Over 20,000 medical aspirants battled the scorching heat to appear for the screening (preliminary) test of BHU-PMT that was held peacefully across 38 centres in the city on Wednesday. Scenes of traffic congestion at prominent crossings, especially in ..

In two days, the sale of application forms for MBBS and BDS courses  crossed 20,800, sending officials in the directorate of medical education into a frenzy.The health department has now ordered for 10,000 more forms.On Tuesday, a total of 11,04 ..

Here is some more bitter pill for state's pharmacy colleges. The Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (JACPC) has decided not to allow admissions in 31 out of the 87 self-financed pharmacy colleges as they have still not taken accre ..

Here is some more bitter pill for state's pharmacy colleges. The Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (JACPC) has decided not to allow admissions in 31 out of the 87 self-financed pharmacy colleges as they have still not taken accre ..

Getting an engineering seat has never been easier, with admission brokers now available at the click of a button. As touts advertise admission to engineering and medical colleges online, the sale of management seats is no longer a hush-hush affair.Se ..

The delay in the issuance of application forms for the MBBS course at the KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College here on Tuesday created a ruckus with the applicants alleging that it was done deliberately as the authorities waited for the auspici ..

Are you doing your homework before taking admission into a pharmacy college? With the class XII results out, the Gujarat chapter of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has told students that they should check the accreditation of the college before takin ..

The sale of applications for MBBS and BDS courses, which began on Tuesday, saw a 23.6% jump since 2011. A total of 11,040 applications were sold in government-run medical and dental colleges on the first day against 8,934 in 2011 and 6,455 in 2010.Th ..

Counselling for the UP Post Graduate Medical Entrance Exam 2012 started on Tuesday. Though the counselling started a little later than the scheduled time, it continued till late night. Dr S Mishra who was co-ordinating for the exam said that the coun ..

The Health Ministry is planning to double the number of under-graduate and post-graduate medical seats by 2021.In its presentation to the parliamentary consultative committee on health on Monday, the ministry set a target of 80,000 MBBS and 45,000 PG ..

Medical students are in for a bonanza with the government planning to double availability of undergraduate and postgraduate seats to meet a target of 80,000 MBBS and 45,000 PG seats in India by 2021.The objective is also to improve the availability o ..

It seems passing out from a self-financing medical or dental college in the state is a tougher task than getting a seat. Final year results of MBBS, BDS and BAMS courses published by the Kerala University of Health Sciences have raised a question mar ..

It seems passing out from a self-financing medical or dental college in the state is a tougher task than getting a seat. Final year results of MBBS, BDS and BAMS courses published by the Kerala University of Health Sciences  have raised a questi ..

In a bid to ensure that an adequate supply of primary care physicians practice in rural areas, the MCI is mulling over to make the “extended duration” of MBBS course attractive with handsome perks to be given to the doctors.Three months a ..

The examination season of Banaras Hindu University  is going to kickstart with preliminary (screening) test of BHU-PMT, which will be held across four cities in the country on May 16 this year. A record 50,534 medical aspirants  are set to  ..

The proposed common exams for admission to MBBS and MD courses all over the country will be held from the next academic session, Health Ministry officials said today.The officials told MPs at the Consultative Committee Meeting on Health that the prop ..

The expanding horizons of medical education today offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for those who have a learning mind and willingness to make a difference to patients' lives.Like many aspiring young physicians, I was also motivated by p ..

The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) conducted MPharm entrance test for 2012 on Sunday. Around 700 students appeared at the test, official sources said.In the meantime, diploma engineering entrance examination, 2012 was also conducted on the  ..

Traffic diversion was a common sight in the city on Saturday with scores of students appearing for Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) 2012 swarming their designated exam centres.In the morning session from 10 a.m. to 1 ..

A total of 7,968 students attended the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Examination  in the state on Sunday. Kerala has the largest number of candidates among the 30,800 who cleared the preliminary examination to compete in the second phase. This  ..