Best B.Sc. Nursing Colleges in Pondicherry - Admission 2026, Course Fees, Reviews

No, candidates cannot get admission to JIPMER in a BSc course without the NEET exam. To be eligible for admission, candidates must have the following qualifications:

• Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Botany & Zoology with a minimum of 50% aggregate (40% aggregate for SC/ST/OBC; 45% aggregate for PWD category candidates) along with English as one of the subjects
• Age: 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before December 31 of the year of admission (Request for relaxation from the prescribed age limit will not be considered for any category of applicants. Also, there is no upper age limit)
• NEET UG + Counselling (conducted by the institute offline in person). 

Mother Theresa Postgraduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences is a well-known institution for Ph.D, M.Sc, M.Pharma, B.Sc. (Post Basic), ANM, GNM, BPT, B.Sc, B.Pharma courses. These programs are delivered by highly experienced faculty. As per Shiksha's verified reviews, Mother Theresa Postgraduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences has a rating of 4.37 on the basis of Shiksha-verified reviews by students. Not just this, it has also been rated 4.5 on Campus Life, 4.33 on Placements, 4.67 on Faculty and 3.83 on Infrastructure.

Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, provides programmes including M.Sc, MD, MS, B.Sc. (Post Basic), B.Sc, M.Ch, MBBS in streams such as Nursing, Medicine & Health Sciences, and are excellent for students to build their careers. The institute has specializations in Medical Surgical Nursing, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Anaesthesia, Biochemistry, Dermatology, General Medicine, Microbiology, Pediatrics, Pathology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Community Medicine, Anatomy, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ophthalmology, ENT, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery.

Sri Manakula Vinayagar Nursing College has below criteria for taking admissions to it's various courses:

Courses	Eligibility
B.Sc. (Post Basic)	Candidate must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognized school/board.
B.Sc.	Candidate must have studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Botany, Zoology and English as one of the subject with above mentioned marks from any recognised Board/ Center. Vocational and Open School not eligible.

No candidates cannot become a doctor if they have done only BSc Nursing. But they can apply for MBBS after BSc Nursing if they really want to become a doctor.

For MBBS, they will have to sit for NEET UG and also pass it. And that is how after pursuing MBBS, they can become a doctor.

There is no direct way of becoming a doctor after only BSc Nursing.