Madurai Medical College Answered Questions

Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharma.) at Madurai Medical College is a 2-year full-time Diploma course that prepares candidates to work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist in hospitals, community pharmacies, and other pharmaceutical-related fields. The course has been designed to familiarize candidates with the basic concepts of pharmaceutical science. The college has a strong faculty with expertise in various areas of research, and the course offers career opportunities in retail pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies.

The overall MBBS course tuition fee at Madurai Medical College is around INR 1.04 lakh. The yearly tuition fee is INR 4,000, with a surcharge for special fees, caution deposit, library fees, and university fees, amounting to INR 13,610 per annum. For postgraduates such as MD and MS, the overall fees are around INR 1 Lacs and INR 96,000, respectively. The amounts may differ depending on government rules and fee structures depending on the categories. To get the most updated information, it is advised to contact the college administration or website.    

Madurai Medical College is also one of the reputable colleges offering undergraduate and post graduate courses in medical field for over 65 years. The college is well endowed with faculty with approximately 250 teaching staff, 50 professors, 100 associate professors, and 100 assistant professors. The college has a student strength of around 1,500, with a student-teacher ratio of 1:6. Colleges generally have excellent placement records: the college can proudly boast of 90 percent of the students getting placed in the best hospitals and the institutions related to the research work. It has vested interest in research activities with more than 50 research projects running annually, out of which many are supported by government and other private organizations.

The requirement to join MBBS at Madurai Medical College is 10+2 with physics, chemistry and biology/botany and /or zoology with an average of 50%. Applicants must also have passed the NEET examination; for general categories, they must have scored at least 50% while for reserved category students 40% was acceptable. The college also takes admission tranfer students and any candidate who has passed 10+2 from any recognised board providing Science group with minimum 50% marks. There is an intake capacity of nearly 150 students for MBBS, total 85% of seats are allocated for the state quota candidates.

The opening ranks for admission to the Madurai Medical College change annually Candidates who appeared for the NEET UG-2023 had to secure rank ranging from 3500 to 4500 to obtain the required score of around 610-620 marks out of 720 for admission to the medical course. For the reserved categories, the cutoff rank was slightly more relaxed and a range was given of 7,000 to 8,000. This should however be done while bearing in mind that the cutoff marks are arrived at by the college administration and this depends on so many factors like for instance the level of extremists in the exam and the number of students doing the exam.

Interested student should sit for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG exam which is usually conducted in May of the year of admission for the MBBS course in Madurai Medical College. Any candidate who wishes to pursue his or her career in the medical, dental or other allied fields after writing the NEET must undergo through counselling conducted by the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu as soon as the results of NEET are out. Online registration forms usually cost Rs 500; the candidates need to attach their NEET scorecard, their 10+2 marksheet, and the transfer certificate while applying online. Every year there are roughly 150 seats for MBBS 85% out of which are reserved for the state quota students.

The faculty in Madurai Medical College includes professional staff and teachers, nearly 80% of them are postgraduates and about 60% of staffs have doctoral degree. The faculty strength is nearly 250 and the average teaching experience of the teachers is nearly 15-20 years. About 42% of them were teachers experienced for more than 20 years in faculty members and 20% of them industrial experienced teachers. The faculty-to-student ratio is around 1 :5 enables attention guidance on individualized basis. The college has between 50 to 60 guest lecturers from medical school who educate the students on what they know.

Admission to the MBBS course at Madurai Medical College or any medical college in India requires qualifying for the NEET exam, as mandated by the National Medical Commission (NMC). NEET is compulsory for all medical programs under government, private, and deemed universities. Admissions are based on NEET scores through All India or state counseling. Without NEET, admission is not possible. For studying abroad, NEET is not required initially but is mandatory to practice in India post-degree.

For madurai college the cutoff goes for general its around 7000 rank and for obc its around 11000 and for sc its goes around 60000-65000 varies accordingly for st category its goes around 80000-83000 varies accordingly, safe score for general category is around 590 and for sc st its around 450 and 470 .

generally its on merit based and also there are some, if someone gets good rank and marks there are statewise scheme and also chief ministers scheme which you can apply for and the amount of money through scholarship ranges between 10000 rs average for year, whose financial situation is not so good even they can apply for scholarship there are provision under chief minister scheme, sc st have special reserved scholarship applicable for them .