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BSMS
Undergraduate Siddha medicine degree
Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery. Siddha is a traditional system of medicine from Tamil Nadu. You study modern medical basics alongside Siddha principles, pharmacology and external therapies such as varmam, then complete a one-year internship. It is regulated by the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM).
After BSMS, you can
How you get in
Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology, and a qualifying NEET-UG score. AACCC (Ministry of Ayush) counsels the 15% All India Quota and central, national-institute and deemed-university seats; states fill the rest through their own counselling. In Tamil Nadu, students who have not studied Tamil up to Class 10 or 12 study it in the first year.
At a glance
- 16 of the 17 permitted Siddha colleges are in Tamil Nadu; one is in Kerala.
- Practice needs registration with a State Board or Council of Indian Medicine.
- An MD (Siddha) through AIAPGET is the usual way to specialise.
In numbers
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