AIIMS Nursing

The AIIMS Nursing 2025 entrance exam is conducted for granting admission to the MSc programme. This entrance is organized and conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi on a yearly basis. Candidates who wish to seek admission in the MSc nursing course affiliated from AIIMS must have to appear for this exam. 

AIIMS has established a tie-breaker criterion to assess the performance of candidates scoring the same marks in the AIIMS nursing exam. Some of the criteria are:

• The candidates having higher marks in Chemistry in the entrance will be given priority if the tie persists
• The candidate who has secured higher marks in Physics in the entrance will be given priority if the tie still exists
• At last, priority will be given to the candidate who is senior in age

AIIMS nursing tie breaking criteria sets the rules on the basis of which marks of candidates are decided in case two candidates or more score the same marks. It is a performance evaluation criteria which sets a few candidates apart from other in order to decide the ranks. 

Two important factors that AIIMS Delhi takes into account to prepare the BSc (H) nursing cut-off marks are mentioned below: 

• The difficulty level of the AIIMS Nursing entrance exam 
• Seat availability in the AIIMS nursing campuses as against the number of candidates who cleared the cutoff

AIIMS conduct the seperate entrance exam for admission to the AIIMS BSc nursing programme and Post-basic nursing programme. Candidates seeking admission to the AIIMS campuses in the undergraduate nursing course must enroll for this entrance exam through the official website of AIIMS. The conducting body releases registration dates, exam dates, and entire admission calendar to ensure that candidates participate in the admission process. The national-level nursing entrance exam is widely accepted and recognised. 

AIIMS does not officially release any syllabus for the AIIMS for BSc (hons) nursing programme. However, taking a cue from the past question papers, candidates can prepare Class 12 Physics Chemistry and Biology topics thoroughly. They must  develop sharp acument towards current general knowledge relating to history, Current Affairs general policy & scientific research. The exam is of 2 hours duration and carry 100 marks ( CBT based). 

AIIMS Nursing Syllabus 2025 for Post-basic

Fundamentals of nursing.

Medical-Surgical Nursing including Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology.

Obstetrics and Midwives.

Pediatric Care.

Community Health Nurses.

Psychiatric Nursing.

Professional behavior in nursing.

Yes, you can apply for AIIMS B.Sc. Nursing if you take Mathematics, provided you also have Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and English in 10+2 with a minimum aggregate of 55% (50% for SC/ST). Biology is compulsory.

The AIIMS Delhi started the open round counselling registration on September 13, 2025, as there were vacant seats after the Round-2 AIIMS BSc Nursing Counselling. After the registration concluded, authorities released the seat allotment result on September 22, 2025.  The last date for the Online acceptance of the allocation/deposit original Document after the AIIMS BSc Nursing open round counselling result was September 27, 2025.  

The overall difficulty level of AIIMS Nursing exam is usually in between easy to moderate. Students are require to prepare well for the exam if they want to secure the seat. the exam is based on 11th and 12th standard NCERT information. You can prepare early and get admission in one of the reputed colleges.