NIMHANS Admission 2026 - Programs, Important Dates and Application Procedure

NIMHANS was given 'Regarded to be University' status by UGC in 1994 and NIMHANS turned into a self-sufficient and autonomous college. NIMHANS was proclaimed an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament vide Government of India Gazette Notification dated 14.9.2012. Despite anything contained in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992, the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, and the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the medicinal degrees, confirmations, nursing degrees and testaments conceded by the Institute under this Act will be perceived restorative capabilities for the motivations behind the Acts aforementioned and will be regarded to be remembered for the Schedule to the individual Acts. 

The Government of India built up the All India Institute of Mental Health in 1954 in relationship with the then-existing Mental Hospital of the Government of Karnataka. The significant target of the Institute was to produce labor in the field of emotional well-being and neurosciences. The Government of India as the inside for preparing picked the Mental Hospital, Bangalore, which had developed certain customs since 1936 in issues identified with undergrad preparing in the field of Psychiatry. The Institute was then partnered to the University of Mysore for all courses. 

Along these lines, the Institute got associated to the Bangalore University in 1964. The Bangalore University set up a different workforce of Mental Health and Neurosciences. The All India Institute of Mental Health and the Mental Hospital of the Government of Karnataka were amalgamated into a self-governing organization and hence the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) appeared in 1974.

Admission Notification for Ph.D., Super Speciality, Postdoctoral, Postgraduate, Diploma, B.Sc. and Certificate Courses for session 2026 at National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS).

Courses offered at NIMHANS

Qualification Criteria 

Medical Courses 

• MBBS degree from a perceived University or from some other University perceived as equal thereto by NIMHANS and by the Medical Council of India. 
• The applicant ought to have finished mandatory turn temporary position of one year after MBBS or its comparable as perceived by the Medical Council of India at the very latest the date of initiation obviously. An endorsement with that impact must be created. The competitor ought to have changeless enrollment with the State Medical Council. Up-and-comers who don't present the testament of the fulfillment of entry-level positions upon the arrival of admission to the course won't be conceded under any situation. 
• Applicants who have MD/MS/DNB/DPM from a perceived University or from some other 
• College perceived as identical thereto by NIMHANS and by the Medical Council of India may apply for the course. Be that as it may, Candidates who are anticipating the outcomes may likewise show up for the entrance guinea pig to the creation of confirmation of having breezed through the assessment prior to the date of admission to the course. 

Non-Medical Courses 

• Up-and-comers with M.Sc. /MA/MSW/BAMS/BE/B.Tech/B.Sc. ought to have passed the essential assessment from a University perceived by the University Grants Commission (UGC) or the Restoration Council of India (RCI) with at the very least 55% of imprints in total prior to the date of meeting/confirmation. Up-and-comers who have shown up for the passing assessment and are anticipating results may likewise apply. Be that as it may, such up-and-comers will be qualified to show up for the talk with/confirmation just on the off chance that they produce the verification of having finished the assessment recorded as a hard copy. 
• In the event that, grades are granted in lieu of imprints in the passing assessment, up-and-comers need to produce a declaration from the University obviously expressing the scope of imprints into which each of the grades fit, bombing which, such applications will be dismissed. 
• Competitors with a Master's qualification acquired through research and granted based on the assessment of the proposal (from a University perceived by NIMHANS which doesn't grant marks at the master's level) are likewise qualified to apply for Ph.D. Program. 
• Up-and-comers with PUC or 10 + 2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English with 45% total in the above subjects can apply for B.Sc. in Nursing course. 
• Up-and-comers with PUC or 10 + 2 with English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology or occupation situated recognition courses from a perceived board with a total of 45% can apply for B.Sc. in Radiography course. 
• Competitors with PUC or 10 + 2 or comparable with a Science bunch having verified a total of 45% in Science subjects for B.Sc. in Anesthesia Technology/B.Sc. in Clinical Neurophysiology Innovation courses. 
• An unwinding of 5% stamps in total will be given for competitors having a place with SC/ST class

Important Dates

Selection Procedure 

• Seats under Institute Fellowship: Online Entrance Test (50%) + Interview (50%)
• Seats under External Fellowship: Online Entrance Test and/or Interview. Seats under ‘External Fellowship Category’ are subject to the availability of guides.
• Qualifying percentage in Online Entrance Test UR/SC/ST/OBC -50% 
• Selection will be simply founded on merit in the Online Entrance Test. 
• In the event that no qualified applicants are accessible against saved seats, they will be topped off from the general merit class. 
• A merit list will be arranged course astute and held class shrewd dependent on the imprints scored by the competitors in the Online passage test. Qualified applicants list will be advised for confirmation for all courses and meetings if there should arise an occurrence of Ph.D. up-and-comers. A different merit list will be set up for MD in Psychiatry &M.Phil.in Clinical Psychology for the seats saved for Karnataka houses and separate merit list will be set up for seats saved for homes of Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu, and Kashmir, Manipur Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, and Uttarakhand in MD in Psychiatry. 
• Every one of the applicants who are chosen for showing up before the Selection Committee for Interview is required to qualify by getting at least half marks to be qualified for admission to a Ph.D. course. Negligible qualifying in the Entrance test and meeting doesn't qualify affirmation for a Ph.D. course. Selection is dependent upon the accessibility of qualified aides in the individual offices. 
• Up-and-comers who have cleared the UGC, CSIR, ICMR, DBT, and AYUSH (an explicit reference to courses in Yoga and Ayurveda) (JRF/SRF just) qualifying tests are absolved from entrance test. Every other competitor should clear the Online Entrance Test with the least of half Marks to get qualified for the Interview. 

