PGIMER Staff Nurse Exam Pattern, Eligibility

A Staff Nurse project job has no exam. Shortlisted applicants are interviewed, with the schedule and link sent by email.

The Nursing Officer post has one computer based test:

Qualifying marks, shortlisting and tie-breaks are on the PGIMER Nursing Officer page.

Nursing Officer

• B.Sc (Hons) Nursing, regular B.Sc Nursing or Post Basic B.Sc Nursing from a recognised university or institute, and registration as a Nurse, or Nurse and Midwife, with a State Nursing Council; or
• a Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery, and that registration, and one year's experience in a hospital of at least fifty beds.

Age 18 to 35, with the usual category relaxations. A reserved-category candidate applying for an unreserved post gets no relaxation.

Staff Nurse project jobs

Each department sets its own terms with the funding agency, so read every notice separately. The July 2026 example asked for a four-year nursing course or equivalent, listed research experience as desirable, and gave no age limit or Nursing Council registration requirement. A project job can be open to someone not yet eligible for Nursing Officer, or closed to someone who is.

Staff Nurse project job

1. Apply on the form the notice names by the last date, usually with no fee.
2. The department shortlists and emails those it wants to interview.
3. Interview. That's the selection. No travel or daily allowance.

Nursing Officer

1. Computer based test, all-India.
2. Shortlist of three times the posts, plus ties.
3. Scrutiny, based only on what you entered and uploaded in the form.
4. Provisional result with a waitlist.
5. Document verification in person.

No interview at any stage. Details on the PGIMER Nursing Officer page.

For Nursing Officer, eligibility is judged only on the form and uploaded documents, and an application missing them can be cancelled without correspondence. Get your certificates together first.

Both kinds of notice appear on the same vacancies listing. Nursing Officer notices (test, shortlist, result) are only published there, never sent to you individually. Project notices close fast and move to the archive.

Only one employer: the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. What differs is who inside PGIMER is hiring.

Recruitment Cell, for Nursing Officer, under a PGI/RC number. The current Advertisement No. PGI/RC/055/2026/2276 of 9 September 2026 is for 243 posts at the new Advanced Mother and Child Centre, created by a Health Ministry letter of 20 February 2026.

Individual departments, for Staff Nurse project jobs. The 35 archived notices came from Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Pulmonary Medicine, Paediatrics and its Advanced Paediatrics Centre, Neonatology, Community Medicine and the School of Public Health, Medical Microbiology, Pharmacology and Nephrology. Several are paid for by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Quick check: a professor's signature and a departmental number mean a project job.

Nursing Officer, Advertisement No. PGI/RC/055/2026/2276

PGIMER advertises Nursing Officer when posts are sanctioned, not every year.

Staff Nurse project jobs

These come up through the year and close quickly. The July 2026 example opened on 15 July and closed on 23 July, eight days. Check the vacancies listing often.

A Staff Nurse project job has no cut-off: there's no written test, just a shortlist and interview, and nothing is published.

For Nursing Officer, PGIMER sets minimum marks (40% General and EWS, 35% SC, ST and OBC) and shortlists three times the posts. It publishes all candidates' marks only after the final result, and no year-on-year closing marks. See the PGIMER Nursing Officer page for the full rules.

• Decide which job you want. Nursing Officer means preparing for a 100-question English paper. A project job means watching the listing, applying within a week, and interviewing well.
• For Nursing Officer, the test is 100 questions in 100 minutes with −0.25 for a wrong answer, on your nursing course. Prepare from the PGIMER Nursing Officer page.
• For project jobs, research experience is what counts. Many notices list it as desirable, and several archived ones came from ICMR studies in Paediatrics, Neonatology, Pharmacology, Microbiology and Community Medicine.
• Don't pay for "PGIMER Staff Nurse exam" coaching. There's no such exam.

• PGIMER Chandigarh
• PGIMER vacancies listing, live and archived
• Nursing Officer, Advertisement No. PGI/RC/055/2026/2276
• Example project job: Advertisement No. EMB/AKY/108
• Health Ministry order of 8 March 2017 renaming Staff Nurse as Nursing Officer (PDF)
• Indian Nursing Council, recognised programmes

Is there a PGIMER Staff Nurse exam?

No. The regular post is Nursing Officer, filled by a computer based test.

Then why do I see PGIMER Staff Nurse vacancies?

Departments hire Staff Nurses for funded projects. The archive held 35 such notices on 12 September 2026; the live listing had none.

What does a project Staff Nurse earn?

The July 2026 example paid ₹20,000 plus HRA. Nursing Officer is Level 7.

How do I tell the two notices apart?

Nursing Officer comes from the Recruitment Cell under a PGI/RC number and stays open for weeks. A project notice is signed by a professor, has a departmental number and closes fast.

I want a permanent job. What should I apply for?

Nursing Officer: 243 posts, registration until 3 October 2026.

Does project experience help for Nursing Officer?

No. Selection is on the test alone, with no marks for experience.