Eligibility for AIPGDEE 2022

The criteria for eligibility is different candidates residing in India and for citizens of foreign nations. Applicants must ensure they are fulfilling all the eligibility criteria before they apply for the exam. The criteria for eligibility in detail are provided below for the sake of the students:

Indian citizens

A candidate for admission to the Master in Dental Surgery course, must possess a recognised degree of Bachelor in Dental Surgery awarded by a university or institute in India and registered with the State Dental Council and has obtained provisional or permanent registration and has undergone compulsory rotatory internship of a year in an approved/recognised dental college.

A candidate who after passing the final qualifying examination (BDS or the foreign dental  degree recognized by GoI/DCI), is undergoing 12-month compulsory rotatory internship/ practical training and is likely to complete the same by 31st March 2022 can take up this examination, but he/she shall not be eligible for admission unless he/she has completed the compulsory rotatory internship and obtained provisional or permanent registration on
or before 31st March 2022 or the candidate produces a certificate from the head of Institution that he/she will be completing internship by 31st March 2022. Candidate may visit the DCI
website to know any change in date of Internship completion.

The dates indicated by candidates with regard to 12 months Compulsory Rotatory Resident Internship i.e. starting date, completion date, shall be treated as final and candidates will be
required to submit the original Compulsory Rotatory Resident Internship completion certificate at the time of counseling. 

Foreign citizens

It is not mandatory for foreign nationals to have temporary registration with DCI at the time of writing NEET-MDS. Foreign Nationals can write NEET-MDS without DCI registration. 

In the case of a foreign national, the Council may, on payment of the prescribed fee for registration, grant temporary registration for the duration of the post-graduate training restricted to the dental college/institution to which he or she is admitted for the time being exclusively for post-graduate studies. 

Temporary registration to such foreign national shall be subject to the condition that such  person is duly registered as medical practitioner in his/her own country from which he/she has obtained his/her basics dental qualification and that his/her degree is recognized by the
corresponding state dental council or concerned authority.

Exam pattern for AIPGDEE 2022 or NEET MDS 2022

Candidates keen on AIPGDEE 2022 or NEET MDS 2022 must know the exam pattern. Knowledge of the test pattern will be able to provide information about the type of questions that would be asked in the exam, time duration for answering each question, marks for correct answer and penalty for wrong answers. 

All the above mentioned aspects would provide the students with valuable insights and help them form a good preparation plan. The Exam pattern for AIPGDEE 2022 or NEET MDS 2022 is given below for the sake of students:

The examination shall be a multiple choice questions test delivered using computers network (CBT) as per scheme prescribed.

The exam comprises of 240 Multiple Choices, single correct response questions in English language only. Time allotted is 3 hrs. 

There shall be 25% negative marking for incorrect answers. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.

Marking Scheme

Allocation of marks for each MCQ shall be as follows

NEET MDS marking scheme