Tamil Nadu BSc Nursing Admission 2026: Dates, Application Form, Result, Merit List, Counselling

Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission 2026: Highlights

Tamil Nadu BSc Nursing Admission 2026: Important dates

Candidates willing to get Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission 2026 need to keep themselves with all the important dates so that no deadlines can be missed. Check the updated Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission dates in the table below.

Tamil Nadu BSc Nursing Dates 2026

Tamil Nadu BSc nursing eligibility criteria 2026

To apply for the Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission 2026, candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria as set by the authority. The Tamil Nadu BSc nursing eligibility criteria 2026 can be checked below.

Citizenship

Candidates should be citizens of India.

Applicants should be natives of Tamil Nadu.

Academic qualifications:

• Candidates must have passed in Higher Secondary courses with Physics, Chemistry and Biology courses with not less than 45% aggregate marks (for OC/ BC/ BCM/ MBC/ DC candidates). Candidates belonging to the SC/ SCA/ ST category must have obtained not less than 40% aggregate marks.
• Candidates must have passed in English with a minimum of 35% marks.

Age limit:

• Candidates must be 17 years of age as of December 31 of the year of admission.
• Married candidates are also eligible to apply.

Tamil Nadu BSc Nursing Application Form 2026

The authority releases the Tamil Nadu BSc nursing application form 2026 in online mode at tnmedicalselection.net. Eligible candidates have to fill out the application form of Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission 2026 on or before the stipulated period. Steps to fill the Tamil Nadu BSc nursing application form 2026 can be checked below.

How to fill Tamil Nadu BSc nursing application form 2026?

• Go to the official website: tnmedicalselection.net.

• Click on the link ‘BSc nursing application form’.

• Register by entering the name, email ID, mobile number and other asked details.

• The application number and password are sent to the registered email address.

• Enter the personal details, academic details, correspondence details and other details.

• Pay the application process fee of Rs 500.

• Submit the filled application form for Tamil Nadu BSc nursing.

Note: Candidates should submit the Tamil Nadu BSc nursing application form 2026 carefully. The authority does not provide any opportunity to make corrections in the filled application form.

Documents to be uploaded in Tamil Nadu BSc nursing 2026 application form

• Class 10 marksheet

• Class 12 marksheet (photocopy of both sides of the marksheet)

• Transfer certificate

• Nativity certificate

• Community certificate (if applicable)

• First graduate certificate (if applicable)

• Candidates who have submitted a mark sheet with GRADES should obtain the Statement of marks indicating the actual marks secured from the examination authority

Tamil Nadu BSc nursing result 2026

Admission to the BSc nursing courses in the colleges of Tamil Nadu are granted based on the class 12 marks. The authority prepares the merit list based on the marks obtained by the eligible candidates in class 12 Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English subjects. The marks of the qualifying examination are reduced to a maximum of 200 marks by applying the normalisation process.

The Tamil Nadu BSc nursing merit list 2026 is published in online mode at tnmedicalselection.net. Candidates with their names mentioned in the merit list of Tamil Nadu BSc nursing are required to contact the respective colleges for further admission process.

Tamil Nadu BSc nursing merit list 2026: Tie-breaking criteria

After normalisation, in case two or more candidates obtain equal marks, the authority applies the below mentioned tie-breaking criteria to prepare the merit list of Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission 2026.

• A candidate with a higher percentage in Biology (Botany & Zoology) is placed in a higher position in the merit list.

• If a tie is not resolved, a candidate with a higher percentage in Chemistry subjects in class 12 is placed in a higher position.

• Next, a candidate with a higher percentage of marks in the Physics subject from class 12 is placed higher.

• If the tie still persists, the candidate with the higher percentage in the fourth optional subject is placed higher in the merit list.

• The next tie is resolved by placing the older candidate at a higher merit rank.

• At last, the tie is resolved by considering the higher value of the random number.

Tamil Nadu BSc nursing counselling 2026

The authority conducts the Tamil Nadu BSc nursing counselling in online mode. The schedule for counselling for Tamil Nadu BSc nursing admission 2026 is released in online mode. The Tamil Nadu BSc nursing counselling 2026 for special categories is done before the counselling for the general category. Candidates wishing to participate in the counselling process have to pay a processing fee of Rs 250.

Candidates who have been allotted a seat in the Tamil Nadu BSc nursing counselling are required to download their provisional allotment order and join the course in the institution before the specified date and time. In case, any seat remains unfilled after the first phase of counselling, the authority conducts the second phase of counselling.