The Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu, which administers the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) admissions, started the registration for NEET UG counselling. Candidates can apply for TN NEET counselling for admission to both government and management quota seats and can register online at tnmedicalselection.net.
Tamil Nadu’s Christian Medical College (CMC) is the top medical college in the state and was ranked third in the Education Ministry’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 medical college rankings. These are the seven medical colleges that have ranked in the 2024 NIRF rankings under the medical category.
Rank 3: Christian Medical College
Rank 8: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Rank 10: Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai
Rank 12: Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
Rank 18: S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology
Rank 20: Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
Rank 41: PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
In the NIRF 2024 dental colleges ranking Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences comes at first in the list.
Rank 1: Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
Rank 7: SRM Dental College
Rank 10: Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
Rank 13: Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research
Rank 14: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Rank 20: Dr. M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute
Rank 32: SRM Kattankulathur Dental College
Rank 33: Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute
Rank 39: Adhiparasakthi Dental College and Hospital, Kancheepuram
From the total number of MBBS / BDS seats available in the government medical/ dental colleges, 15 per cent of the seats are surrendered to all India quota and the remaining 85 per cent of seats are allotted to state quota for the academic year 2025-2026, whereas in Government Erode Medical College and Hospital, Perundurai, Erode District, the Government has sanctioned an annual intake of 100 students of which 30 seats are earmarked for the wards of employees of the State Transport Corporation and Institute of Road Transport Corporation members who are contributing to the Corpus Fund and 15 per cent of total seats (15 seats) surrendered to All India Quota and the remaining 55 seats are allotted to State Quota (General Pool).
Seat sharing with self-financing minority and non-minority medical and dental colleges will be as per the state policy and National Medical Commission or Dental Council of India regulations and applicable court orders.
A total of 30 per cent seats of Christian Medical College, Vellore, will be filled by the state government following its policy of reservation strictly in accordance with the government quota merit list. For 20 per cent of seats of Christian Medical College, Vellore will be filled from the candidates who are native of Tamil Nadu and belonging to Christian Minority List.
The remaining 50 per cent of seats are earmarked for admission under CMC Quota for which admissions will be made by the Selection Committee based on the criteria given by the management of CMC.
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