in Mental Health (Psychiatric) Nursing 

at JIPMER, 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 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.

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. 

Candidates who have passed Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Botany & Zoology with a minimum of 50% aggregate along with English as one of the subjects can apply for BSc at JIPMER Puducherry.

So yes you can apply but you have to crack the entrance test for studying in the JIPMER. If you can crack the entrance test then you can easily apply at the JIPMER.

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

JIPMER offers good placements annually for courses like MBBS, MSc, MS, MD, etc. The placement details of the batch 2024 are yet to be released on the official website. Once it is released, it will be updated here. However, the placement details of batch 2024 is disclosed in the NIRF report 2023. Let’s take a look at the key highlights of JIPMER placements for the Class of 2022 and 2023 in the table below:

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the JIPMER NIRF report 2024.

Candidates who have passed Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Botany & Zoology with a minimum of 50% aggregate along with English as one of the subjects can apply for BSc at JIPMER Puducherry. SC/ST/OBC candidates need 40% aggregate to be eligible, whereas 45% aggregate is required for PwD category candidates) to apply for the course.

No, JIPMER Puducherry admit candidates to BSc courses based on merit in NEET exam. Candidates seeking admission need to appear for the NEET examination and secure the required ranks and score. However, as per some unofficial sources, there are some BSc courses like BSc Cardiac Laboratory Technology at JIPMER, Puducherry, where admission is not based on NEET. Candidates are advised to carefully check the eligibility and selection criteria before applying to the programme.

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.