All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT) is a national level entrance examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to fill up 15% of the total seats for medical/dental bachelor degree courses in medical colleges run by Union of India, state government, municipal and other local authorities in India except the state of Jammu & Kashmir.

AIPMT is conducted in two stages: Preliminary Examination and Final Examination. Only those candidates who qualify the preliminary examination will be eligible to appear in the AIPMT final examination. The preliminary examination is usually held in the month of April followed by final examination in the 1st week of June. The sale of information bulletin containing application form starts in the month of October or November.

Eligibility for Admission

Age Criteria: The candidate should have completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1st year M.B.B.S./DENTAL Course and is an INDIAN NATIONAL.

The upper age limit for All India Pre-Medical /Pre- Dental Entrance Examination is 25 years as on 31st December of the year of the entrance examination.

Educational Qualification: The candidate should have passed (at the time of admission) the Higher/Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher/Senior Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years study, the last two years of such study comprising Physics, Chemistry, Biology (which shall include practical tests in these subjects) and Mathematics or any other elective subject with English at a level not less than the core course for English as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after introduction of the 10+2+3 educational structure as recommended by the National Committee on Education.

The Intermediate/Pre-degree Examination in Science of an Indian University/Board or other recognized examining body with Physics, Chemistry, Biology (which shall include practical test in these subjects) and English will also be considered as qualifying examination.

Reservation of Seats

(a) 15% seats for SC candidates and 7.5% seats for ST candidates are reserved in 15% all India quota for MBBS/BDS courses. The reservation will be made as per the 2200 point reservation roster. The mode of implementation of reservation will be available on the website: www.mohfw.nic.in.

(b) In pursuance of the Honourable Supreme Court order reservation for OBC candidates will be made in phased manner on the pro-rata basis in respect of seats being contributed to the All India Quota by the Central Education Institutions only. Detailed information in this regard will be available on the website: www.mohfw.nic.in later on.

How to Apply

A candidate can apply for the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination in any of the following two ways:-

Offline

Offline submission of Application Form may be made on the prescribed Application Form. The Information Bulletin and Application Form costing Rs.600/- (including Rs.100/- as counselling fee) for General & OBC Category Candidates and Rs.350/- (including Rs.100/- as counselling fee) for SC/ST Category Candidates inclusive of counseling fee can be obtained against Cash Payment between 22-10-2008 to 01-12-2008 from any of the designated branches of Canara Bank/ Regional Offices of the CBSE.

Online

Online submission of application may be made by accessing the Board’s website
www.aipmt.nic.in from 22-10-2008 (10.00 A.M.) to 01-12-2008 (5.00 P.M.).
Candidates are required to take a print of the Online Application after successful submission of data. The print out of the computer generated application, complete in all respect as applicable for Offline submission should be sent to the Deputy Secretary (AIPMT), Central Board of Secondary Education, Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 301 by Speed Post/Registered Post only. Fee of Rs.600/-(including Rs.100/- as counseling fee) for General and OBC Category Candidates and Rs.350/- (including Rs.100/- as counselling fee) for SC/ST Category Candidates may be remitted in the following ways:

1. By credit card, or
2. Through Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi

To view the list of Canara Bank Branches from where Information Bulleting containing the Application Form can be obtained, CLICK HERE

Syllabus

The Syllabus is common to both Preliminary and Final Examination. To view the syllabus of AIPMT – 2009, click here

Exam Pattern

The entrance examination consists of:

Preliminary Examination: The Preliminary Examination would consist of one paper containing 200 objective type questions (four options with single correct answer) from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology) to be answered on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen only. The duration of paper would be 3 hours.

Final Examination: (Only for those who qualify in the Preliminary Examination).
The Final Examination would consist of two papers each of 2 hours duration. Paper-1 would contain questions from Physics and Chemistry and Paper-2 would contain questions from Biology (Botany & Zoology). The Final Examination will have conventional (non-objective) type of questions to be answered in the Answer Book supplied.

Language of the Question papers: Candidates can opt for Question Papers either in English or in Hindi. This option should be exercised while filling in the Application Form. It cannot be changed later.

Test Centres

The Preliminary Examination of All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination is conducted at the following test centres:

Itanagar, Agartala, Port Blair, Shillong, Imphal, Panaji, Puducherry, Guwahati, Trivandrum, Cochin, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Patna, Ranchi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Shimla, Lucknow, Noida, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhopal, Raipur, Jaipur

The final examination of all India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination is conduct3ed at the following centres:

Cochin Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Ranchi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Delhi, Kolkata, Bhopal and Jaipur

Note: The test centres are liable to change. Please compare the list with the list given in the Information Bulletin.

Important Dates

Sale of Information Bulletin and Application Form at notified branches of Canara Bank / Regional Offices, CBSE: 22-10-2008 (Wednesday) to 01-12-2008 (Monday)

Sale of Information Bulletin and Application Form by post from CBSE, AIPMT Unit: 23-10-2008 (Tuesday) to 21-11-2008 (Friday)

Online submission of Application form: 22-10-2008 (10.00 a.m.) to 01-12-2008 (5.00 p.m.)

Last Date of receipt of filled-in Application Forms for both Offline and Online application at CBSE, AIPMT Unit: 04-12-2008 (Thursday)

Date of Examination

• Preliminary (AIPMT) 2009 - 5th April, 2009 (First Sunday)
• Final (AIPMT) –2009 - 10th May, 2009 (Second Sunday)

Declaration of Result

• Preliminary (AIPMT) 2009 - 3rd week of April, 2009
• Final (AIPMT) –2009 - First week of June, 2009

How to prepare for AIPMT

Students desirous of taking admission to MBBS/BDS course in some of India’s premier medical colleges should start their preparation right from their class 11th. As the general standard of the examination will be that of 11th and 12th class under the 10+2 pattern, hence students are required to have strong fundamental knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology of the same standard.

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Contact Details

Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj
Deputy Secretary (AIPMT Unit)
Ph: 011-22059683
E-mail: sanyamb.cbse@nic.in

Mrs. I Margaret Catherine
(Programmer)
E-mail: catherine.cbse@nic.in
Central Board of Secondary Education
2, Community Centre,Shiksha Kendra
CBSE Headquarters,
Preet Vihar, Delhi-110092

Regional Offices of the CBSE

1. Plot No. 1630-A, J -Block, Anna Nagar, Chennai -600 040
2. Rajgarh Road, Rajgarh Tinal i, Guwahat i -781 003
3. Todar Mal Marg, Ajmer -305 001
4. Sector -05, Panchkula-134 152, Haryana.
5. 35-B, Civi l Stat ion, M.G. Marg, Civi l Lines, Al lahabad-211 001.
6. Syndicate Bank, CBSE, “Shiksha Kendra”, 2, Communi ty Cent re,
Preet Vihar, Delhi -110 301

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