Anamalai University Medical Entrance

Exam, Tamil Nadu

The Annamalai University is one of the premier institutes of education in India. It is a
residential university that was established in the year 1929. The university was founded
by the Honorable Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad.
Anamalai University offers a number of courses and programs for its students. The
medical department of Anamalai University offers under graduate and post graduate
programs under the departments of medical education and nursing. The following
programs are offered by the university under its medical department:

Department of Medical Education

This department offers under graduate programs of M.B.B.S and B.P.T. The post graduate
programs are offered for 18 subjects and post graduate diploma programs are offered in
10 subjects. The department also offers postgraduate degree program in Physiotherapy.

Department of Nursing
This department offers undergraduate degree program in nursing such as B.Sc. Nursing
and M.Sc. Nursing as its postgraduate degree program in nursing.
Candidates who wish to apply to these courses are required to sit for an entrance exam
conducted by the university. All the above programs are self financed courses.

Eligibility for Entrance Exam

Candidates who wish to appear for the entrance exam are required to have passed their
HSC examination with Biology or Botany and Zoology, Physics and Chemistry as main
subjects. Prospective candidates who will be appearing for their HSC or equivalent
qualifying examinations are also eligible to apply for the entrance examination for that
current year.

Entrance Exam Criteria

The entrance exam is conducted for 100 marks. Candidates have to further sit for the
qualifying exam and the interview round conducted by the university. Admission to the
various programs are done solely based on the marks obtained in the examinations and
the interviews. The entrance exam includes 2 papers. The first paper includes the subjects
of Botany and Zoology while the second paper includes Physics and Chemistry. The
entrance exam questions are based on the syllabus of the second year of the Tamil Nadu
HSC course.