COMEDK UGET 2015 is scheduled to be held on 10th May 2015. Details are awaited.
COMEDK is the "Consortium of Medical,
Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka" to determine the merit of students
seeking admissions to the undergraduate courses in the Member Institutions of
the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation Trust (KPCF) in its endeavor to
offer an effective, fair, transparent and non-exploitative testing procedure.
There are 14 Medical, 25 Dental and more than 150 engineering colleges who make
available almost 20,000 seats for admission.
COMEDK being an Agency to conduct entrance
test followed by centralized counseling, all admissions in respect of candidates
who have selected the seats would be at the level of colleges concerned. The
admissions to be made by the colleges after receiving the final list of
candidates will have to be approved by the Regulating Agencies like concerned
Universities etc. set up by the State Government.
Admissions are open to all the students across
the country.
Paper pattern:
The entrance test is based on the existing
syllabus of either 10+2 or 2nd PUC
Paper 1- Physics and Chemistry - 60 q each
Two hours duration
Paper 2 – Biology and English - 60 q each
Two hours duration.
Both the papers will be on the same
day – 11/05/2014.Paper 1 will be conducted between 10am and 12 noon. Paper 2
will be conducted between 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm.
Candidates are
required to mark their answers on an OMR Answer sheet (Optical Mark Reader)
using blue or black ball point pen.
Marking Scheme:
Each correct answer is
awarded one mark
No Mark/s will be
awarded for multiple marking (marking multiple responses) of any question
There
will be no negative marking.
In case of a tie:
-
The principle of least
negative responses (number of wrong answers) in a) Biology, b) Chemistry and c)
Physics
-
Aggregate marks in
Chemistry and Biology in the Entrance Test
-
Marks in Biology in
the Entrance Test
-
Age of the Candidate,
the elder candidate is ranked higher than the younger candidate.
Important Dates:
Tentative date of start of application issue: 2nd week of March 2015
Tentative date of Examination: 2nd week of may 2015
Eligibility Criteria:
1. 2nd PUC or 10+2 higher secondary or
equivalent examination, recognized by State / Central Government. The last two
years of study shall comprise of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) with
English as a compulsory subject.
In the QE
In the UGET
General category – 50% in the PCB subjects
Not
less than 50% marks in aggregate
SC/ST/OBC(Karnataka) – 40%
40%
2. English is one of the subjects to be tested
along with Physics, Chemistry and Biology during COMEDK UGET-2014 and the
General Merit candidates should secure not less than 50% marks in
English, (40% in the case of SC, ST and OBC candidates of
Karnataka State).
However, the marks so secured in English will not be added for the determination of rank
list as the rank list will be drawn exclusively based on the minimum required
marks secured by the candidates in PCB; further, a candidate is not entitled for a rank if he/she
fails to secure 50% or (40% in the case of
SC, ST and OBC candidates of Karnataka State) of marks in English. The paper on English language will be normally
of 2nd PUC or 10+2 standard and will test the candidate’s comprehension of the
language, the structure of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.
3. The candidates shall complete the age of 17
years on or before 31st December (31/12/2014) of the year of admission to the
MBBS/BDS course.
4.
Similarly, the candidates who have
passed the qualifying examination i.e. 2nd PUC or 10+2 prior to 2012 NEED NOT
APPLY.