Conduct of Online Entrance Test 

• Common Entrance Test will be led for MD in Psychiatry, DM in Neurology and M.Ch in Neurosurgery courses of 60 minutes duration with 70 questions for up-and-comers applying with MBBS capability followed by Online Entrance Test of 30 minutes term with 30 questions for every space. 
• Separate entrance tests will be directed for every other course offered at NIMHANS. 
• Qualified possibility for Online Entrance Test will be educated to download the e-corridor ticket, which should be created at the hour of the Online Entrance Test Center. 
• The question paper for the Online Entrance test will contain different decision target type questions. The duration of the test for each course will be 60 minutes and a half and the number of questions to be addressed is 100. 
• A single normal Online entrance trial of 60 minutes duration with 70 questions will be directed for up-and-comers applying for MD in Psychiatry, DM in Neurology and M.Ch in Neurosurgery courses with MBBS capability followed by Online Entrance Test of 30 minutes span with 30 questions for every area [Candidates applying for any of the over three courses should show up for the passage trial of that specific course only]. 
• There will be negative marking and 0.25 imprints will be deducted for every single wrong answer. No imprints will be deducted for unanswered questions. 

Application Procedure 

• The application should be submitted through Online mode (just) along with all the enclosures and photographs.
• All cases made in the application must be upheld with narrative evidence in unique alongside a lot of photocopies at the hour of meeting/confirmation. 
• An up-and-comer can apply for a limit of 3 (three) courses in particular (if they are qualified). MD in Psychiatry, DM in Neurology and M.Ch. in Neurosurgery are altogether treated as independent courses. Every single Postdoctoral Fellowship is treated as independent courses. Candidates are not allowed to present numerous online applications. An applicant needs to choose three urban areas, for taking the assessment, in the request for need, i.e., first, second and third decisions. There might be various test centers in the urban communities referenced in the table and NIMHANS claims all authority to convey candidates to any test centers. Be that as it may, the decision of city for taking the assessment, or the inside in a given city, can't be guaranteed as an issue of right. Under outstanding conditions like the absence of the least number of candidates for the guaranteed center in a given city, NIMHANS maintains whatever authority is needed to drop the decision of the city/center. 
• Workers of State or Central Government or of any Public Sector Undertaking of State or Central Government should send their applications through their bosses. Be that as it may, the development duplicate of the application (complete in all regards) can be submitted. In the event that the application isn't gotten through the business before the date of the Online Entrance Test, a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from the business should be created at the hour of meeting/affirmation bombing which the up-and-comer won't be conceded.

Enclosures to be Uploaded in Online Application Form

• 10th/SSLC/Matriculation Certificate, containing Date of Birth and Full Name of Applicant.
• Marks Card of all years/semesters
• Degree Certificate.
• Attempt Certificate, in case of eligible qualification being MBBS.4
• Permanent Registration Certificate
• Internship Completion Certificate
• Experience Certificate
• Transfer Certificate from Institution/College
• Migration Certificate from the University

Age Limit for Admission

• The age is determined as on 01.07.2020 for session 1 and 01.01.2021 for session 2. 
• As far as possible for different courses is as per the following: 
• For postgraduate restorative and Super Speciality courses - age should not be over 32 years for MBBS degree holders and 37 for PG medicinal degree holders. 
• The most extreme age limit for applying to M.Sc. in Biostatistics course is 30 years and relaxable by a limit of 3 years for OBC applicants. 
• For B.Sc. in Nursing, B.Sc. in Radiography, B.Sc. in Anesthesia Technology and B.Sc. in Clinical Neurophysiology Technology courses, age of the up-and-comers ought to be somewhere in the range of 17 and 25 years. 
• Age is relaxable by a limit of 5 years on account of SC/ST competitors and by a limit of 3 years for OBC up-and-comers, for the courses where the seats are saved for OBC/SC/ST as it were. 
• Age should not be over 45 years as on the date of the beginning of courses if there should arise an occurrence of supported/deputed competitors. 
• Representatives of NIMHANS applying for a Ph.D. ought to have in any event 10 years of administration left before enrolling for Ph.D. 
• Age is relaxable by a limit of 5 years on account of PWD applicants (check PWD hinder under reservation of seat segment for more data).

Contact Details

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences

Hosur Road, Near Bangalore Milk Dairy, Bengluru, Karnataka - 5600029

Phone: 080 - 26995201 / 5202

Email: [email protected]