The Karnataka Private Medical & Dental Colleges Association, in their endeavour to offer an effective, fair and objective testing procedure to determine merit of students seeking admission to the member institutions, have formed"Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka"(COMEDK)

COMEDK will conduct a separate entrance test for Medical/Dental and Engineering Under-Graduate courses called COMEDK UGET-2011, for candidates seeking admission to Under Graduate courses in MBBS, BDS and B.E. The entrance test is being conducted for merit determination for use by COMEDK Member Institutions only. The COMEDK entrance test is mandatory for candidates seeking admissions for the Under-Graduate courses in COMEDK Member Institutions. The COMEDK UGET-2011 test scores are valid only for admissions during the academic year 2011-2012.

Date of the Examination : 8.05.2011

Physics and Chemistry – 10am to 12 noon

Mathematics - 2.00pm to 3pm

Biology - 3.30 pm to 4.30pm

Pattern of the Examination:

Combined paper for Physics and Chemistry compulsory for all the candidates appearing for COMEDK UGET-2011.

A single test combining Physics and Chemistry subjects will have a total of 120 questions: 60 questions in Physics and 60 questions in Chemistry. The test duration for combined paper is 120 minutes, and is compulsory for all candidates seeking admissions to M.B.B.S., BDS and B.E courses.

Mathematics and Biology tests will be held on the same day in the Afternoon Session separately, with each subject having 60 questions with duration of 60 minutes. Candidates are free to choose any one or both the subjects.

Each correct answer is awarded one mark. There will be no negative marking.

Eligibility Criteria

MBBS / BDS:

General Merit Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination which is 2 nd PUC or 10+2 higher secondary or equivalent examination, recognized by State / Central Government. As per the Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI) norms the candidates must have passed these subjects individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% of marks taken together in PCB. Further must secure not less than 50% marks in PCB in the Common Entrance Test (COMEDK UGET-2011).

B.E:

General Merit Candidates, should have passed the qualifying examination which is 2^nd PUC or 10+2 higher secondary or equivalent qualifying Examination recognized by State / Central Government with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) and should have passed these subjects individually. Physics and Mathematics are compulsory subjects along with Chemistry or Biotechnology or Biology as one of the optional subjects. English as one of the language of study is compulsory.

Each correct answer is awarded one mark. There will be no negative marking.

Details of the Participating Institutes:

A total of 148 engineering, 11 architecture , 11 medical and 25 dental colleges are participating in COMEDK UGET 2011. The entire list can be seen at the url, http://www.comedk.org/brochure/UGET_2011_Brochure.pdf

Courses offered by the participating institutes:

1.B.E 2.Architecture 3.M.B.B.S/Dental

COMEDK office address:

#132, Second Floor, 11^th Main,

17^th Cross, Malleswaram,

Bangalore - 560 055.

Karnataka

Official website : http://www.comedk.org/

Important Dates(as per the latest COMEDK notification)

10/03/2012 - Start date for Issue of Online Application for MBBS/BDS & B.E

10/04/2012 - Last Date for Receipt of Completed Application Forms for MBBS/BDS & B.E

06/05/2012 - COMEDK UGET-2012 Test Day

06/05/2012 -Publishing of Answer Keys

25/05/2012- Publishing of Test Scores

08/06/2012 - Publishing of Rank List

An elaborate list showing the Karnataka engineering seat matrix(2011) – under government, COMEDK and management quotas is available at the site, http://kea.kar.nic.in/cet2011/COMED_MNG_CET_SEATS.pdf