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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

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What is the MBBS course?

The full form of the MBBS course is the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. It is a 5.5-year-long undergraduate course for students who want to become doctors. The duration of this course is of five years and six months which includes one year of rotational internship at hospitals, health centres, and health camps organised by non-profit organisations (NGOs).

During the MBBS program, the students study subjects like anatomy, pharmacology, pathology, community health & medicine, paediatrics, and surgery etc. After completion of the course, the students can work in both private and public hospitals. They can work as a general physician, paediatricians, medical coders, medical assistants, medical surgeons, medical officers etc. The average salary student can expect after completing MBBS is INR 5-6 LPA.

There are various MBBS colleges in India. The average course fee in these colleges is INR 30,000 to INR 2 lakhs per annum.

What is the duration of the MBBS program?

The duration of an MBBS program is 5.5 years which includes 1 year of rotatory internship. The internship is a mandatory part of the program. Without completing the one-year internship, the students don't get the completion certificate of the MBBS program.

Specialisations available in MBBS course:

Some of the specialisations which are available in the MBBS course are given below.

Ophthalmology
General medicine
General surgery
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Psychiatry
ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Paediatrics
Anaesthesiology
Dermatology
Orthopedics

Top recruiting companies:

Medanta Hospitals
Fortis Healthcare Ltd
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Apollo Munich Health Industries Co Ltd
Sri Ganga Ram Hospital
Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre
Wockhardt Ltd
Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd
Cipla Ltd
Religare Health Insurance Company Ltd

Duration : 5.5 years

Specialization : Medicine, surgery

Eligibilty & Entry Requirements

What is the eligibility required for the MBBS course?

The eligibility criteria are one of the most important requirements to fulfil for admission. Any student who is planning to pursue an MBBS course should know the eligibility requirements of the program. If the student fails to fulfil all the requirements of the course, he/she will not get admission. That is why the student should make sure that he/she meets all the requirements. The detailed MBBS eligibility criteria have been provided below for the aspirants.

The student should have qualified for his/her class 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects.
The student should have cleared the exam with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate (for the general category). For the reserved category, the minimum mark requirement is 40%.
The student should have cleared the required medical entrance examination. Some colleges conduct their own entrance examination while some accept the NEET examination scores.
The minimum age requirement is 17 years to register for the NEET exam.
The upper age limit for this course is 25 years.

Course Syllabus

What are the subjects in the MBBS course?

The students who are going to take admission into the MBBS course can check the semester-wise subjects of the course here. The subjects of all 10 semesters are mentioned below in the table. The students will do 6 months mandatory internship after the completion of 10 semesters.

Semester-I
Fundamentals of Disease and Treatment	Locomotor System
Introduction to Medical Practice I	Introduction to Molecular Medicine
Cell Biology	Introduction of Embryology and Histology
Semester-II
Health and the Environment	Neuroscience 1 (Peripheral System)
Basic Haematology	Respiratory System
Healthcare Concepts	-
Semester-III
General Pathology	Environmental Pathology
Neoplasia	Nutrition Disorders
Hereditary Disorder	Immunity
Semester-IV
Systemic Pathology	Alimentary System
Haematology	Common Symptoms and Signs
Cardiovascular System	-
Semester-V
Special Pathology	Growth Disturbance and Neoplasia
Clinical Pathology	Immunopathology
General Pathology	-
Semester-VI
Epidemiology of communicable diseases	Reproductive and child health
Epidemiology of non‐communicable diseases	-
Semester-VII
Infectious disease	Diseases of the immune system, connective tissue and joints
Nutritional disease	Haematology and Oncology
Geriatric disease	-
Semester-VIII
Endocrine disease	Brain Death, Organ donation, Organ preservation
Metabolic and Bone disease	Nervous system
Emergency medicine and critical care	-
Semester-IX
Nervous system	Environmental disorders, poisoning and snake bite
Kidney disease	Emergency medicine and critical care

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Course Syllabus

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