AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2010: Notification, Eligibility & Forms

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has just few days back issued exam notification for its MBBS entrance exam for its August, 2010 batch. Click here to download the AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2010 Notification. Also click here to download the AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2010 Prospectus. This blog post tries to encapsulate the AIIMS exam notification touching upon the important points while a subsequent blog article would give you the AIIMS entrance study materials – sample papers & books for preparation of the exam. At first, let me un-nerve you a little with AIIMS MBBS exam statistics. How tough do you think AIIMS entrance exam is? How many seats are there vis-à-vis how many people appears for the AIIMS entrance exam? AIIMS acceptance rate: Well let me tell you AIIMS MBBS entrance exam is very competitive – each year close to 50,000 students appears for this exam and for only 70 odd seats (in AIIMS entrance 2009 exam, 45000 students appeared for 72 seats – source: Indian Express) – the acceptance rate thus is about 0.15% - which means only 15 person in every 10 thousand who appeared could get a seat. Compare this with the acceptance rate of Ivy League institutes like Harvard –7.1% (22,955 students applied, 2,058 accepted), Yale – 8.3%... source: NY Times. So AIIMS entrance exam is indeed difficult, but that should not deter you from appearing in the exam. Why? Because, those of you who are brilliant would get that coveted seat in AIIMS. But even if you do not get an AIIMS seat, the preparation for it could very easily get you a good medical college through AIPMT (All India Pre Medical Test), which is held in April 1st week every year. Because the exam pattern of AIPMT & AIIMS is very similar as you can find from following table: More about AIPMT can be found in my previous blog post titled: CBSE AIPMT Study material: Papers, Books & Coaching Centres Number of AIIMS MBBS seats: This varies from year to year and as of AIIMS 2010, there are a total of 77 seats with category-wise break-up as below: General: 37, SC: 11, ST: 5, OBC: 19, Foreign Nationals: 5. AIIMS 2010 Important dates: Last date for AIIMS 2010 applying (online / by post): 15th March, 2010 Last date for receipt of AIIMS 2010 applications: 25th March, 2010 Date of issue of AIIMS 2010 Admit Cards (offline only): May 1st week, 2010 Duplicate AIIMS 2010 Admit Cards (offline) down load: after 24th May, 2010 For online applications, download Admit Card from: 15th May, 2010 Date of AIIMS 2010 written exam: 1st June, 2010 (Tuesday) (10.00 AM to 1.30 PM) Date of AIIMS 2010 result: 15th July, 2010 AIIMS MBBS Eligibility (Indian nationals): (i) Minimum 60% marks (50% for SC/ST) aggregate with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English in Class-XII or an equivalent examination. (ii) Min. 17 years as on 31st December, 2010. Class-XII students, whose results are expected to be declared by 7th July, 2010 also can apply. AIIMS MBBS Eligibility (Foreign nationals): Minimum 50% marks aggregate with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Intermediate Science or an equivalent examination. AIIMS 2010 application form: There are two ways in which you can apply for AIIMS MBBS entrance exam: 1.0 Offline. 2.0 Online. Offline AIIMS application form: To obtain the AIIMS Prospectus-cum-Application Form send a request letter by Speed Post/Registered Post to: The Assistant Controller of Examinations, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110 608. The request letter should be accompanied by AIIMS application fee of Rs.1050/- (Rs.850/- for SC/ST candidates) in the form of an account payee DD in favour of "ACCOUNTS OFFICER (EXAMS), AIIMS" payable at "New Delhi". The DD should be valid up to July/August 2010. Your request should reach above address on or before 15.03.2010. Also write "REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FORM FOR MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2010" on the envelope and at the top of the request letter. AIIMS Online application form: Click here to find the AIIMS online form. There are two ways to pay the AIIMS online application fee of Rs. 1000/- (Rs.800/- in case of SC/ST): 1.0 Through Challan at any Branch of State Bank of India. 2.0 Through Credit Cards/Net Banking. If you are paying the application fee through SBI, do it even before going to apply online, as you would need to fill these details in the AIIMS online form. How to apply for AIIMS entrance has been given very clearly in section "2:1 Procedure to Apply" in page-5 of the AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2010 Prospectus. Also how to fill the AIIMS offline form is given clearly in page-6/8 of the AIIMS Prospectus. Hope with above information you can apply confidently for AIIMS 2010 exam. My next blog post would give you the AIIMS entrance study materials – sample papers & books for preparation of the exam. So please check back later again! Tags: AIIMS MBBS Entrance 2010 Notification, AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam Eligibility & AIIMS MBBS Entrance 2010 Forms.