What: Admissions to courses from Manipal University and scholarships offered.
When: Admissions now open. Last dates for submission:
MBBS, BDS, BE, BPharm, PharmD: March 13 2010
MD, MS, PG Medical Diploma, MDS, PG Diploma in Dental Materials: 31 January 2010
Prospectus and forms are available across the country at selected post offices and State Bank of India branches. Candidates can also visit www.manipal.edu and download the digital prospectus and application or apply online by paying the application fees through credit card, net banking or demand draft.
Details:
Additional courses:
In addition to higher education in medicine, engineering and management, other new courses introduced for 2010 include:
- Masters course in European studies and management
- MS Wireless Embedded Systems
- MS IT Management
- MTech Chemical Engineering
- MTech Environmental Engineering
- MSc Pharmacoeconomics
- MSc Clinical Research Management.
Scholarships offered:
- Freeship: Candidates admitted to MBBS course within the first 500 ranks and BDS, BE, BPharm courses within the first 1,000 ranks of the respective merit list are offered 100 per cent freeship.
- AICTE Scholarship: AICTE has introduced the scheme on tuition fee waiver for women, economically backward and physically handicapped meritorious students joining BE, BPharm and BHM courses.
- AGE students scholarships: There is a 10 per cent tuition fee waiver for students of schools and colleges of Academy of General Education (AGE) joining any course at Manipal University. However, the waiver will be 25 per cent for those students joining Allied Health Sciences or Nursing courses.
- Scholarships for Konkani students: A similar waiver of tuition fees, 10 per cent and 25 per cent respectively, is applicable for Konkani students also.
- Other Scholarships: GE Scholarship, Harish B Fund Scholarship, ISLE Scholarship, ITC Scholarship, Maulana Azad National Scholarship and Philips Scholarships.
International collaborations:
- The fourteen best students of KMC Manipal and Mangalore get to do their one month elective clinical training in Utrecht University and Groningen University in the Netherlands.
- Similar scholarships are available to students of Media & Communication in the University of Queensland, Australia and Hochschule Bremen, Germany.
- Students of MIT get opportunities to do their internships in various Universities and industries across the world by being members of IAESTE.
Online entrance test:
Prospective students have to take a test online so that admissions are merit-based and transparent. The final score are displayed on the test screen soon after the completion of the test.
The university has also decided to start more centres where students can take the test -- candidates can choose the date, time and location depending on their own convenience. Presently there are 21 centres and six more are being included this year. They are Allahabad, Kanpur, Patna, Ranchi, Varanasi and Vijayawada.
For further information on the courses and programmes visit: www.manipal.edu
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