Notification for AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013 has just come out on 25th February for admissions to the MBBS program of the numero uno medical college in India : the AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences). As per the notification, submission of online form has already began and the last date to submit form for AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013 is 24th March 2013. The written exam would be conducted on 1st June, 2013.
You can click here to download the AIIMS MBBS 2013 Notification-cum-Prospectus.
This blog post encapsulates the above AIIMS exam notification by touching upon the important points on Eligibility and Form submission process to help you apply for the same. In another blog post titled: AIIMS MBBS entrance exam pattern, papers & books I would provide you the prep materials for AIIMS MBBS entrance test.
Let me begin this by giving you a good news first: the number of MBBS seats through AIIMS entrance exam has been enhanced from last year - this is due to the six new AIIMS like institutions which has come up in Bhopal, Patna, Jodhpur, Rishikesh, Raipur and Bhubaneswar. While the number of seats in these new AIIMS like institutions was only 50 last year, from this year i.e. from AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013 onward the number of seats would be 100 per institute. Thus total number of MBBS seats on offer through AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013 would be 672 (AIIMS seat= 72, seats in AIIMS like institutions= 6x100).
Compare this with number of seats through AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2011- there were only 72 seats!
If that was a good news, 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 – I do not have the recent statistics but till 2011 (when the new institutes were not there), 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 NEET-UG (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Under Graduate). Because the exam pattern of NEET-UG & AIIMS is very similar.
More about NEET-UG can be found in my previous blog post titled: NEET UG Exam Pattern Sample Papers Books.
Number of AIIMS MBBS seats through AIIMS MBBS 2013:
As said before, there are a total of 72 seats in AIIMS with category-wise break-up as below:
General: 37, SC: 11, ST: 5, OBC: 19, Foreign Nationals: 1.
There are 600 more seats (100 per institute) in the six new AIIMS like institutions with same category-wise reservation i.e. 7.5% ST, 15% SC and 27% OBC). With this number of seats per institute should be:
General: 52, SC: 15, ST: 7, OBC: 26.
AIIMS MBBS Entrance Test 2013 Important dates:
Last date for submission AIIMS 2013 Online Form: 24th March, 2013 (upto 5:00 PM).
Date for downloading AIIMS 2013 Admit Cards: 16th May, 2013
Date of AIIMS 2013 written exam: 1st June, 2013 (Saturday) (10.00 AM to 1.30 PM)
Date of AIIMS 2013 result: 1st July, 2013
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, 2013.
(DOB on or after 2nd January, 1997 are NOT eligible to apply.)
Class-XII students appearing in Final year exam can also apply but they have to produce the proof of obtaining the minimum qualification as given above within 7 days from the date of declaration of result of AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013.
AIIMS MBBS Eligibility (Foreign nationals):
Minimum 50% marks aggregate with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Intermediate Science or an equivalent examination.
AIIMS Entrance Exam Application Fee:
There are two ways to pay the AIIMS 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 want to pay fee offline at any Branch of State Bank of India.through challan, you have to register and complete Step-1 & Step-2 and generate the SBI Bank Challan in Step-3 as given in page-25 of the notification.
AIIMS MBBS 2013 Online form:
You can apply for AIIMS MBBS entrance exam only online. There is no offline application form.
How to apply for AIIMS entrance has been given very clearly in section "6:2 APPENDIX-III Important Instructions for Applicants Filling M.B.B.S-2013 Online Application Form" from page 18 onwards. But you should also go through section "6:1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS" in page: 15 as it contains info like your photo must be snapped on or after 01-02-2013.
If you have gone through the instructions in the AIIMS MBBS 2013 Prospectus carefully, please click here to find the Online form for AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013.
Download AIIMS MBBS Entrance 2013 Admit Card:
The status of your application will be available in this AIIMS website from 16th May, 2013 onwards. You can also download your admit card for AIIMS MBBS 2013 from the same website.
If the status of your Application Registration No./ Admit Card is not available on the website, you should immediately write to the Asstt. Controller of Examinations, AIIMS, New Delhi -110 029 along with full particulars of the Registration of the application form.
Hope with above information you can apply confidently for AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam 2013. My next blog post AIIMS MBBS entrance exam Pattern, Papers & Books would give you the AIIMS entrance study materials for preparation of the exam. So please check that post!