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Choosing the right college can be a difficult task if you are not aware of all the available options. To make this easier for those wanting to pursue BDS courses, Shiksha.com brings a list of dental colleges accepting NEET scores in India. The list of Dental colleges accepting NEET scores for BDS degree courses in India will help them choose the

Choosing the right college can be a difficult task if you are not aware of all the available options. To make this easier for those wanting to pursue BDS courses, Shiksha.com brings a list of dental colleges accepting NEET scores in India.

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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is a common entrance test that is conducted for taking admission to both medical and dental undergraduate courses. Hence, many who appear for this examination want to apply for BDS courses in India through NEET. For such candidates, Shiksha has compiled a list of all the dental colleges accepting NEET scores for admission to BDS courses. The list of Dental colleges accepting NEET scores for BDS degree courses in India will help them choose the right college for themselves. All the dental colleges across India, which admit students for BDS, use the NEET merit for admission. This includes Government, Private, deemed, as well as Central institutions. The counseling process is done through centralized counseling, which ensures that the selection of students is done on merit. To apply, students need to qualify in NEET as well as satisfy eligibility criteria laid by the Dental Council of India, among others.

In the table given below, we have listed all the government dental colleges in India accepting NEET scores and their seat intake through the 15% AIQ. Aspirants of NEET 2022 can also find the links to articles with detailed information on the dental colleges, divided into different regions, in the next section.

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List of Dental Colleges in Inida Accepting NEET scores

Institute

State

Total Number of Seats

Government Dental College, RIMS, Kadapa

Andhra Pradesh

15

Government Dental College and Hospital, Vijayawada

Andhra Pradesh

6

Regional Dental College, Guwahati

Assam

6

Patna Dental College And Hospital

Bihar

6

Government Dental College, Raipur

Chhattisgarh

15

ESIC Dental College, New Delhi

Delhi

7

Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences

Delhi

6

Government Dental College, Goa

Goa

6

Government Dental College & Hospital, Jamnagar

Gujarat

15

Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad

Gujarat

15

Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, University of Health Science, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak

Haryana

15

Government Dental College, Shimla

Himachal Pradesh

9

Dental Institute, RIMS, Ranchi

Jharkhand

7

ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga

Karnataka

8

Government Dental College & Research Institute, Bellary

Karnataka

7

Government Dental College, Bangalore

Karnataka

9

Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala

7

Government Dental College, Kozhikode

Kerala

8

Government Dental College, Alappuzha

Kerala

8

Government Dental College, Thrissur

Kerala

8

Government Dental College, Kannur

Kerala

9

Government Dental College, Kottayam

Kerala

6

College of Dentistry, Indore

Madhya Pradesh

7

Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai

Maharashtra

15

Government Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad

Maharashtra

7

Government Dental College, Nagpur

Maharashtra

7

Nair Dental College, Mumbai

Maharashtra

9

Imphal Dental College, RIMS

Manipur

7

Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Dental Sciences, Imphal

Manipur

7

Sriram Chandra Bhanja Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack

Odisha

7

Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry

Puducherry

6

Government Dental College, Patiala

Punjab

6

Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar

Punjab

6

RUHS College of Dental Science, Jaipur

Rajasthan

6

Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu

12

Government Dental College, Chennai

Tamil Nadu

15

Government Dental College, Hyderabad

Telangana

15

Faculty Of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow

Telangana

9

IMS BHU Dental, Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

50

Burdwan Dental College & Hospital, Burdwan

West Bengal

15

Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata

West Bengal

15

Total

419

The seats are categorized into All India Quota, State-level quota, and management quota as per the type of institution. NEET is a requirement for dentistry education, and there is no entrance exam other than NEET for admission to BDS courses at all dental colleges.

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NEET exam is the only entrance exam students are required to clear for admissions at Tver State Medical University. Apart from the NEET exam, the students do not need to appear or qualify any other exam such as IELTS, TOEFL, etc.

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Aspirants cannot get admission without NEET scores. Candidates need to have a valid score in NEET to get a seat in BHMS programme of Swami Vivekanand Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Candidates must also complete Class 12 with PCB to get admission in BHMS programme.

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Answered 5 days ago

The exams like NEET are basically for practicing here in India, so the National University of Singapore does not really ask for it.

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Lalit Shukla

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Answered a week ago

For government college 550+ is required and it varies year to year depending upon the cut off

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It depends from where you are if your are from Delhi itself, due to state quota relatively lower Cuttoff you need to get admission approximately 640-650

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Yes, you can join Delhi university on the basis of 12th percentage

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