There are 6 medical colleges under the Department of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy in Chennai-Arumbakkam, Tirunelveli, Thirumangalam, and Kottaru.
There are 390 seats available for admission to medical courses under Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopathy, Yoga, and Naturopathy. Similarly, there are 1200 seats available as the state government quota in the private medical colleges.
The admissions to the courses on Yoga and Naturopathy will be based on the marks obtained in the +2 Public Examinations. Admission to the other courses will be based on the marks obtained in NEET (National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test).
In this situation, it has been recently announced that the distribution of application forms for Yoga and Naturopathy medical courses will commence on 1st July.
The officials of the Department of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy shared in this regard :
‘The distribution of the application forms for admission to Yoga and Naturopathy Medical courses based on the marks obtained in the +2 Public Examination will commence from 1st July. The application forms can be downloaded from the website and applied.
website : www.tnhealth.org www.tnmedicalselection.org
As the admission to the other 4 courses will be based on the performance in NEET, the announcement regarding the distribution of application forms will be announced shortly.’