JIMER - ABOUT THE COLEGE

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (JIPMER)

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry (JIPMER) under Government of India since the year 1956, is one of the leading Medical Institutions of India. Spread over a sprawling 195 acre campus in an urban locale of Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry), JIPMER is 170 kms. by road from Chennai.

JIPMER has been declared as an Institution of National Importance by a Parliamentary Act, i.e. JIPMER, Puducherry, Act, 2008. A copy of the Act was Gazette notified on 14-7-2008 to enforce this Act. Prior to this the Institute was functioning under the administrative control of Directorate General of Health

Service, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

The Institution is now empowered to award Medical Degrees, Diplomas, etc., under the clauses 23 & 24 of the said Act. Such Degrees / Diploma, etc., shall be deemed to be included in the schedules to the respective Acts governing Medical Council of India, Indian Nursing Council and Dental Council of India, entitling the holders to the same privileges as those attached to the equivalent awards from the recognized

Universities of India.

Admission to M.B.B.S. Course for 98 seats is through an Entrance Examination conducted by JIPMER at various centers once every year. In addition 18 seats are allotted from the Central pool by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India.

DURATION OF M.B.B.S. COURSE:

Duration of the course is 4 years and 6 months as per the Academic Calendar of JIPMER followed by 1 year of Compulsory Rotatory Internship.

Number of seats to be filled for MBBS 2011 session through competitive entrance examination conducted by JIPMER is represented here under

(A) Unreserved (UR) - 33

(B) Other Backward Classes (OBC) - 17

(C) Scheduled Caste (SC) - 10

(D) Scheduled Tribe (ST) - 07

(E) Puducherry Unreserved (P-UR) - 17

(F) Puducherry Other Backward Classes (P-OBC) - 09

(G) Puducherry Scheduled Caste (P-SC) - 05

TOTAL = 98

(I) *** OPH – From within the available seats, three (03) are allotted to

eligible OPH candidates on horizontal reservation basis.

* The number and distribution of seats may vary depending upon the periodic directives / decisions from Competent Authorities.