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                                                      (i) The Applicant should be an Indian National / Overseas Citizen of India. 
(ii) He/She has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the 
ageon or before 31st December 2019, the year of his/her admission to the first year 
M.B.B.S i.e. they should have been born on or before 01-01-2003. (Request for 
relaxation from the prescribed age limit will not be considered for any c ategory of 
applicants). 
No upper age limit. 
(iii) The applicants should have passed the qualifying examinations in the manner as 
mentioned below: 
(a) The Higher / Senior Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate 
Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher / Senior Secondary Examination 
after a period of 12 years study, the last two years of such study comprising Physics, 
Chemistry, Biology / Bio-technology (which shall include practical tests in these 
subjects) or any other elective with English at a level not less than the core course 
for English as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and 
Training after introduction of the 10+2+3 educational structure as recommended by 
the National Committee on Education (Annexure - I list the examinations 
recognized by JIPMER) 
(b) The Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination other than those 
mentioned in the list appended in Annexure – I, will have to submit an Eligibility 
Certificate before admission is finalized. Obtaining such an Eligibility Certificate 
from Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi is essential for OCI/NRI for 
admission to JIPMER M.B.B.S. Course. 
(c) The applicant must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology / 
Bio-technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% 
marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry, Biology / Bio-technology at the 
qualifying examination for general (UR) / EWSs category. 
(d) For PwD candidates in general category the minimum marks in Physics, Chemistry, 
Biology/ Biotechnology taken together in the qualifying examination is 45%. 
(e) For candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribe or Other 
Backward Classes / PwD, the minimum marks obtained in the Physics, Chemistry, 
Biology/ Bio-technology taken together in the qualifying examination is 40%. 
Note: Applicants who have appeared or will be appearing in the qualifying 
Examination in March / April 2019 and whose results have NOT yet been 
declared can also apply for admission, if other eligibility criteria (i) (ii) & (iii) 
are satisfied. 
Please note that issue of hall ticket for the Entrance Examination does NOT 
necessarily mean the acceptance of eligibility for candidates whose results ofqualifying examinations are yet to be declared. 
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