ELIGIBILITY FOR BDS ADMISSION :
Candidates who have passed the two years Pre-University Examination of Karnataka’s pre-university Board (or equivalent qualifying examination of other recognized boards) with English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as optional subjects are eligible for admissions to the first year. Candidates shall have obtained not less than 50% of the aggregate marks in the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology took together, and a pass in the English language in the qualifying examination or any other examination recognized as equivalent by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. Scheduled caste/ Scheduled Tribes (SC/ ST) Students or students of any other categories notified by the government shall be given a relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks required for eligibility.
In case of admission on the basis of competitive entrance examination similar eligibility as above applies. In addition, the candidate must be ranked in the entrance examinations merit list by securing not less than 50% marks in it. SC/ST students of any other categories notified by the government shall be given a relaxation of 10% in the aggregate marks required for eligibility through the competitive entrance examination.
The candidate shall have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete this age on 31st December of the calendar year in which he/she seeks admission.
DURATION OF THE COURSE :
The BDS program is of Five years duration with 4years of teaching and learning activities, and one year of compulsory rotatory internship. During this period, the students are required to be engaged in full-time study at the institution.
