Punjab students can apply for allIndia seats in MBBS, BDS online

Students of Punjab competing for the all-India 15% seats for MBBS and BDS courses other than the 85% seats of state category can apply online on the health ministry’s website for which counselling began on Monday.

The medical counselling committee has released the schedule on its website, mcc.nic.in.

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), which will conduct combined counselling, including for private and minority institutions in Punjab, has released the counselling schedule for the state category.

BFUHS vice-chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur said students will get seats according to domicile certificate. If a student with a Haryana domicile does his Class 12 from Punjab, he/she will be eligible for a seat in Punjab. The student will need to surrender one seat.

The Central Board of School Education announced the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) results on June 23 for admission to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) courses. The aspirants are competing for 1,125 MBBS seats in eight medical colleges and 1,130 BDS seats in 14 dental colleges in Punjab.

The aspirants can apply through the university’s website, www.bfuhs.ac.in, by July 11.

IF A STUDENT WITH A HARYANA DOMICILE DOES HIS CLASS 12 FROM PUNJAB, HE/SHE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SEAT IN STATE QUOTA