CBSE AIPMT 2008 Entrance Test & Admission Notice

Applications are invited in the prescribed form for All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Examination (AIPMT) 2008 to be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi as per the following schedule for admission to 15% of the total seats for Medical/Dental Courses in all Medical/Dental colleges run by the Union of India, State Governments, Municipal or other local authorities in India except in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir :-

1. AIPMT 2008 Preliminary Examination - 6th April, 2008 (Sunday)
2. AIPMT 2008 Final Examination - 11th May , 2008 (Sunday)

AIPMT 2008 Important Dates:

Sale of AIPMT 2008 Information Bulletin from Canara Bank/ Regional Offices,CBSE
16.10.2007 to 26.11.2007

Sale of Information Bulletin by Post ,CBSE, AIPMT Unit
17.10.2007 to 15.11.2007

Online Submission of Application Forms
16.10.2007 (10.00 AM) to
26.11.2007(5.00 PM)

Last Date of Receipt of Both Offline and Online Application Forms at CBSE
28.11.2007

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: ( i) He/She has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the year of his/her admission to the 1st year M.B.B.S./DENTAL Course and is an INDIAN NATIONAL.

(ii) The upper age limit for All India Pre-Medical /Pre-Dental Entrance Examination is 25 years as on 31stDecember of the year of the entrance examination. Further provided that this upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of 5 (five) years for the candidates of Scheduled Castes/Schedule Tribes/Other Backward Classes.

(iii) The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination shall be limited to 3 (three) uniformly for all the candidates.

1. The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the qualifying examination. In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in qualifying examination be 40% instead of 50% for General Candidates. Those who are taking plus two examination in 2008 can also appear for the entrance test provisionally subject to their fulfilling the conditions later.

A candidate can apply for the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination in the following two ways:-

Offline
Offline submission of Application Form may be made on the prescribed Application Form. The Information Bulletin and Application Form costing Rs.400/- for General Category candidates and Rs.200/- for SC/ST candidates inclusive of examination fee can be obtained against Cash Payment from any of the following branches of Canara Bank/ Regional Offices of the CBSE between 16-10-2007 to 26-11-2007. The details of Banks can also be seen in our Admission Notice which is available on CBSE website www.cbse.nic.in. List of Canara Bank Branches for collecting AIPMT 2008 Application Forms

Online
Online submission of application may be made by accessing the Board’s website www.cbse.nic.in from 16.10.2007 (10.00 AM) to 26.11.2007 (5.00 PM). Candidates are required to take a print of the Online Application after successful submission of data. The print out of the computer generated application, complete in all respect as applicable for Offline submission should be sent to the Deputy Secretary (AIPMT), Central Board of Secondary Education, Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 301 by Speed Post/Registered Post only. Candidate should pay the examination fee Rupees 400/- for General Category and Rupees 200/- for SC/ST Category through a Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi drawn on any nationalized bank payable at Delhi. Instructions for Online submission of Application Form will be made available on the website www.cbse.nic.in.

BY POST
The AIPMT Information Bulletin and Application Form can also be obtained by Speed Post/Registered Post by sending a written request with a Bank Draft/Demand Draft for Rs.450/- for General Category and Rs.250/- for SC/ST Category payable to the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi along with a Self Addressed Envelope of size 12” x 10”. The request must reach the Deputy Secretary (AIPMT), CBSE, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110 301 on or before 15-11-2007. Request received thereafter will not be entertained. The request should be super scribed as “Request for Information Bulletin and Application Form for AIPMT, 2008”.

IMPORTANT!
- Candidates must obtain Application Forms from the designated branches of Canara Bank and Regional Offices of CBSE only in cash. Application Form obtained from an unauthorized source will be REJECTED.

- Completed Application Form is to be despatched by Registered Post/Speed Post only.

- Last Date for receipt of completed Application Forms for both Offline and Online in CBSE is 28-11-2007.

• Applications received after 28-11-2007 will not be accepted irrespective of the date of booking.

• Detailed information is available on Board’s website www.cbse.nic.in .