Exam : Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Entrance Exam 2009

Applications are invited for admission to MBBS Course at Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, commencing from 01 August 2009. Total 130 candidates (including a maximum of 25 girls) will be selected.

AFMC Entrance Exam Date:
Date of Written Examination (AFMC 2009): 03 May 2009

AFMC 2009 Eligibility:
A candidate seeking admission to the MBBS course is eligible to take the entrance examination if he/she fulfills the following criteria:

• A candidate should be a citizen of India or be a subject of Nepal or Bhutan or a person of Indian origin migrated from Pakistan or any other foreign country with the intention of permanently settling in India.
• Must be unmarried. Marrying during the course is not permitted.
• Should be medically fit as per prescribed standards by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence
• Must have attained the age of 17yrs on 31st December of the year of application, but must not have attained the age of 22 years on that date(Not more than 24 years in case of candidates who have passed or are appearing in final B Sc examinations).

AFMC Academic Qualifications:

Candidate must have passed all the subjects opted for in the first attempt of the qualifying examinations as a regular candidate with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken simultaneously and securing not less than 60% of the aggregate marks in these 3 science subjects taken together and not less than 50% marks in English and 50% marks in each of the science subjects. They must have also passed an examination in Mathematics of the 10th standard.

Service Liability:

Students have compulsory liability to serve as Commisioned Officers in the Armed Forces Medical Services. The offer of the type of commission will depend on the vacancies available. The candidates' parents/guardians are required to sign a bond agreement at the time of admission.

Number of Seats: A total of 130 students (105 boys & 25 girls) will be admitted.

AFMC 2009 Selection Procedure:

• Candidates who are found provisionally eligible as per the criteria of eligibility, will be called at one of the examination centres to appear in the competitive examination on 1st Sunday of May. Issue of admit cards. however does not necessarily mean acceptance of eligibility which will be further scrutinized at subsequent stages of selection.
  
• The written examination centre will be allotted to candidates depending upon the administrative arrangements for the examination and availability of adequate seating capacity
  
• The Roll Number of the candidates who qualify for interview based on the above written examination will be published in the leading newspapers
  
• The college/DGAFMS take no responsibility for any error or omission in the roll numbers published in the newspapers.

AFMC 2009 Syllabus: The general standard of the entrance examination will be that of 11th and 12th class under the 10+2 scheme/pre-medical/intermediate science or an equivalent examination of the State Education Board/Indian University

Interview of Candidate:

• On the basis of their performance in the written examination selected candidates in order of roll numbers will be called for an interview to be held in the month of June at AFMC, PUNE.
• The exact date of the above interview will be intimidated to the selected candidates. Request for change of date of interview will NOT be entertained. The candidates will be required to produce originals of all certificates/mark sheets at the time of interview. All candidates will produce result or proof of having appeared in the qualifying examination held, at the time of interview (if the result of such examination has not been declared).
• On the basis of the above test and interview two merit lists, one for boys and one for girls, will be drawn up and admissions will be offered only to candidates in accordance with their merit position. Individual letters of admission will be sent only to selected candidates who would be required to join AFMC. The remaining candidates will be on waiting list. The result will be published by the DGAFMS in the newspapers.

SC/ST Candidates:

Ten seats are reserved for SC/ST candidates provided : The SC/ST candidates must qualify in the written examination and come within the zone to be called up for interview. They must come within the first 500 in the final combined merit list of boys and girls.

AFMC 2009 Medical Standards:

1. The candidate must be in good physical and mental health and free from any disability likely to interfere with the efficient performance of duty in the Armed Forces.
2. Medical examination will be done by a Board of Officers at AFMC Pune, prior to admission to the College. Medical Board will categorize as Fit and Unfit, in accordance with the prescribed standards. Candidates declared as UNFIT are entitled to appeal on payment of a fee of Rs. 40/-. The procedure will be intimated to the concerned candidates by the President of the Medical Board.

AFMC 2009 Visual Standards:

Minimum color vision standard should be CP-3 (Defective Safe).

Hearing Standard:

The candidate should be able to hear a forced whisper with each ear separately at a distance of 20 feet.

AFMC 2009 Application Form:

Application form and prospectus for MBBS Course commencing from 01 August 2009 can be obtained from selected General post offices / Head Post offices of major cities all over the country from 22 December 2009 to 28 Jan 2009.

Written Examination will be conducted on 03 May 2009. Total 130 candidates (including a maximum of 25 girls) will be selected for course.

AFMC 2009 Important Dates: Date of Written Examination: 03 May 2009

Results of Written Exam: The result will be published by the DGAFMS in the newspapers.

For further details contact:

Admission Cell
Tel No: 020 - 2682 0028,
Fax no: 020 - 2687 4759

OR

Officer-in-Charge (Admission Cell),
Armed Forces Medical College,
Sholapur Road,
Pune - 411040

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