M.Sc. in Obstetrics and Gynecological 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 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. 

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. SC/ST/OBC candidates need 40% aggregate to be eligible, whereas 45% aggregate is required for PwD category candidates) to apply for the course.

There are multiple components included in the total course fee. Some of the components are to be paid only once, which tuition fee, semester fee may have to be paid yearly/semeste-wise. Tabulated below are the JIPMER BSc Nursing fee amount along with the components:

NOTE: This information is sourced from official website/sanctioning body and is subject to change. Hence, is indicative.

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.

Overall six months time is sufficent for INI CET preparation. This includes 4 month in depth study and 2-month for revision work. The moment a candidate plan to appear for the INI CET, first and formost things he/she should do is to draw a study plan. Focus on those subjects where you are strong in terms of concept. Don't spend too musch time initially on subjects where you are weak. This will demotivate you and affect your preparation. Keep this in mind that concept is key. High yielding topics must be prepared properly to score good marks in INI CET exam.

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.

JIPMER Puducherry admit candidates to its BSc courses on the basis of merit in the NEET exam. Some of the seats are reserved for the students who are residents of Pondicherry. However, the remaining seats are open for admission to candidates across the country. Hence, you can get admission even if you are not from Pondicherry. 

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.