NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023: Dates, Application Form, Exam Syllabus, Result, Counselling

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Exam Notification will be released in April 2023. This exam is conducted for Ph.D., Super Speciality, Postdoctoral and Postgraduate and in July 2023 for B.Sc Courses. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences is the conducting body. Each year, the authority organizes this entrance exam at the national level for offering admission to the courses like PhD, Post Doctoral, Superspeciality, Post Graduate, PG Diploma Courses; DCNT / CCNT / DPN / DNN and B.Sc. The exam will be held online and it includes multiple-choice questions. Read the whole article to know more details about NIMHANS Entrance Test 2023.

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Status

Entrance exam status	Notification soon
Application form	To be released

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Dates

Candidates can check the tentative dates for the NIMHANS Entrance exam in the below-given table.

Session 1:

Event	Session 1
Release of advertisement	06 April 2023
Online Applications start	06 April 2023
Online Applications end	25 April 2023
Last date for editing details in NIMHANS application form	25 April 2023
Last date for printing your application	25 April 2023
Date for Online Fee Payment	05 – 25 April 2023
Admit Card for UG Courses	to be announced
Admit Card for PG Courses	to be announced
Exam Date (Ph.D., Super Speciality, Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Courses)	12, 13 & 14 May 2023
Exam Date (B.Sc courses)	18 July 2023
Result (Ph.D., Super Speciality, Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Courses)	24 May 2023
Result (B.Sc. courses)	02 August 2023
Interview for Ph.D.	28 – 29 May 2023
Admission Date for Ph.D., Super Speciality, Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Courses	01 & 02 Jun 2023
Admission Date for B.Sc. and Diploma Courses	28 July 2023
Course Commencement for (Ph.D., Super Speciality, Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Courses)	01 July 2023
Course Commencement (B.Sc Course)	02 August 2023

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Application Form

The Interested and Eligible candidates can obtain the NIMHANS Application forms for all the courses through online mode only via visiting the NIMHANS official website. It should be noted that candidates have to be filled and submitted via online mode. No other mode will be entertained excepted online. The candidates who are Eligible or come under the Eligibility criteria can apply for a maximum of three courses only.

The Online application form of NIMHANS involves the following process:

• Online Registration
• Subscription
• Entering basic details
• Eligibility details
• Uploading of photograph, signature and documents
• Preview
• Application fee payment
• Print of application

The candidates need to submit their application, apart from an online application through proper channel and they should also appear for the Common Entrance Test. Such candidates have to produce the sponsorship certificate in the prescribed format and must upload it along with the online application.

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Application Fee

Candidates can pay the fee through Debit/Credit cards online.

Category	For PG Courses	For UG Courses
General/OBC/Foreign Applicants	Rs. 1500 (Per Course)	Rs. 1,000 (Per Course)
SC/ST Category	Rs. 1,000 (Per Course)	Rs. 750 (Per Course)
PwD Category	No Application fee	No Application Fee

 

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Question Format

The entrance examination is conducted through online mode and it contains of multiple choice objective type questions (MCQ).

• There will be 100 MCQ type questions. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for an incorrect answer.
• Mode of Exam – Online mode.
• Type of Questions – Multiple Choice Questions.
• Duration of Exam – 90 min.
• Negative Marks – 0.25 will be deducted for wrong answer and no marks will be deducted for unanswered questions.
• NIMHANS is an online objective pattern PG Entrance Exam conducted for admission to direct M.Ch. Neurosurgery/DM Neurology and MD Psychiatry courses.
• For all these courses a common entrance exam is conducted and a separate Merit list is published for every course.
• The exam is conducted twice a year – for the January and the July session.

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must satisfy the required eligibility criteria before applying for the exam. The information is given below about eligibility criteria.

Educational Qualification:

Courses	Required Education
DM Degree in Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology	Should have done three years MD/DNB courses in Radiodiagnosis
DM Degree in Neurology	Should have done five years post-MBBS degree or three years Post MD/DNB in Internal (General) Medicine or Paediatrics
DM Degree in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry/ Addiction Psychiatry/ Geriatric Psychiatry	Three years MD/DNB course in Psychiatry
DM Degree in Neuroanaesthesia	Three years MD/DNB course in Anaesthesia
DM Degree in Neuropathology	Three years MD/DNB course in Pathology
M.Ch. Degree in Neurosurgery	Should have done five years post-MBBS degree or three years Post MD/DNB in General Surgery
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	MD/DNB course in Psychiatry
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuroanaesthesia	MD/DNB course in Anaesthesia
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neurocritical Care	Should have done MD/DNB in Anaesthesia/ DM in Neuro anaesthesia/ DNB in Neurosurgery /MD in Internal Medicine/ DM/DNB in Neurology or M.Ch.

