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New Indian Express
3 days ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
Counselling for student admission to MBBS, BDS courses to start from July 30 in Odisha
BHUBANESWAR: Counselling for admission of students to MBBS and BDS seats in different government and private medical colleges for the 2025-26 academic year will commence from July 30. Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) committee chairman DP Satpathy said a state-level merit list will be prepared after seat matrix for this year's admission is received from the state government and they will proceed with the counselling. The total medical seats in the state will exclude 15 per cent All India quota, counselling schedule for which has already been issued by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). Satpathy said the enrolment process under All India quota will be completed in the first round from July 21 to 30, while the state counselling will begin on July 30 and continue till August 6. The second round counselling for All India quota will start from August 12 and continue till August 20, while OJEE will take up counselling at state-level from August 19 to 29. The round three has been scheduled for September. In the event of stray vacancies at the state-level, the same will be filled up between September 25 and 29. Last year, the OJEE committee had carried out enrolment of students to a total of 1,863 MBBS and BDS seats in different government and private medical colleges.
New Indian Express
14-06-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Special OJEE on July 15-16 to fill vacant seats
BHUBANESWAR: A special Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) will be conducted for filling up vacant seats in BTech and other professional courses on July 15 and 16, informed the OJEE committee. Committee chairman DP Satpathy said the process of registration and online application for the Special OJEE-2025 commenced from Friday and will continue till June 23. Satpathy said the entrance test will be conducted for BTech, LE Tech (diploma), LE Tech (BSc), MBA, MCA and BPharm courses. Candidates who have appeared earlier in either of the exams are not required appear this time. The results of special OJEE in BTech will be used to fill up the leftover seats in engineering colleges and technical institutes, after first phase counselling for BTech is completed on the basis of JEE Main ranking. Similarly, the ranks of the special OJEE in LE Tech (diploma), LE Tech (BSc), MBA, MCA and BPharm will be used for the seats that will fall vacant after admission to these courses based on the OJEE-2025. Meanwhile, officials also clarified that candidates from outside the state are not eligible for admission in government colleges, but can enrol in private professional colleges and institutions.
