Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S) Course.

The Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S) shall produce Graduates, having profound knowledge of Homoeopathy with contemporary advancement in the field, supplemented with knowledge of scientific and technological advancement in modern health science and related technology along with extensive practical training, be able to function as an efficient holistic health care practitioner in health care service in the urban and rural areas.

Eligibility criteria for admission and manner of admissions

• The eligibility for admission in Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S.) Course shall be, namely:
  • The candidate shall have passed 10+2 or its equivalent examination from any recognizedBoard with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology and have obtained minimum of fifty percent. Marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in case of student belonging to general category and forty  marks in case of student belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes:
    Provided that in respect of person with disability specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the qualifying marks in the examinations shall be forty-five percent. In case of General category and forty percent. In case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
  • Biology/Biotechnology studied as Additional Subject at 10+2 level also shall not beconsidered for such admission:
  • Candidate passed 10+2 from Open School or as Private candidate shall not be eligibleto appear for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.
  • No candidate shall be considered for admission in Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S.) Course unless the candidate attains the age of seventeen years on or before the 31st day of December of the year of admission in the first year of the Course;
• There shall be a uniform Entrance Examination for all Homoeopathy Medical Institution namelyNational Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to under-graduate course in medical institution in each academic year and shall be conducted by an authority designated by the National Commission for Homoeopathy:
  Provided that for foreign national candidate, any other equivalent qualification approved by the Central Government may be allowed for admission and sub- regulation (2) of regulation 4 shall not be applicable in this behalf.
• Nocandidate obtaining less than marks at 50^th percentile in the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test for undergraduate course conducted for the said academic year shall be considered for such admission:

  Provided that the candidate belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes obtain marks not less than 40^th percentile and the candidate belonging to person with the disability as specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016) obtains the marks not less than 45^th percentile in case of General category and not less than 40^th percentile in case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes shall be considered for admission.

  Provided further that the Commission may, in consultation with the Central Government lower the marks required for admission to undergraduate course for candidate belonging to respective category and marks so lowered by the Commission shall be applicable for that academic year.

• An All-India common merit list as well as State-wise merit list of the eligible candidate shall beprepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test conducted for the academic year and the candidate within the respective category shall be considered for admission to undergraduate course from the said merit list.
• The seat matrix for admission in the Government institution, Government-aided institution andprivate Institution shall be fifteen percent. For all-India quota and eighty-five percent. for the State quota and Union territory quota as the case may be:
  Provided that, –
  • The all India quota for the purpose of admission to the Deemed University both Government and private shall be hundred
  • The university and institute having more than fifteen percent. all India quotaseat shall continue to maintain that quota;
  • Five percent. of the annual sanctioned intake capacity in Government andGovernment aided institution shall be filled up by candidate belonging to persons with disability as specified under the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016)
    Explanation.- For the purposes of this regulation, the specified disability contained in the Schedule to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016) specified in Appendix “A” and the eligibility of candidate to pursue a course in Homoeopathy with specified disability shall be in accordance with the guidelines specified in Appendix “B”.
• The designated authority for counseling of State and Union territory quota for admission to undergraduate course in medical institution in State and Union territory including institution established by the State Government, University, Trust, Society, Minority Institution, Corporation or Company shall be the respective State or Union territory in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the concerned State or Union territory, as the case may
• (a) The counselling for admission to Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S.)course for seats under all India quota as well as the all-medical institution established by the Central Government shall be conducted by the authority designated by the Central Government in this behalf;
  (b) The counselling for admission to Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S.) Course for hundred percent. Seats of Deemed University both Government and Private shall be conducted by the authority designated by the Central Government, in this behalf.
• Theadmission shall be done;-
  • through counselingexcept foreign nationals;
  • by any means other than manner specified in these regulations shall not be approved and anyinstitution found admitting the students in contravention of the provisions of these regulations shall be denied permission for taking admission for subsequent academic year;
  • the medical institution shallhave to submit the list of admitted students in the format decided by the Commission on or before six m. on the cutoff date for admission decided by it from time to time for verification;
  • The medical institution shall approve the admission of the candidate except foreign nationalwho has been allotted seat through counseling (Central, State or Union territory, as the case may be).
• The candidate who fails to obtain the minimum eligibility marksas referred to under sub- regulation (3) shall not be admitted to undergraduate course in the said academic
• No authority or medical institution shall admit any candidate to the under-graduate course incontravention of the criteria or procedure specified in these regulations and any admission made in contravention of these regulations shall be cancelled by the Commission forthwith.
• Theauthority or medical institution which grants admission to any student in contravention of the provisions of these regulations shall be dealt as specified under the Act.
• The medical institution shall send the list of admitted students to the Commission within onemonth of his admission and the Commission may verify the medical institution to ensure the compliance of the provisions of the regulations at any

Degree to be awarded.

The duration of the Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S) Course shall be five years and six months as specified in the table below, namely:-

Degree to be awarded.

Thecandidate shall be awarded Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S) Degree after passing all the examinations and completion of the laid down course of study extending over the laid down period and the compulsory rotatory internship extending over twelve months.