COMEDK Medicine

COMEDK stands for "Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka” and was formed by the Karnataka Private Medical & Dental Colleges Association and the Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association in a bid to offer an effective, fair and objective testing procedure to determine merit of students seeking admissions to the Member Institutions.

COMEDK is responsible for organising a Common Entrance Test for the academic year 2011-2012, for candidates aspiring to pursue under graduate courses in Medical, Dental and Engineering Colleges in Karnataka in member institutions of the Consortium (Medical, Dental and Engineering Colleges).

COMEDK UGET-2011 will have the following papers:

• Combined paper for Physics and Chemistry: Compulsory for all the candidates appearing for COMEDK UGET-2011
• Mathematics : Compulsory for engineering aspirants
• Biology : Compulsory for MBBS/BDS aspirants

The single test combining Physics and Chemistry subjects will have a total of 120 questions: 60 questions in Physics and 60 questions in Chemistry. The test duration for combined paper is 120 minutes, and is compulsory for all candidates seeking admissions to M.B.B.S., BDS and B.E courses.

The Mathematics and Biology tests will be held on the same day in the afternoon, though separately, with each subject having 60 questions with duration of 60 minutes. Candidates are free to choose any one or both the subjects. Mathematics Test will be conducted first followed by Biology test. Candidates are required to mark their answers on an OMR sheet (Optical Mark Reader). Every correct answer will earn 1 mark. Multiple marking on one answer will not receive any marks. There won’t be any negative marking.

MBBS / BDS:

Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination (higher secondary or equivalent examination) that is recognized by State / Central Government and should have had Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) with English as compulsory subjects in the last 2 years of their studies. As per the Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI) norms the students should have passed each of  these subjects individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% of marks taken together in PCB. The students must also secure at least 50% marks in PCB in the Common Entrance Test (COMEDK UGET-2011). For SC, ST candidates of All India and OBC Candidates of Karnataka, the same rules apply except that they need to obtain a minimum of 40% of marks taken together in PCB and secure at least 40% in PCB in the Common Entrance Test (COMEDK UGET-2011).

The student should also have completed 17 years of age on or before 31st December of the year of admission to the MBBS/BDS course.

Lakhs of students appear for the pre-medical/dental and engineering examinations and the numbers have only increased over the years. Some preparation tips for aspiring doctors/dentists/engineers/architects:

• Your NCERT books are your Bible. Clear your fundamentals through them before picking up any additional books. In fact, most of the questions in the preliminary and final exams are prepared from the NCERT text books
• Once you are well-versed with your text books, start building up your knowledge with books like Objective Biology by Dinesh, Arihant Objective Approach to Physics Vol II , Pradeep Objective Chemistry by  SN Dhawan, SC Kheterpal and PN Kapil etc.
• It is advisable to start your preparations right from class XIth. Join a good coaching institute if you feel you need an external source to instill discipline and to be a part of a good study group against whom you can constantly assess yourself. Also, the mock tests conducted by such institutes are a big help in building up confidence and setting the pace for the actual exam.
• Devote a good number of hours for regular and daily studies and revision. Align your biological clock in such a way that you take simulated/mock tests around the same time as the actual exam would take place i.e. between 10am to 1pm.

Unaided, private Medical, Dental and Engineering colleges which are members of COMEDK, across the State of Karnataka, offer various courses in Medical, Dental or Engineering studies at Under-Graduate level. The courses offered at the Under-Graduate level include MBBS, BDS or B.E programs. Colleges have indicated their willingness to make admission to their Under Graduate courses based on merit in the Common Entrance Test organized by COMEDK (COMEDK UGET-2011).

Start Date of Online Application: 19^th Mar 2011

COMEDK UGET 2011 Date: 8^th May 2011

Results: 25^th May 2011

First round of counseling tentatively will be held in the month of July 2011.

Second round of counseling tentatively will be held in the month of Aug 2011.

The COMEDK website http://www.comedk.org is updated regularly. Please visit it for updated information.