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2. MEDICAL COURSES
2.1 MBBS
Description of Course
The MBBS course is of four and a half years duration 
and is followed by one year of Compulsory Rotating
Residential Internship. The course begins with a 
short foundation course sensitizing students to the 
health situation in India, the role of doctors in the 
community and basic principles of Communication & 
Ethics. The undergraduate course in medicine
comprises of three phases as per the Competency 
based Undergraduate Curriculum. This consists of
three phases. Phase I or the Pre-Clinical phase is of 13 
months and is preceded by a one month foundation 
course. This phase comprises of the basic sciences, 
Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, as well as an 
introduction to Community Medicine, Humanities 
and Professional Development. Clinical rotations 
begin after Phase I. At the end of Phase II or the Para-
clinical phase (12 months) students will be assessed on 
t h e s u b j e c t s P h a r m a c o l o g y , Pa t h o l o g y a n d
Microbiology. At the end of Phase III part I (13 months) 
students will be assessed on Forensic Medicine, 
Community Medicine, Ophthalmology and Oto-
rhinolaryngology. Phase III Part II (13 months) 
includes Medicine and allied specialities, Surgery and 
allied specialities, Child Health and Obstetrics & 
Gynaecology. A block posting in Community Health 
is an integral part of each stage. Posting in mission 
hospitals and secondary care centres is a unique 
feature of medical education. The internship lasting 
for 12 months comprises of postings in Community 
H e a l t h , M e d i c i n e , S u r g e r y , O b s t e t r i c s &
G y n a e c o l o g y , C h i l d H e a l t h , O r t h o p a e d i c s ,
Emergency Medicine and short electives in various 
specialties. All these are as per the guidelines of the 
National Medical Commission.
Eligibility for Admission
Candidates should have passed the qualifying 
examination equivalent to 10+2 Higher Secondary 
period of 12 years of study, the last two years of study 
comprising of Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio- 
technology with English. A candidate for admission to

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Christian Medical College, Vellore
the medical course must have passed in the subjects of 
Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and 
English individually and must have obtained a 
minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, 
Chemistry and Biology (or Botany and Zoology taken 
together)/Bio- technology at the qualifying exam. 
(40% aggregate for BC, MBC, SC/ST candidates). This 
is as per TN Government and Dr. M.G.R Medical 
University guidelines. All rules are subject to change 
as per State & University guidelines. Please refer to 
the latest regulations on the Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R 
M e d i c a l U n i v e r s i t y w e b s i t e
h p : / / w w w . 
tnmgrmu.ac.in/).
Candidates should have passed in all subjects of the 
qualifying examination of the Higher Secondary 
Certificate Examination (Academic) conducted by the 
Tamil Nadu State Board or any other equivalent 
examination in one and the same a empt in the 
subjects.
Candidates should have completed the age of 17 years 
at the time of admission or should complete the said 
age on or before 31st December of the said year. Please 
check the admission page on the CMC website for 
updated information.
Basis of Admission
The Admission process will be as described in the 
current year admission bulletin.
The number of candidates for the MBBS course shall 
be 100 per year and the distribution of seats will be as 
follows:
a. All India Open Category - 16 seats.
(i) One candidate will be selected by the Government 
of India (separate requests for obtaining prescribed 
applications are to be addressed to the authorities as 
indicated in Annexure - II of the bulletin).
(ii) Twenty percent (3 seats) of the open seats shall be 
reserved for candidates belonging to Scheduled 
Caste/Tribes (SC/ST). Please refer to the Admission 
bulletin 2022 for details.
b. Minority Network Category & CMC Vellore Staff 
quota - 84 seats
Up to 84 seats will be reserved for the Minority
Network Category & CMC Vellore Staff quota (See 
Section 1.14 for further details on Recommendation to 
the Minority Network Category). Please keep 
checking the admission page on the CMC website for 
updated information.
Registration for Admission
Those finally selected for admission will be required 
to register for the course by paying the tuition fee and 
completing other admission formalities. Students 
should submit their certificates in ORIGINAL. 
Admission to the MBBS degree course will continue 
to be provisional until approval by the Tamil Nadu Dr 
M.G.R. Medical University.

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Prospectus 2022-2023