PGIMER Exam, Chandigarh

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Entrance Examination is conducted by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. The purpose of this exam is to enroll the candidates in various MD/MS, DM/MCH, and MDS courses. The PGIMER Exam 2024 is conducted twice a year at the National Level. The entrance exam is conducted once in January and the other is in the month of July. The aspirants who want to appear for the PGIMER exam must have to fill out the application form on time.

PGIMER Exam:

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research offers so many career opportunities that medical students consider necessary for their career growth. PGIMER career option includes:

PGIMER Ophthalmologist
Research Scientist DPD Biopharmaceutics
Medical Officer
Laboratory Executive

New changes Introduced in PGIMER:

PGIMER, Chandigarh has introduced several new changes in the PGIMER Exam 2024. All the changes are given below. Have a look.

The Exam Authority has released the exam dates along with its official notification.
The PGIMER Exam 2024 will now be conducted through the online CBT mode. Before 2024, the PGIMER entrance exam was conducted offline mode.
There is an increment in the fee of application of the PGIMER, Chandigarh. The fee for the reserved category candidates is INR 1200 and the other category registration fee is INR 1500.
The mode of the registration fee has also changed from offline mode to online mode. Now, aspirants can pay the fee by debit/ credit card/ net banking method.

PGIMER Entrance Exam 2024: Highlights

Conducting Body	Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
Course Offered	DM, M.Ch, MHA, Ph.D., House-Job, M.Sc/M.Sc (MLT), MD/MS
Mode of Exam	Offline
Medium of Exam	English
Duration of Exam	180 minutes
PGIMER Official Website	www.pgimer.edu.in/

PGIMER Exam 2024: Important Dates

Starting of Online Registration Date	January 31, 2024
Closing date of Applications Submission	March 7, 2024
Admit Card Issue date	Not Available
PGIMER Exam Date	Not Available
Declaration of Result	Not Available
1st Counselling	2nd week of May
2nd Counselling	3rd week of May
3rd Counselling	1st week of June

PGIMER Application Form:

One of the most important processes for the candidates to get selected for the topmost college in India is to fill out the PGIMER Registration Form. The PGIMER Online Registration incorporates the general information of the candidates along with their course choices and their preferences that will be recorded in their PGIMER result and based on that details admission will take place. The PGI Exam Application form generally starts in the month of October and ends in the month of November. There is a PGIMER Application Fee that the candidates have to submit at the time of filling out the PGIMER Application Form.

PGIMER Admit Card:

The PGIMER hall ticket is released in the month of November once the application process is successfully completed and has ended. It is very crucial for the candidates to get their PGI Exam Admit Card on time. On a serious note, the candidates without their PGIMER Exam Admit Card will not be allowed to enter and appear for the exam. The PGIMER Hall Ticket conveys the important guidelines as well as some of the basic information regarding the candidate. The candidates can get their PGIMER Admit Card online from the official website of PGIMER.

PGIMER Exam Syllabus:

The PGIMER Syllabus is released on the official website of PGIMER and candidates can download it from there. The PGIMER Entrance Exam Syllabus incorporates various subjects that the candidates have studied in their classes 11th and 12th. The PGIMER syllabus is available in Pdf format for the candidates on the official website of PGIMER. To get the PGIMER Syllabus, candidates can download it in an easy manner from the official web portal of PGIMER. Aspirants can come across the PGIMER syllabus before they prepare for the PGIMER Exam to ensure that they cover all the topics and subjects and also to plan their study accordingly.

PGIMER Exam Result:

The PGI Result is released on the official website of PGIMER in the month of December. All the candidates can get official notifications related to the results on the website of PGIMER. To check the PGIMER Result, candidates have to visit the PGIMER official website and then, do the login by the application id which was provided to them at the time of filling the PGIMER Exam Application Form.

Eligibility Criteria of PGIMER, Chandigarh

PGIMER Eligibility Criteria for DM/M.CH:

Category	Age
General category	40 Years
OBC candidates	42 Years
SC/ST candidates, Ex-Servicemen, and Commissioned Officers including ECO, SSCO who have rendered or released on satisfactory assignment	45 Years
Deputed/Sponsored candidates	No age limit

Eligibility Criteria For PGIMER DM Courses:

Course	Qualification
Addiction Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	MD Psychiatry or equivalent
Cardiac Anesthesia	MD Anesthesiology or equivalent
Cardiology	MD Medicine, MD Pediatrics or equivalent
Clinical Hematology Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Clinical Pharmacology	MD Medicine or equivalent MD Pharmacology or equivalent
Endocrinology	MD Medicine, MD Pediatrics or equivalent
Gastroenterology	MD Medicine or equivalent
Pediatric Gastroenterology	MD Pediatrics
Haematopathology	MD Pathology or equivalent
Hepatology	MD Medicine, MD Pediatrics or equivalent
Histopathology	MD Pathology or equivalent
Nephrology	MD Medicine, MD Pediatrics or equivalent
Neurology	MD Medicine, MD Pediatrics or equivalent
Pediatric Neonatology Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Pediatrics Critical Care Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Pulmonology Medical Genetics and Metabolic Disorders	MD Pediatrics or equivalent
Neuro-anaesthesiology	MD Anesthesiology or equivalent
Neuro-imaging and Interventional Neuroradiology	MD Radiology or equivalent
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine	MD Medicine/Pediatrics/Tuberculosis & Chest/Respiratory Diseases/Thoracic Medicine/ Pulmonary Medicine or equivalent
Trauma Anaesthesia & Acute Care Pediatric Anaesthesia & Intensive Care	MD Anaesthesia or equivalent
Intensive Care	MD in Anaesthesia, MD in Internal Medicine or equivalent

Eligibility Criteria For M.CH Courses in PGIMER, Chandigarh:

Courses	Qualification
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Neurosurgery Pediatrics Surgery	MS Surgery or equivalent
Plastic Surgery	MS Surgery, MS ENT, MS Orthopedics or equivalent
Surgical Gastroenterology Urology	MS Surgery or equivalent
Vetro-retinal surgery	MD/MS Ophthalmology or equivalent
Head & Neck Surgery	MS ENT or MS General Surgery or equivalent
Renal Transplant Surgery	MS General Surgery or equivalent
Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery	MD/MS Ophthalmology or equivalent