ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE (AFMC) ALL INDIA MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

INTRODUCTION

Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune is a premier medical institute of the country acknowledged as a centre of excellence for education and research. The college provides training to under-graduate and post-graduate medical and nursing students with assured career prospects in the defence services. It is affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Science, Nashik and is recognised by the Medical Council of India. The Armed Forces Medical College was formed at Pune on 01 May 1948 by the amalgamation of Army Medical Training Centre, the Army School of Hygiene, the Central Military Pathology Laboratory, the School of Blood Transfusion and Army School of Radiology.

The Armed Forces Medical College aims to provide best quality professional medical care to Armed Forces. It also conducts research in various medical subjects and those features who could affect the performance of the Armed Forces in war. The college plays a vital role in the field of medical science. Admission to Armed Forces Medical College MBBS course is based on an all India entrance test conducted by AFMC every year. The course commences in the month of August. Advertisements for recruitment appear in the leading news papers of the country in the month of December every year.

The intake capacity for MBBS is 130 including 105 boys and 25 girls. After completing MBBS degree, students have compulsory liability to serve minimum seven years as Commissioned Officers in the Armed Forces Medical Services. In order to serve for seven years in the Armed Forces, it is necessary for students parents/guardians to sign a bond agreement at the time of the admission. If the students removed from service liability for any reason, is subject to pay the bond money as per terms and conditions set by Govt. of the India.

The selected candidates will get free accommodation and entitled rations by Govt. of India. The Govt. will also provide subsidized messing, a book subsidy of Rs. 12,000 during whole training period, uniform and maintance allowance Rs. 6,000 and Rs.1250 and AC 3 tier free railway warrant form college to home and home to college during the period of vacations.

ELIGIBILITY

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

(i) 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.
(ii) Must be unmarried. Marrying during the course is not permitted.
(iii) Should be medically fit as per prescribed standards by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence
(iv) Must have attained the age of 17yrs on 31st Dec 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).

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 three 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.

The Following Categories of students are Not eligible to apply:-
(i) Candidates who have passed in Domestic Science, Domestic Arithmetic, Lower Maths Separately or in combination with other subjects like General Science, Social Studies in High School/Higher Secondary (Multi Purpose) or equivalent
(ii) Candidates who have passed only Pre-University/Pre-degree (one years course) or Pre-professional in Agriculture/Veterinary/Dental Examination
(iii) Candidates who have passed the Pre-professional or equivalent examination as private candidates.

ADMISSION

Method of selection

(i) 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.

(ii) The written examination centre will be allotted to candidates depending upon the administrative arrangements for the examination and availability of adequate seating capacity.

(iii) 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.

Examination Pattern

There is no defined syllabus for AFMC-MBBS entrance test. However, the general standard of the entrance examination will be that of 11th and 12th class under the 10+2 scheme/equivalent examinations.

AFMC-MBBS entrance is a single-stage test followed by an interview.
The competitive written test is of an objective type test consisting of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Intelligence, Logic & Reasoning and English Language comprehension.
The question paper consists of 200 objective questions: 50 each of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and 25 each of Intelligence, Logic & Reasoning and English Language comprehension.
All questions are of equal marks.
There is also negative marking for wrong answer.

Interview of Candidate

(i) 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.

(ii) 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).

(iii) 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.

Medical Standard

(i) 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.

(ii) 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.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Prospectus and application forms can be obtained for a requisite amount in cash from the selected Head/Central/Main Post Offices located at the following places:

Agra Cantt HPO, Ahmedabad HPO, Ahmednagar HPO, Aizwal HPO, Allahabad HPO, Ambala Cantt HPO, Aurangabad HPO, Bagdogra HPO, BengaluruGPO, Bareilly HPO, Bathinda HPO, Belgaum HPO, Berhampur HPO, Bhopal HPO, Bhubaneswar HPO, Chandigarh HPO, Chennai GPO, Coimbatore PO, Darbhanga HPO, Dehradun GPO, New Delhi (Gol Dakhkhana) GPO, Delhi (Kamla Nagar) PO, Delhi (Krishna Nagar) HPO, Delhi (Rohini) PO, Delhi (Lodhi Road) HPO, Delhi (Ramesh Nagar) HPO, Dharamsala HPO, Dharwad HPO, Ernakulam HPO, Ferozpur HPO, Guwahati HPO, Gwalior HPO, Hyderabad GPO, Imphal HPO, Indore HPO, Itanagar HPO, Jabalpur HPO, Jaipur HPO, Jalandhar HPO, Jammu HPO, Jhansi HPO, Jodhpur HPO, Jorhat HPO, Kanpur HPO, Kolkata GPO, Kozhikode HPO, Lucknow HPO, Madurai HPO, Meerut HPO, Mumbai GPO, Nagpur, HPO, Pathankot HPO, Panaji HPO, Patna GPO, Pondichery HPO, Port Blair HPO, Pune HPO, Raipur HPO, Rajkot HPO, Ramgarh Cantt HPO Ranchi HPO, Sambalpur HPO, Shillong HPO, Shimla HPO, Siliguri HPO, Srinagar HPO, Surat HPO, Tezpur HPO, Tinsukia HPO, Tirucharapallai HPO, Thiruvananthapuram HPO, Udaipur HPO, Vadodara HPO and Vishakhapatnam HPO.

While purchasing prospectus candidates must ensure that they have received one copy of the Application Form also

Prospectus and forms can also be obtained by post by sending a request to the Officer-in-Charge (Admission Cell), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411040 on payment of the requisite amount per copy by Bank Draft on any nationalized bank payable at Pune in favour of Commandant, AFMC, Pune, along with full postal address of the candidates on two separate slips of paper (9 cms × 5 cms). The DD must bear the code number of the issuing bank. The candidate must write his/her address and name on the back of the DD.

The request must contain the candidates' particulars and address and must be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope of 11 cms × 13 cms with postage stamp worth Rs 60.

The candidate should enclose an application for obtaining prospectus and application form giving his/her particulars and address and enclose a self addressed envelope of 11" x 13" size and affix postage stamp of Rs. 60/-. Bank Drafts on any other banks other than nationalized banks, Money Orders, Cash or Postal Orders will not be accepted. Each request should be accompanied by a separate Demand Draft. Combined demand draft for more than one application will not be accepted.

Application form and prospectus can also be downloaded from website www.afmc.nic.in. Such forms printed on A4 size glossy paper duly completed in all respect along with crossed demand draft for a sum of a requisite amount drawn in favour of 'Commandant , AFMC , Pune' on any nationalised bank payable at Pune be forwarded to AFMC Pune so as to reach not later than last date specified. The candidate must write his/her name & registration number on the back of Demand Draft.