Age limit

• For PG Medical and Super speciality programmes, the age of candidates should not be more than 32 years (for MBBS degree holders) and 35 (for PG Medical degree holders).
  There will be a relaxation of 5 years (in the case of SC/ST) and 3 years (OBC candidates) in upper age limit.
• In case of sponsored/deputed candidates, the age should not be more than 45 years as on the date of commencement of courses.
• Employees of NIMHANS, who are interested or willing to apply for PhD, before registering for PhD should have at least 10 years of service.

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Admit Card

Admit card of NIMHANS will only be available online at the official website. Eligible candidates who applied for the exam can download the NIMHANS 2023 admit card by putting their application number and password in the required fields. Admit Card will not be sent via post individually.

 On exam day, candidates need to carry the hall ticket as a print copy. It is not issued via post or any other medium. The admit card is issued separately for session 1 and session 2. The admit card will consist of information like test centre address and name, test date, reporting time, and other important instructions.

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Result

Candidates may check the details regarding the NIMHANS Result 2023 given below.

• The result will be released on the official website. Students can check their result online.
• The result will be released after a few days of the examination. It is declared in the form of a selection list and in PDF form for each admission session – 1 and 2.
• After the declaration of the result, Ph.D. candidates have to appear for an interview while shortlisted candidates for other courses have to appear for document verification.

In the case of Tie Breaking

In case of two or more candidate secure the same marks, the following point will be taken under consideration:

• No. of an attempt by the candidate in the exam.
• If No. of attempt is the same, then the candidate scoring higher marks in the exam will be considered.
• If marks remain the same the age will be considered, the candidate who is older in age shall be considered.
• If the candidate has the same date of birth, then-candidate with a lesser number of negative marks will be considered.

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Selection Criteria

Mode of Selection:  National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences selection criteria for PG courses is Online Entrance Test + Verification of Original Certificates on the day of admission. Candidates can take the review of all the courses selection criteria from below.

Name of Course	Mode of Selection
P.hD	Online Entrance Test (50%) + Interview (50%).
DM	Online Entrance Test with min (50%) + Verification of Original Certificates on the day of admission.
M.Ch
Post Doctoral Fellowship Courses	Online Entrance Test
Fellowship Courses	Online Entrance Test (UR/OBC- 50% & SC/ST- 45%) + Verification of Original Certificates on the day of admission
MD in Psychiatry Course
Master of Public Health
M.Phil
M.Sc
PG Diploma
Diploma
UG Courses

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Seat Matrix

The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences courses and seat matrix is given below:

Doctorate in Medicine (DM)

• Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology: 04 Seats (01 seats for sponsored)
• Neurology: 10 seats
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: 04 Seats (02 seats for sponsored)
• Addiction Psychiatry: 02 Seats
• Neuroanaesthesia: 04 Seats
• Neuropathology: 02 Seats (01 seats for sponsored)
• Geriatric Psychiatry: 02 Seats

Mch

• Neurosurgery: 06 seats

MD

• Psychiatry: 37 Seats

1. i) 21 seats – All India selection
2. ii) 08 seats – Domiciles of Karnataka

iii) 06 seats – Candidates from Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & Uttarakhand domicile only

1. iv) 02 seats – Sponsored candidates of which one seat is for the domicile of Karnataka, if sponsored candidates are not available, the seats will go to the general pool, Decided not necessarily state-wise but solely on overall Merit.

• Neurology: 4 seats
• Neurosurgery: 4 seats

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2021 Important Links

Candidates can download NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2021 Notification Pdf

NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 Highlights

Exam Name	NIMHANS Entrance Exam 2023 or National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Entrance Exam
Conducting body	National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Level of exam	National level
Frequency	Twice a year
Official website	https://nimhans.ac.in/

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