# B.D.S. (Bachelor of Dental Surgery), Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College

> B.D.S. (Bachelor of Dental Surgery), Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College (BDS) at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College, Perambalur, India.

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- Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
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## Key facts

- University: [Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College](https://www.studentstraffic.com/university/dhanalakshmi-srinivasan-dental-college) (Private, Perambalur, [India](https://www.studentstraffic.com/countries/india))
- Course family: [Bachelor of Dental Surgery](https://www.studentstraffic.com/courses/bds)
- Duration: 5 years
- Tuition per year: ₹2,50,000 (Government quota) · ₹6,00,000 (Management quota) · ₹9,00,000 (NRI quota) (2026-27)
- Fee verified: 2026-10-26
- Official programme page: https://dsdentalcollege.org/dsdc-admission.php

Fee notes: Government-quota seat, 2026-27: INR 2,50,000 a year, the annual fee fixed by Tamil Nadu's Fee Fixation Committee for all self-financing dental colleges, covering tuition and recurring college charges. Hostel and mess are extra.

## Who can apply

- Availability: restricted
- Eligible: Indian citizens who are natives of Tamil Nadu (government-quota seats through the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee)
- Eligible: Indian citizens and OCI/PIO card holders who qualify NEET-UG (management-quota seats through the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee)
- Eligible: Children or wards of Non-Resident Indians who meet the Selection Committee's NRI rules (NRI-quota seats)
- Restriction: Every seat is allotted by the Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai on NEET-UG 2026 merit; the college makes no direct admissions.
- Restriction: Government-quota seats require a Tamil Nadu nativity certificate; candidates from other states can compete only for management-quota seats.
- Restriction: NRI-quota candidates must hold an Indian passport or an eligible OCI card and be sponsored by an NRI parent or listed blood relative; there is no general foreign-national route.

Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College is a self-financing college at Siruvachur, Perambalur, affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (institution code 943) with a sanctioned BDS intake of 100.

## Admissions

The B.D.S. at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College, Siruvachur, is a five-year course (four academic years plus a one-year compulsory rotatory internship) with a sanctioned intake of 100. The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University awards the degree. All seats are filled by the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee on NEET-UG merit.

The Tamil Nadu Selection Committee's 2026-27 MBBS/BDS prospectuses set these conditions for BDS at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College.

- Indian citizen, or OCI/PIO card holder (open category only, no reservation)
- At least 17 years old on or before 31 December 2026
- Pass in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English, with 50% in PCB together (40% SC/ST/OBC; 45% general PwBD)
- NEET-UG 2026 at or above the 50th percentile (40th for SC/ST/OBC; 45th for general PwBD)
- Tamil Nadu nativity certificate for government-quota seats
- NRI quota: NRI sponsor, Indian passport or eligible OCI card, 50% in Biology and 50% each in Physics and Chemistry

Steps:

1. Qualify NEET-UG 2026 conducted by the National Testing Agency
2. Apply online at tnmedicalselection.org: the government-quota application (fee INR 500) and, separately, the management/NRI-quota application (fee INR 1,000); both opened on 29 June 2026
3. Upload the NEET admit card, Class 10, 11 and 12 mark sheets, transfer certificate and any community, nativity or NRI documents with the application
4. Register for online counselling; management-quota registration needs a refundable security deposit of INR 1,00,000 (INR 30,000 for government quota in self-financing colleges)
5. Choose Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Dental College, Perambalur in choice filling and, on allotment, pay the fee online before downloading the allotment order
6. Report to the college at Siruvachur with the allotment order and original certificates by the stated date

- Document: NEET-UG 2026 admit card and score card
- Document: Class 10 and Class 11 mark sheets
- Document: Class 12 (HSC) or equivalent mark sheet
- Document: Transfer certificate issued after Class 12
- Application document: Community certificate, where claiming reservation
- Application document: Tamil Nadu nativity certificate, for government-quota seats
- Application document: NRI quota: sponsor's NRI status certificate from the Indian Embassy, relationship certificate, sponsor's passport and NRE account passbook
- Application document: OCI candidates: OCI card, birth certificate and parent's passport or OCI card
The 2026-27 BDS round is under way: the Selection Committee notified both prospectuses on 29 June 2026 and was running stray-vacancy rounds in October 2026. The college advertises its BDS 2026-2027 batch.


## Teaching phases

- 4 academic years (): Pre-clinical and clinical dental training across the college's nine departments, from prosthodontics and periodontology to oral and maxillofacial surgery, with university examinations by The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University.
- 1-year compulsory rotatory internship (): Residential internship rotating through the clinical departments of the dental college.

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