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PUC Science · pathway 16 of 50

Medicine (MBBS)

MBBS · 5.5 Years

Which kind of doctor you become is settled after MBBS, by another entrance exam.

Holding detail in your head comes easily, and you enjoy solving a puzzle from incomplete information. People matter as much as puzzles: much of a doctor's day is explaining findings to a frightened family.

Ward rounds, outpatient clinics and emergency admissions, with night calls in many specialities. Much of the day is fitting scattered findings into one explanation. That work can be in government service, a hospital or your own clinic.

You need Biology in PUC and a NEET UG rank, then five and a half years of MBBS. A speciality means MD or MS, three more years through NEET PG; cardiology adds a DM — well over a decade after Class 12. So choose it because you want to be a doctor.

You might like this if you enjoy Helping people & health Science & experiments

Go deeper — Inside the Courses: General Medicine · Surgery · Cardiology · Neurology · Oncology · Pediatrics

pathway 16 · Medicine (MBBS)

The road

  1. SSLCClass 10
  2. 2 yearsPUC Science
  3. 5.5 YearsMBBS

Where it goes after that

Work

  1. General Physician
  2. Surgeon
  3. Cardiologist
  4. Neurologist
  5. Hospital Director
  6. Years later — HOD / Professor
  7. Years later — Medical Superintendent
  8. Years later — Hospital Director

Study further

  1. MD/MS (3Y)
  2. DM/MCh (3Y)
  3. Super-Specialist
  4. MD / MS dissertation
  5. ICMR-funded research
  6. PhD in medical sciences

Government

  1. Govt Medical Officer via KPSC
  2. ESIC / Railway doctor
  3. CAPF Medical Officer
  4. NHM programme officer

Your own

  1. Private clinic
  2. Nursing home or hospital
  3. Telemedicine practice
Who can apply
Passed 2nd PUC / Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English, and qualified NEET UG. Minimum 50% in PCB for the general category (40% for SC/ST/OBC).

Where to study it A shortlist of well-regarded places, not every college. The full list for any year is the KEA seat matrix at cetonline.karnataka.gov.in.

In Karnataka · by district

DharwadKIMS Hubballi Government
Bengaluru UrbanSt Johns Medical College Bengaluru Private / aided

Other places to study: AIIMS New Delhi · CMC Vellore