Medical Course

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)

BDS is one of the most popular medical courses in India. The duration of the BDS course is 5 years which includes a year-long rotatory internship. During the BDS course, candidates gain theoretical knowledge and practical dental surgery training. Like MBBS, to pursue BDS course candidates must have attained a minimum of 17 years of age and should have completed their class 12 with three core science subjects. Admission to the BDS course is granted on the basis of the NEET score. Only candidates who qualify in the NEET-UG exam bypassing the minimum cutoff are eligible to get admission to BDS in any dental college. There are a total of 26,949 Bachelors of Dental Surgery seats across 313 dental colleges in India. According to the latest NIRF rankings,Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Karnataka is the best institute to pursue a BDS course.Other top dental colleges include Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune ,SIMATS Chennai - Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences to name a few. The fees for BDS varies across different dental colleges. BDS fees in private universities are on a higher end as compared to government or state colleges.