COMEDK Under Graduate Entrance Examination - COMEDK UGET 2008 for the Academic year 2008 - 2009 will be held on Sunday the 4th May 2008. The Online Application and other details will be made available by 1st week of March 2008
Website: http://www.comedk.org/

Detailed COMED-K UGET 2008 notification will be updates as soon as it is announced by the “Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka” (COMEDK).

Comed-K UGET 2008 for Medical, Dental and Engineering courses will be conducted on May 4, at different centres.

In 2008, Comed-K has introduced English paper for the entrance test in addition to other four papers - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology.

Physics and Chemistry (combined) paper will be held in the morning followed by remaining papers. Each paper including English will carry 60 marks. The combined paper will be held for two hours and the remaining papers will be held for one hour each.

The candidates of GM category should have eligibility of 50 % in English and 40% for SC/ST to be eligible for medical and dental rankings.

After the candidates get eligibility percentage, their ranks would be announced. However, only the marks of Physics,Chemistry, Biology will be considered for the ranking.

This decision has been taken into consideration after consultation with Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI). However, candidates aspiring to study engineering courses need not have to write the English paper.

Given below is the COMEDK UGET Entrance Test Details in 2007

The Karnataka Private Medical & Dental Colleges Association, and Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association in their endeavour to offer an effective, fair and objective testing procedure to determine merit of students wanting to seek admissions to the Under Graduate Medical, Dental and Engineering courses of the Member Institutions, have formed "Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka” COMEDK, has been assigned the task of organising a common entrance test for the academic year 2007-2008.

COMEDK entrance test, publication of test score and rank list will be followed by a centralised counseling (Single window system) Under Graduate Medical, Dental and Engineering Courses M.B.B.S. and B.D.S. courses are scheduled to begin from 01/08/2007. B.E. and B.Arch. courses are scheduled to begin from 01/09/2007.

Comed-K's Undergraduate Entrance Test (UGET) 2007 will be held on May 6 — three days before the state CET scheduled for May 9.

Eligibility Criteria

MBBS /BDS:

Candidates should have passed the qualifying examination which is 2nd PUC or 10+2 higher secondary or equivalent examination, the last two years of study comprising of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) with English as a compulsory subject, must have passed these subjects individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% of marks taken together in PCB. In addition, in the competitive entrance test, must have secured not less than 50% marks in PCB.

In respect of candidates belonging to SC, ST and Karnataka OBC, the marks obtained in PCB taken together in qualifying examination should not be less than 40% and also score not less than 40% in the Competitive Entrance Test, for admission to MBBS.

However for BDS a minimum of 50% is mandatory for all candidates both in qualifying examination (PCB) and Competitive Entrance Test. (Reference: DCI Letter No. DE 14-2004/1135 dated 05-May-2004).

B.E:

For General category students the minimum qualification for admission is a pass in the 2nd PUC or 10+2 higher secondary or equivalent qualifying Examination with a minimum aggregate of 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM. Physics and Mathematics are compulsory subjects along with Biotechnology or Computer Science or Biology or Electronics as optional subjects in place of Chemistry, are eligible. English as one of the language of study is compulsory. For SC, ST and Karnataka OBC students the aggregate marks in PCM should be not less than 40% in the qualifying examination, irrespective of marks secured in PCM subjects in the Competitive Entrance Test.

B.Arch

A candidate who has passed the qualifying examination (2nd PUC or 10+2 higher secondary or equivalent examination) with Mathematics as one of the subjects along with other subjects or a 10+3 Diploma recognized by Central / State Government and having obtained at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% marks in case of SC/ST and Karnataka OBC Category candidates).Further the candidate should have appeared for National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by Council of Architecture. COMEDK is will not be conducting any competitive test separately for candidates seeking admission to B.Arch (Architecture Course) as per existing rules.

COMEDK Under Graduate Entrance Test-2007 (COMEDK UGET-2007)

COMEDK will conduct a separate entrance test for Medical Dental and Engineering Under Graduate courses called ‘COMEDK UGET-2007', for candidates seeking admission to MBBS, BDS and BE. 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 Member Institutions. The COMEDK UGET-2007 test scores are valid only for admissions during the academic year 2007-2008.

The test venue will be mentioned in the candidate’s Test Admission Ticket and also on the website under every candidate’s individual login.

Please visit the website for frequent changes and updates before leaving your hometown for the test.

Application Procedure

The process involves the following stages:

- Ensure that the Demand Draft for Rs.600/-(Rupees six hundred only) if you intend to appear for MBBS/BDS(PCB) or BE(PCM) and Rs.800/- (Rupees eight hundred only) for MBBS/BDS and BE(PCMB), to be kept ready before filling up the Online Application form, as you will have to enter the DD Details.
- The Online application form has to be filled up properly and completely.
- Take a print of the filled in Application form and Date of Birth Certificate/ Identity Proof.
-The Application form is said to be complete only if it is enclosed with all the documents mentioned below and mailed to COMEDK office.
- Multiple application form filled and received from the same candidate will result in confusion and may cause for disqualification.
- Multiple Demand Drafts if sent (Excess Amount) by the candidate will not be refunded.

Brochure and application form can be availed only through COMEDK website. Visit our website www.comedk.org for details and procedure

Download COMED-K UGET 2007 Brochure - COMED-K UGET 2007 Application Form

The completed Application Form has to reach COMEDK office on or before Saturday 07th April 2007 to the following address by post or courier.

Executive Secretary - COMEDK,
# 37, First Floor,
Ramanashree Chambers,
Lady Curzon Road,
Bangalore 560001, Karnataka

Note: Applications will not be received in person either in the COMEDK office or by any member institution.

COMEDK UGET-2007 will have the following papers:
- {Combined paper for Physics and Chemistry} Compulsory for all the candidates appearing for COMEDK UGET-2007
- Biology Compulsory for the candidates aspiring for MBBS/BDS
- Mathematics Compulsory for the candidates aspiring for BE
- A single test combining Physics and Chemistry subjects will be held on 06/05/2007 in the Forenoon Session (10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon).

There will be 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., B.D.S, and B.E. courses.

- Biology and Mathematics tests will be held on the same day 06/05/2007 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. Biology Test will be conducted from (2.00 PM to 3.00PM) followed by Mathematics test from (3.30 PM to 4.30 PM).

- Candidates are required to mark their answers on an OMR sheet (Optical Mark Reader).
- Correct answer for each question will be awarded one mark.
- No Marks will be awarded for wrong answers.
- No Mark/s will be awarded for multiple marking (marking multiple responses) of any question.
- Thus there is no negative marking.