MBBS admissions draw to a close, finally

TNN | Updated: Sep 7, 2017, 23:54 IST

Chennai: After eight months of battle against NEET-based admission for MBBS courses, all medical colleges in Tamil Nadu formally closed admissions on Thursday with last minute rush to pay fees in deemed universities across the state.

While admission to government and self-financing medical colleges ended on September 4, admissions to Deemed universities ended on Thursday with almost all seats taken.

Last month nearly 80% of the seats in eight deemed universities of the state, that charge up to Rs 23 lakh per year, were vacant after two rounds of online counselling and a mop-up round by the Directorate General of Health Services. The Supreme Court then permitted the universities to fill in the seats using NEET-based rank list drawn up by the central agency.

Parents of students from state including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat rushed to apply to private universities in the state. Some students from within the state who were not allotted seats through the single window counselling conducted by the state government were also given seats. "We have completed admissions and we are opening college on Friday with a white coat ceremony. Students will be welcomed by the faculty members with a white coat," said Saveetha Medical College dean Dr T Gunasagaran.

While the SRM Medical College will open on Monday, the new batch of students who joined Sri Ramachandra University will start college, which opened on August 21, from Friday.