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Install NowJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, conducts an entrance exam for admissions into its MBBS programme. The institute is centrally sponsored and has 200 seats, including 50 for the Karaikal campus.
JIPMER was made an autonomous institute in 2008 by an Act of Parliament. Until then, it was controlled by the Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi. JIPMER is exempt from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and conducts its own entrance examination for medical courses.
The distribution of MBBS seats for each category is as follows:
| Category | Number of MBBS Seats at Puducherry Campus | Number of MBBS Seats at Karaikal Campus |
General | 50 | 15 |
Other Backward Class (OBC) | 28 | 10 |
Scheduled Castes (SC) | 16 | 6 |
Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 11 | 4 |
Puducherry - General | 23 | 7 |
Puducherry - OBC | 11 | 5 |
Puducherry - SC | 6 | 2 |
Non-resident Indian (NRI) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) | 5 | 1 |
Total | 150 | 50 |
Reservation for Physically handicapped Candidates |
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Physically Handicapped | 3 | 2 |
Puducherry - Physically Handicapped | 1 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 2 |
English is the medium of examination and 200 multiple choice questions are asked. Each question has four answer options and the candidate has to select the best alternative. The questions are distributed among subjects as follows:
One mark is given for each correct answer and there is no negative marking in the exam.
The exam is held online and the candidates have to login at the exam centres.
| Events | Dates |
Start date for filling in the online application form | 7 March 2018 |
Last date of filling and submitting the application form | 13 April 2018 |
Release of admit card | May 21 to June 3, 2018 |
Examination date | 3 June 2018 |
Publication of merit list | 2nd week of June 2018 |
Release of Rank Letter | 3rd week of June 2018 |
1st Counselling | 27-29 June 2018 |
2nd Counselling | 25 July 2018 |
3rd Counselling | 20 August 2018 |
Final Counselling | 28 September 2018 |
Last date for admission | 30 September 2018 |
| Category | Percentile* |
Unreserved/NRI/OCI | 50 |
OBC | 40 |
SC | 40 |
ST | 40 |
People with disabilities | 45 |
*The highest score in the common merit list for candidates from all over India helps determine the percentile.
The syllabus prescribed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for classes 11 and 12 or by the state education boards for higher secondary is followed for the JIPMER entrance exam.
Candidates have to be at least 17 years old as on 31 December of the year of exam.
Candidates have to be citizens of India or overseas citizens of India.
Candidates should have passed the class 12 examination or equivalent, with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English, and should have scored at least 50% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology. SC, ST, OBC and physically handicapped candidates require a minimum of 40% aggregate marks in the three subjects.
Those who have appeared for their class 12 examinations and are awaiting their results are also eligible to apply.
The fees have to be paid in the online mode only though:
The application fee is Rs.1000 (Rs.800 for SC/ST category candidates). Physically handicapped candidates are exempt from paying the application fee.
The application fee for NRI/OCI candidates is approximately Rs.2500.
The admit cards have to be downloaded from the official website. The user ids and passwords required for the purpose are generated online at the time of submission of applications. The admit cards will not sent to the candidates through post or courier or through any other mode. The candidates have to carry the admit cards to the examination centres, along with an identity proof (original and a photocopy).
Since the exam is conducted in two sessions(shifts), normalisation is required to ensure that students are not at an advantage or disadvantage because of the difficulty of the questions. After the calculation of the percentile scores for all candidates using conventional formulae, sorting is done to prepare an overall merit list. If there is a tie, comparison of the Biology/Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics, English and Reasoning scores is done, in that order, so as to break it. Following the resolution of the ties, the final merit list is prepared.
