AIPGMEE 2012
By Priya Chatterjee
AIMS or All India Medical Sciences will conduct the All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination (AIPGMEE) 2012 on 8 January 2012 from 10:00am to 1:30 pm. This examination is held for admission of MD/MS/Diploma and MDS aspirers into various Govt. Medical Colleges. The MD/MS/PG programmes are of three years, Diploma for two years while MDS is of three years duration. 
Eligibility:
All the candidates who wish to take this entrance and pursue higher studies in this field must fulfil the following conditions:
- Candidates must be of Indian Nationality.
- The candidate must possess MBBS/BDS degree from a recognized Medical/Dental College or a foreign degree included in the schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and full registration either from the Medical/Dental Council of India or State Medical/Dental Council after completing the compulsory rotating internship.
- Candidates who have obtained MBBS/BDS from Medical/Dental colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are not eligible to apply. However, candidates who were nominated by the Government of India (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/D.G.H.S., New Delhi) to do MBBS/BDS from Medical/Dental Colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir are eligible to apply subject to submission of requisite documents specified in the Prospectus.
- The candidates must complete the required period of 12 months pre-registration internship from a recognized Hospital on or before 31st March, 2011.
Paper Structure:
AIPGMEE 2012 written entrance is of 3 hours and 30 minutes duration. For MD/MS/PG programmes it comprises of 300 multiple choice questions consisting of Pre-Clinical, Para-Clinical and Clinical subjects. While for MDS programme sit comprises of 200 Multiple Choice Questions consisting of the subjects taught during the BDS programmes.
This exam will take place across 35 cities and union territories throughout India and they are as listed below:
- Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Kerala
- Tripura
- Assam
- Madhya Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Bihar
- Maharashtra
- Uttarakhand
- Chhattisgarh
- Manipur
- West Bengal
- Delhi
- Meghalaya
- Andaman & Nicobar
- Gujarat
- Mizoram
- Chandigarh
- Goa
- Nagaland
- Dadra & Nagar Haveli
- Haryana
- Orissa
- Daman and Diu
- Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab
- Lakshadweep
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Rajasthan
- Puducherry
- Jharkhand
- Sikkim
Good Luck!
