Indian Army BSc Nursing 2025: Screening Schedule (OUT), Admission Process, Seat Matrix, Application Forms, Eligibility

DGMS does not conduct any separate exam for admission to MNS BSc nursing course. Candidates must appear for NEET UG exam 2025 to be eligible to appear for the Indian Army BSc nursing aptitude test. However, a screening test which is also known as an aptitude test is held known as Computer Based Test of General Intelligence, General English (ToGlGE) and personal interview to be conducted by the selection board.

The Indian Army BSc Nursing aptitude exam is conducted only once a year for admission to BSc nursing course. The conducting bosy accept the score of NEET entrance exam for assessing the aptitude of the aspirants. Later, a seperate aptitude test known as Test of General Intelligence and General English (TOGIGE) is conducted online followed by a Psychological Aptitude Test (PAT). These tests ensure that the candidate is eligible to seek entry to the Indian Army on set parameters. 

Interested candiadates must register for NEET along with the TOGIGE aptitute test to participate in the counselling conducted for Indian Army BSc nursing programme. 

Yes, from 2022 onwards, Directorate General of Medical Services (DGMS) mandated that female candidates who have registered and appeared for NEET UG will be eligible to apply for the 4-year Indian Army BSc Nursing programme. 

No, the Indian Army BSc nursing test is solely for female students. Female candidates who are unmarried/divorcee/legally separated/widow without encumbrances and born between 01 Oct 1998 and 30 Sep 2006 (both days inclusive) can apply for the entrance exam. The minimum height required for entry into Armed Forces for female candidates is 152 cm. Candidates from Hill and Northeastern States will be accepted with a minimum height of 147 cm.

Candidate must have passed in the FIRST Attempt, senior secondary examination (10+2) or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, and English with not less than 50 per cent as regular student from a recognised board/statutory/University/Examination body. Candidates who have qualified NCC 'C' are required to upload their certificate during the time of application process.  

No, NTA did not extend the last date of NEET 2025 application form submission. As per past years' trends, NTA extends or reopens the NEET application window every year, either as a response to student requests or due to some external factors such as server errors or non-functioanlity of exam website. However, candidates are advised not to wait till the last minute, or wait for the extension of application last date, and complete the process at the earliest possible. 

Last year, NTA released the NEET 2024 application form on February 9, 2024. The last date to register and pay the application fee was extended from March 9, 2024, to March 16, 2024, 10.50 PM. NTA reopened the NEET 2024 application window from April 9 to April 10, 2024, based on student and stakeholder requests. 

The NEET 2025 application fee is expected to remain the same compared to last year. The category-wise application fees are given in the below table:

The application fee has to be paid in an online mode via Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking or UPI. 

The last date to apply for the Indian Army BSc Nursing exam has not been announced yet. As per the schedule of the NEET 2025 exam, the conducting body will release the dates for admission on the official website, joinindianarmy.nic.in. The last date to apply online for MNS BSc will be provided accordingly. 

It is mandatory for aspirants to appear for the NEET UG exam in order to apply for the MNS entrance. As per the notification, the screening process was held at Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt. 

As a first step, one needs to appear for the NEET UG exam. Post which candidate will have to submit documents for verification. Later on applicants have to appear for a written test, Psychological aptitude test, interview and medical fitness round. 

NEET or National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is a paper-and-pencil-based test (PBT) of three hours or 180 minutes duration. There will be a total of 180 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), all of which will be compulsory to attempt. The syllabus of the exam consists of Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects. The Biology subject is segregated between Zoology and Botany. On the other hand, the Chemistry subject is segregated into Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry. Unlike last year, the subjects will not be divided into two sections.

According to the marking scheme, each correct question carries 4 marks, and there is a negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer. No marks will be awarded or deducted for unattempted questions. The following table brings the structure of the NEET exam.

There is no exam pattern for the Indian Army BSc Nursing exam as the exam has been cancelled. Candidates must appear for the NEET exam to be eligible to participate in the Indian Army BSc Nursing admission process. Kindly refer to the NEET exam pattern to appear for the exam.

The official date for the release of Indian Army BSc Nursing admit card is not issued after the exam conducting body has started accepting the NEET UG scores. On the contrary, for admission to the MNS, a general aptitude test and an psychological aptitude test will be conducted to screen the candidates for admission. 

No, Indian Army BSc Nursing admit card will not be issued as the exam stands cancelled. Candidates will be called for the Interview to be eligible for the admission process. 

No, the NEET UG result will be released separately at the official website of NEET-NTA, neet.ntaonline.in or exams.nta.ac.in/NEET. The NEET 2024 result can only be downloaded from this website. No personal email or mobile communication will be sent to the NEET Aspirants regarding the declaration of the result.

Candidates who have completed a BSc in nursing can join the Indian Army in either a permanent or a short service commission (SSC) in Military Nursing Services (MNS).