Medical College Application for admission into MBBS and BDS courses 2016: can be downloaded from May 9 in official website

Updated on: Thursday, April 21, 2016

tnma 2016On Tuesday, April 19, the Directorate of Medical Education announced that the application form to take admission in various state medical colleges for the MBBS and BDS courses (2016-17) will be available from May 9.

Application form and important dates:

The students can download the application form from the official website www.tnhealth.org and may submit it in the prescribed format within May 26 till 5 pm. The merit list is expected to be declared on June 15 and the classes will commence from August 1.

Steps to download the application form for tamilnadu :

The candidates can log on to the official website, www.tnhealth.org
Click on the application form link
Take out the print out of the application form for future use

Official's view :

The Director of Medical Education R Vimala told TOI that there was no change in the sanctioned seat strength from the previous year. The 20 government medical colleges in the state have 2,655 seats available, of which, the state quota claims 2,257 seats and 398 seats are allotted under the all-India quota.

Seat Capacity:

Similarly, the eight self-financing colleges have a strength of 1,010 seats, of which 595 seats are available under the state quota, while 65 of the sanctioned 100 seats will be available under state quota in ESIC Medical College, Chennai. 

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