Bachelor of Dental Surgery [BDS] From SGDC, Ernakulam

Aspirants seeking admission to the Program should be completed his/her graduation from a recognised university.

Academic Requirement:

a) Admission to BDS seats under management quota is purely on the basis of merit. The criterion to prepare the merit list is the marks obtained by the candidates in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG-2016). Only those candidates who secure 50% marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET-2016 will be considered for admission to BDS seats under management quota. 

b) Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education of Kerala or equivalent there to with 50% marks for Biology separately and with at least 50% aggregate marks in the Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together for the qualifying examination or as per the specifications of the Dental Council of India. Each College will be free to fix higher eligibility criteria.

c) Candidates who have passed the B.Sc Degree (Three year course) examination with Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany or Bio-Chemistry as main and any one or two of the above subjects as subsidiaries taken together subject to the condition that they have passed Pre-Degree/Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or Examination recognized as equivalent thereto with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects are eligible.

d) In respect of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OEBC/OBC and other backward classes the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the qualifying examination/entrance examination will be 40% instead of 50% as above and must have qualifying marks in English.

e) The college shall be entitled to fill up 10% of the seats to children of staff, Management and Trustees.

f) The college can apportion the seats to various categories or within the community or denominations based on inter-se merit.

g) Rounding off the percentage marks to the nearest whole number is not permitted.

Age Limit:

The applicant shall have completed 17 years of age on or before the 31st December of the year of admission to BDS course. No relaxation of the minimum age will be allowed.

Fees Structure:

The fee payable by the candidates at the time of admission is :

Admission Fee : Rs. 1,000/- (One Thousand only)

Refundable interest-free deposit : Rs.5,00,000/- (Five Lakhs only)

Refundable caution deposit : Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand Only)

Yearly tuition fee (Mangement Quota) : Rs.5,00,000/- (Five Lakhs only)

Yearly tuition fee for NRI quota : Rs.6,00,000/- (Six Lakhs only)