NEET UG 2024: Total BDS seats; top dental colleges in NIRF 2023
Tamil Nadu has five dental colleges in top 20, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka with four each.
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Try NowDivyansh | March 14, 2024 | 08:16 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the NEET UG 2024 for admission into MBBS and BDS programmes in medical colleges across the country. The NEET UG 2024 will be held on May 5, which will be taken by 25 lakh students. Students can apply for the NEET UG 2024 on the official website, neet.nta.nic.in.
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This year a record number of students have registered for the NEET UG, which will be held for admission into 645 medical, 318 dental, 914 AYUSH, and 47 BVSc and AH colleges in the country. Students applying for the NEET UG should have scored a minimum of 50% in PCB and aggregate in Class 12. However, candidates belonging from SC, ST and PwD categories will have to get at least 40% marks in Class 12 board exam.
The exam will be used for admission into 27,868 Bachelor of Dental Sciences. In the government sector, there are 50 colleges offering 3, 513 seats while 263 private colleges, including deemed to be universities, held admission for 23,620 seats last year.
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Top dental colleges
The following are the top colleges in the country as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF 2023):
Dental College |
City |
State |
Cut-off |
Ranking |
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
|
1 |
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal |
Manipal |
Karnataka |
|
2 |
Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth |
Pune |
Maharashtra |
|
3 |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences |
Delhi |
Delhi |
|
4 |
AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences |
Mangaluru |
Karnataka |
|
5 |
SRM Dental College |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
|
6 |
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
|
7 |
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore |
Mangalore |
Karnataka |
|
8 |
Siksha `O` Anusandhan |
Bhubaneswar |
Odisha |
|
9 |
Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi |
New Delhi |
Delhi |
|
10 |
JSS Dental College and Hospital |
Mysuru |
Karnataka |
|
11 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Coimbatore |
Tamil Nadu |
|
12 |
Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences |
Rohtak |
Haryana |
|
13 |
MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences |
Bangalore |
Karnataka |
|
14 |
Govt Dental College, Nagpur |
Nagpur |
Maharashtra |
|
15 |
Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
|
16 |
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research |
Wardha |
Maharashtra |
|
17 |
Banaras Hindu University |
Varanasi |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
18 |
Nair Hospital Dental College |
Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
|
19 |
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology |
Bhubaneswar |
Odisha |
|
20 |
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