Last Updated on August 21, 2023 by Sidharth PS
Have you passed the 12th standard? Are you all set to pursue a BDS course after the 12th? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, I’ve compiled a list of the best BDS colleges in Himachal Pradesh. Here, readers will find the following details – list of BDS colleges in HP, their address, type of college (government or private), admission process, number of seats available, and PG courses.
BDS stands for Bachelor of Dental Surgery. It is an undergraduate-level course. It is a Bachelor’s Degree course. Candidates who have passed 12th Science with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects are eligible to pursue this course.
Candidates interested in applying for BDS admission will benefit from this post. Come, let us check out the list of colleges now. Here it is –
Best Dental Colleges & Seats in Himachal Pradesh
Name of the college |
Type of college |
BDS seats |
|---|---|---|
| HP Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | Government | 75 |
| Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh | Private | 60 |
| Himachal Dental College, Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh | Private | 60 |
| Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonya Sahib, Himachal Pradesh | Private | 100 |
| MN DAV Dental College and Hospital, Solan, Himachal Pradesh | Private | 60 |
Here is everything you need to know about the admission process –
BDS Admission in Himachal Pradesh
Only academically eligible candidates are supposed to apply for BDS admission. If candidates who are not academically eligible apply for BDS admission, their application will get rejected. First of all, let us make sure whether you are eligible to pursue this course or not.
Candidates who have passed 12th Science with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects (PCB or Biology group) are eligible to apply for BDS admission. If you satisfy this requirement, you may check out the rest of the admission process.
Depending upon the type of college, the BDS admission process may vary from one college to another. Broadly speaking, there exist two main types of dental colleges – government colleges and private colleges.
All government colleges and reputed private dental colleges follow merit based admission process. Under the merit-based admission process, seats are allotted among eligible and deserving candidates on the basis of their performance in the relevant entrance exam (like NEET).
In other words, the entrance examination facilitates the admission process. A merit list is prepared on the basis of marks secured by candidates in the relevant entrance exam. This merit list is used to allot seats among deserving candidates.
Another mode of admission is – the donation-based admission process. Many private colleges have few seats reserved under the management quota. These management quota seats are later allotted to eligible candidates under the donation-based admission process.
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