Is NEET MDS the sole entrance exam for MDS course in India?
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While NEET MDS is a major national level entrance exam for admission to MDS courses, it is not the sole or only entrance exam for this course. Apart from NEET MDS, there is another national level entrance exam, INI CET, conducted by AIIMS Delhi, which is the gateway to this course only at the AIIMS colleges in India. Hence, apart from NEET MDS, INI CET is another entrance exam which aspirants can appear for. Moreover, the National Board of Entrance Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the exam conducting body, has also stated that AIIMS institutes do no accept NEET MDS scores.
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The DU NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 was released for all categories under the AI quota for admission to the MDS courses. For the OBC AI quota, the cutoff ranged 33 in the first round to 423 in the last round. Students can refer to the table below to know the first and last round closing ranks for various MDS course specialisations.
| Course Name | Round 1 Cutoff Rank 2025 | Last Round Closing Rank 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics | 46 | 46 |
| MDS in Oral Medicine and Radiology | 277 | 423 |
| MDS in Prosthodontics, Crown and bridge | 33 | 33 |
Th HPU NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 was released for all categories under the All India quota. For the OBC AI quota, the closing cutoff ranged from 333 to 524 in the last round. Among all the MDS course specialisations, the hardest was MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, with a cutoff rank of 333 for this category. In 2024, the cutoff rank for this course was 462, meaning that the competition has now increased for 2025.
Students can refer to the table below to know the cutoff 2025 for the OBC AI category in the last round.
| Course | 2025 |
|---|---|
| MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 333 |
| MDS in Periodontics | 524 |
The HPU NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 has been released for admission to MDS course via the NEET MDS entrance examination for all rounds and categories for the students belonging to the All India quota. For the General AI category, 290 was the closing cutoff rank in the last round for MDS in Conservative Dentistry course. Please note that the cutoff differs for each course, round, and category.
The Bharati Vidyapeeth NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the MDS courses for all categories under the All India quota. The top two most competitve courses were MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, with the cutoff in the last round being 2795. In 2024, the cutoff for the same course was 1798, and in 2023, it was 1276. See the table below to know the year-wise last round cutoff trends for various courses for the students under the General AI category.
| Course | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDS in Prosthodontics, Crown and Bridge | 1575 | 2211 | 2801 |
| MDS in Periodontology | 15172 | 8851 | 13088 |
| MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 1276 | 1798 | 2795 |
| MDS in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics | 2576 | 3148 | 9382 |
| MDS in Oral Pathology and Microbiology | – / – | 11523 | – / – |
| MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics | 1850 | 2078 | 4620 |
| MDS in Oral Medicine and Radiology | 18802 | 11644 | 19481 |
| MDS in Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry | 3113 | 6204 | 4814 |
| MDS in Prosthodontics | 3616 | 1061 | 4588 |
| MDS2 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 3589 | 2304 | 4053 |
| MDS in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics | 3946 | 3892 | 7817 |
| MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics | 2290 | 4091 | 4088 |
| MDS in Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry | 6361 | 6008 | 10295 |
| MDS1 in Periodontics | 18090 | 10761 | 14912 |
The Bharati Vidyapeeth NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 has been released for admission to the MDS programme. According to the cutoff in 2025, the last round closing ranks were between 2795 and 19481 for the General category candidates under the All India quota. The hardest course for admission in the last round was MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, followed by MDS in Prosthodontics, Crown and Bridge, with the cutoff being 2795 and 2801, respectively.
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