ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO B.SC (Nursing) COURSE:

Candidates belonging to all categories for admission to the B.Sc., Degree course in Nursing (Basic) should have passed the qualifying examinations (Academic Stream) after period of 12 years of study with the following subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology.
Every candidate before admission to the course shall submit to the Principal of the institution a certificate of medical fitness from an authorized medical officer that the candidate is physically fit to undergo the academic course.
The minimum educational requirements shall be passing of Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination (12 years course) (Or) Senior School Certificate Examination (10+2), pre-degree Examinations (10+2) (Or) An equivalent with 12 years schooling from a recognized Board or University with Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and English with minimum 40% aggregate marks (PCBE); for SC/ST candidates – the minimum percentage of marks is 35%.

AGE LIMIT FOR ADMISSION:

A candidate should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or would complete the said age on or before 31st December of the year of admission to the B.Sc. (Nursing) degree course.

ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE:

The candidate who has passed any qualifying examinations other than the Higher Secondary Course Examination conducted by the Government of Tamil Nadu, before seeking admission to any one of the affiliated institutions shall obtain an Eligibility Certificate from the University by remitting the prescribed fees along with application form which shall be downloaded from the University website (www.tnmmu.ac.in)

REGISTRATION:

A Candidate admitted in the B.Sc. Degree Course in Nursing (Basic) in any one of the affiliated institutions of this University shall register his / her name with this university by submitting the prescribed application form for registration duly filled, along with the prescribed fee and a declaration in the format to the Academic Officer of this University through the affiliated institution within 60 days from the cut-off date prescribed for the course for admission. The applications should have date of admission of the course.

MIGRATION/TRANSFER OF CANDIDATE:

(a) A student studying in B.Sc. Nursing (Basic) Course can be allowed to migrate/transfer to another Nursing College under same or another University.
(b) The University concerned can allow the migration/transfer within three months after passing the first year B.Sc. Nursing (Basic) degree course examination, as a rule.
(c) The number of students migrating/transferring from one college to another college during one year will be kept to the minimum so that the training of the regular students of the college is not adversely affected. The number of students migrating/transferring to/from any college should not exceed the limit of 5% of its intake subject to a maximum of 5 students in any one of the Nursing Colleges in one year. If any student is migrated from one institution to another, it should be informed immediately to the University.
DURATION OF THE COURSE:
The duration of certified study for the B.Sc. Degree course in Nursing (Basic) shall extend over a period of four academic years including integrated practice (Internship 24 weeks).

COMMENCEMENT OF THE COURSE:

The course shall commence from 1st August of the academic year.

MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION:

English shall be the Medium of instruction for all the subjects of study and for examinations of the Bachelor of Science Degree Course in Nursing (Basic).

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