(Notification) COMEDK PGET - 2016

About PGET:

COMEDK is the “Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka”.

COMEDK's objective is to provide assessment services its affiliate institutions to determine the merit of students in an effective, fair and transparent testing procedure.

COMEDK PGET is a Post Graduate Medical and Dental Entrance Exam conducted by COMEDK. Through COMEDK PGET Exam ,medical and dental students can apply to PG medical education institutes in Karnataka which are part of COMEDK. Key Statistics on COMEDK Institutions

Number of PG Medical Colleges - 12 Institutions Offerings MD / MS Admissions
Number of PG Dental Colleges - 19 Institutions Offering MDS Admissions
Aggregate Number of PG Seats - 600 + Seats

Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates from all over the country can appear for the said entrance examination. The eligibility criteria for Post Graduate Degree / Diploma programs have been as published by COMEDK in its Notification dated 15.09.2015 and reiterated in this brochure notified on 09-11-2015 on its website www.comedk.org which are reproduced as under:-

A. Applicants must meet all the requirements stipulated by MCI / DCI from time to time

B. They should have successfully passed their MBBS / BDS from an Institution recognized by MCI / DCI.

C. They must have completed or be completing their internship by 30th April 2016 at the latest

D. The minimum percentage of marks in the COMEDK PGET – 2016 shall be 50% for General Merit candidates and 40% for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe (All India) and Other Backward Classes belonging to Karnataka State.

E. They should have obtained permanent registration with the MCI / DCI or any of the State Medical / Dental Council.

Candidates who are unacceptable:

1) Candidates already holding a PG Degree in any specialty.

2) Candidates who are pursuing a PG Degree / Diploma in any clinical specialty after securing the seat through COMEDK in the earlier years.

3) Candidates having selected a seat earlier through COMEDK and failed to join the college so selected or failed to surrender the said seat at the COMEDK level or having joined the college failed to pursue the course.

4) Candidates who have been debarred by COMEDK during the previous years for any examination malpractice

Test Scheme:

1) The scope of the syllabi for the Post Graduate Medical / Dental entrance test is based on the M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. syllabus as prescribed by MCI / DCI respectively.

2) There will be one separate test for PG Medical and another separate test for PG Dental Courses. Each test will have 180 Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs).

3) The test comprises of two sections in each streams:

A. Medical Stream

a. Section I : Direct MCQ’s – 120 questions of 1 mark each
b. Section II : Clinical vignettes linked MCQs– 60 question of 1 mark each

B. Dental Stream

a. Section I : Direct MCQ’s – 148 questions of 1 mark each
b. Section II : Clinical vignettes linked MCQs– 32 question of 1 mark each

4) The test will be held on the mentioned time and date in all the test centres simultaneously and the time allotted for the test is 180 minutes (3 hours). The test will begin at 10:00 AM and end at 01:00 PM.

Application Fee:

Payment details: The fee for COMEDK PGET 2016 is Rs. 3000/- and the same will not be refunded due to any reason.

Pay the application fee online through Net Banking, Credit Card and Debit Card or Offline Payment through Bank Challan at any branch of Axis Bank.

Exam Centres:

How to Apply:

Guidelines for filling the Online Application Form

1) The candidates should note that the details filled up by them at the time of Registration will be available as a static content only and the same cannot be edited during the subsequent process

2) For photo uploading the following procedure shall be adopted:

a) Photograph must be a recent (not more than three months) colour with light background. The same image / photo should be used for all the subsequent processes such as in the Test Admission Ticket and the one used at time of counselling
b) The face should occupy about 50% of the area and with a full face view looking into the camera directly. The main features of the face must not be covered by hair of the head, any cloth or any shadow. Forehead, Eyes, Nose and Chin should be clearly visible
c) The photograph should be in .JPEG image format
d) The photograph should be in JPEG image format.
e) The Scan image should be less than 80 kb and should be of 30mm*45mm dimension.

3) For signature uploading the following procedure shall be adhered to: Signature must be done by the candidate himself/herself in a white paper with a black pen. (This image will be referred at later stages of admission process). Dimensions should be 35 x 80 mm and Maximum file size should be 80 kb. The image should be of .jpg or .jpeg format