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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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Educational Qualification
Must have passed 10+2 / HSC (or equivalent).
12th should include Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) as subjects.
10th / SSC pass certificate is required.
Entrance Requirement
Must have appeared in NEET‑UG (relevant year) — score is mandatory for all candidates, including both merit and institutional/management quotas.
Age Limit
Candidate must meet age criteria as per NEET / SCOP admissions (e.g., born on or before 31st December 2007 for 2025 batch).
Medical Fitness
Must be medically fit to undergo a physiotherapy course, which involves clinical and practical exposure.
Quota / Nationality
Merit Quota (85%): Indi
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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SCOP divides seats into two quotas:
85% of seats — “Merit Quota”: for Indian nationals / eligible OCI/PIO candidates. Selection among these seats is done strictly on the basis of NEET‑UG merit (score).
15% of seats — “Institutional / Management / Discretionary Quota”: these are allotted first to Foreign Nationals and NRIs. If those seats remain unfilled, eligible OCI/PIO or Indian nationals may be considered.
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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SCOP requires you to have completed 12th standard (HSC) with Physics, Chemistry + Biology (PCB) — plus 10th (SSC) — to be eligible.
You also must have appeared in NEET-UG (for the relevant year — e.g. 2025) to get admission.
Official eligibility criteria pages do not explicitly mention a minimum board percentage (like “must have 60% or 50%”) — they just say “passed HSC / 12th standard.”
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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Yes — based on the latest information, applications (or the admission process) for courses at Symbiosis College of Physiotherapy (SCOP) are currently active / were recently active.
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPTh) — This is the primary (and currently only) degree programme offered by SCOP.
The BPTh / BPT programme at SCOP is a 5‑year degree: 4 years of academics + 1 year compulsory clinical internship (per guidelines of National Commission of Allied and Healthcare Professionals, NCAHP).
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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For Merit‑quota (Indian nationals): First-year fee is ₹ 3,50,000 (₹ 3,00,000 academic + ₹ 50,000 refundable deposit).
SCOP states that the academic fee will increase by approximately 10% every year.
Based on this, many sources approximate total tuition (for all 5 years) to be around ₹ 15 lakhs.
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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Yes — admissions to Symbiosis College of Physiotherapy (SCOP) for the BPT / BPTh course are entrance-based.
SCOP admits most students based on NEET‑UG scores — you must have appeared in NEET-UG to be eligible.
The admission is merit-based; the institute explicitly states that there is no capitation / donation fee or “direct / management-quota via payment” scheme for BPT admissions.
SCOP has 85% of seats under “Merit Quota” (based on NEET-UG merit) and 15% as “Institutional/Management/Discretionary Quota.” However, even for that 15%, NEET-UG appearance is mandatory per eligibility criteria.
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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Round 1 — first seat allotment based on merit & choice filling.
Round 2 — for those who didn't get a seat first time or wish to upgrade.
Mop-up Round (Round 3) — to fill seats left vacant after Rounds 1 & 2.
Stray Vacancy Round — final round for any remaining unfilled seats
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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If you are seriously considering MSU Physiotherapy: don't assume management quota + fixed donation fee. Instead, treat it as a “merit-based admission with official fee list” — unless MSU gives you concrete written quota/fee data.
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4 months agoScholar-Level 17
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NEET is mandatory if you are an Indian citizen and you want to:
1. Study MBBS abroad and return to India to practice as a doctor
In this case, NEET qualification is compulsory because the National Medical Commission (NMC) requires NEET to:
Get admission to most foreign medical colleges.
Later sit for the FMGE/NExT exam to practice in India.
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