AIIMS BSc Nursing Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

Online, two hours, 100 multiple choice questions for 100 marks.

The paper is in English and Hindi. There's no sectional timing; you can move between parts freely.

Marking

A question marked for review counts as unanswered unless you also save it.

AIIMS doesn't prescribe one. The prospectus says the standard is 12th class under the 10+2 scheme of any Indian university or board, and that "no syllabus for examination has been prescribed by the Institute".

In practice the paper covers the 12th-class subjects you need to be eligible, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, at the level of any recognised Indian board. The CBSE senior secondary curriculum is one published statement of that level.

General Knowledge (10 marks) isn't described further by AIIMS.

Only women can apply for B.Sc (Hons.) Nursing.

The 55% is an aggregate of the four named subjects, English included, not your overall 12th-class percentage.

If you're sitting the 12th in March or April of the admission year, with the result due before 30 June, you can apply. You must show proof of passing with the required marks at seat allocation, or the candidature is cancelled.

Reservation

OBC certificates must be in the DoP&T format, show non-creamy-layer status, be valid for a Central Government institution, and the caste must be on the Central List; a state list alone won't do. Unfilled SC seats go to ST and the reverse; unfilled reserved seats then go to the general category.

Selected candidates are examined by the institute's Medical Board. Anyone found unfit isn't admitted, and the Board's decision is final.

No interview and no second stage. Seats go strictly on entrance marks.

1. Entrance exam. Two hours, 100 questions, online, in English and Hindi, on one day in all major cities.
2. Result. Merit lists for General, OBC (non-creamy layer), EWS, SC and ST, plus the combined list that drives allocation.
3. Online seat allocation, rounds one and two. Every qualified candidate is called. You fill your institute choices once and they stand for both rounds.
4. Open round, with fresh choices and a deposit.
5. Medical exam and joining, with biometric verification. The institute keeps your original certificates for the length of the course.

How reserved candidates get seats

Allocation runs down the combined merit list from rank 1, in the order General, EWS, OBC, SC, ST. A reserved-category candidate reached on that list is offered her choice in both unreserved and her own category; if both have it, she takes the unreserved seat. She takes a reserved seat only if her choice is left there and not in unreserved.

Open round and leaving

The open round needs a ₹25,000 security deposit, refunded after joining, subject to conditions. You can't enter it if you hold a seat from rounds one or two, or any B.Sc seat elsewhere. A student who leaves mid-course pays ₹5,000 in compensation.

Apply online only at aiimsexams.ac.in, in three steps: basic registration, code generation and final registration. All three must be done. Nothing can be edited after basic registration.

Pay by card or net banking. Incomplete applications are rejected without notice, so check your status on your own page.

Course fees

Fees and hostel rent aren't refunded once paid; caution money is returned if you don't join. AIIMS can revise all of these.

Have your OBC or EWS certificate in the central format ready, print every registration screen, and send queries only through "Raise the Query" on your page.

Nineteen AIIMS admit through this exam. Seats for 2026:

Three institutes have more seats than New Delhi. Of the 1,366, 55 are for persons with benchmark disability. By category: 564 unreserved, 366 OBC, 202 SC, 133 EWS and 101 ST.

The B.Sc Allied and Health Care courses (725 seats across 88 course-and-institute combinations) use a separate 90-minute paper on another date.

The exam is held online in all major cities of India, on one day for every AIIMS: Saturday 27 June in 2026. (The Post-Basic test is in Delhi and NCR only, on 30 May; Allied and Health Care was on 4 July.)

Hostel residence is compulsory once admitted, so the city that matters is the institute you're allotted.

From the AIIMS B.Sc Courses Prospectus 2026. Admit card dates are tentative.

If you apply before your 12th result, it must be out before 30 June.

Download it from aiimsexams.ac.in; nothing comes by post. For 2026 it was due on 19 June, eight days before the exam. The Post-Basic admit card was due on 25 May and the Allied and Health Care one on 27 June.

Notices go up on the site with an email and SMS alert, but the site is the record. Check it for corrigenda.

The result goes up on aiimsexams.ac.in. AIIMS won't give results by phone.

There is no rechecking, and your marks are shown only after the admission process ends. Until then you know your rank and allocation, not your score.

Disputes fall under the High Court of Delhi.

Qualifying marks in the entrance

This only makes you eligible for allocation. Seats then go down the combined merit list from rank 1.

Ties

Same category, same total: higher Biology, then Chemistry, then Physics, then the older candidate.

AIIMS doesn't publish closing ranks for this entrance. It does post the vacant seat position by institute before the open round, on its notices page.

• Give the three sciences equal time. Each is 30 marks. If you were weakest in Physics in class 12, that's where the marks are. Biology still matters most in a tie.
• Don't guess blind. At minus a third with four options, a blind guess gains nothing on average. Once you can rule out an option, answer it.
• Save what you mark for review. Unsaved review questions score zero. Practise the habit in mocks.
• Use the two hours freely. 120 minutes for 100 questions with no sectional timer: do a first pass on the easy ones across all four parts, then come back.
• Practise from 12th-class question banks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology from any recognised board, since that's the standard AIIMS names.
• Check your eligibility before paying: the four-subject aggregate and the 2010 birth-date line.
• Order your 19 institutes before the result. Choices are filled once for rounds one and two.

AIIMS publishes no previous papers, model paper or mock for the B.Sc (Hons.) Nursing entrance. Anything sold as an "AIIMS Nursing previous year paper" didn't come from AIIMS.

The prospectus, released around March on aiimsexams.ac.in, has the marks split, scoring rule and seat table.

• AIIMS Examination Section, assessment and examination registration portal
• Academic courses, including the B.Sc programmes
• Notices
• Key dates
• AIIMS New Delhi, institute portal
• CBSE senior secondary curriculum, a published reference for the 10+2 standard

Can men apply for AIIMS B.Sc (Hons.) Nursing?

No. It's for women only at every AIIMS. The separate Post-Basic course admits male nurses.

Is there an upper age limit?

No. You must be 17 by 31 December of the admission year.

What marks do I need in class 12?

55% aggregate in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (50% for SC and ST).

Can I apply before my 12th result?

Yes, if it's due before 30 June. You must prove you passed at seat allocation.

How is the paper marked?

+1 for correct, minus a third for wrong, zero for unanswered. Review-marked questions count only if saved.

What score do I need to qualify?

50 for unreserved and EWS, 45 for OBC, 40 for SC and ST. That's a floor, not a seat.

Is the exam only in English?

No, it's in English and Hindi.

What does the course cost?

₹600 tuition for four years; under ₹2,200 in all, plus hostel security and mess charges.

Is there a fee for the open round?

A refundable ₹25,000 security deposit.