Meena lives in a small village in Bangladesh. Out of her family’s five daughters, she is the oldest. She aspires to enter a field with greater work opportunities for women. She intends to get admitted during the 2024–2025 nursing session. She has a lot of questions about nursing admission because she wants to know the specifics.
How many courses are there in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh government provides three nursing courses currently. The courses are
- B.Sc. in Nursing
- Diploma in Nursing Science
- Diploma in Midwifery
What are the differences between B.Sc. Nursing and DNSM courses?
The course B.Sc. (Nursing) stands for Bachelor of Nursing. The DNSM stands for Diploma in Midwifery and Nursing Science. While HSC passed commerce and arts group students mostly take the entrance exam for the Diploma in Nursing Science & Diploma in Midwifery, HSC passed science group students take the admission exam for the B.Sc. in Nursing.
What are the minimum qualifications to get admission in these courses?
To be admitted to the Diploma in Nursing Science and Diploma in Midwifery programs, candidates must have an individual GPA of 2.5 and a total SSC and HSC GPA of 6.00 from any group.
A GPA of 3.00 on its own and a cumulative GPA of 7.00 in the SSC and HSC are requirements for admission to the B.Sc. in Nursing program. Biology is also necessary.
Students must locate the nursing admission test circular and take the exam after their GPA has been confirmed.
Students who perform well on the admission exam will be admitted to the government nursing training center in accordance with BNMC regulations. Furthermore, only a very tiny portion of students will be placed on a district reservation.
Is there any age limitation for nursing admission test?
Yes, there was an age limit in the prior year’s nursing admissions circular. This year, Meena must visit the BNMC’s official website to learn about the age restriction. The circular will be made public after the entrance exams for BDS and MBBS. For the 2024 entrance, the previous three batches of HSC applicants took the nursing admission exam as well.
When the admission test will be conducted?
The MBBS and BDS admission tests are frequently followed by the nursing admission exam for medical and dental institutions. The date of the 2024–2025 nursing admission exam has not yet been set; the BNMC website will also be updated.
In the meantime, a new update states that the entrance exam for MBBS (2024–2025) will be held on January 17 and the BDS admission will be held on February 28.
(Sources from the Ministry of Health and the Directorate General of Health Education confirmed this information.)
How to prepare for Nursing and Midwifery admission test in Bangladesh:
How to take preparation about nursing admission test?
To get nursing admission test candidates need to know about the mark’s distribution.
Mark distribution for admission test of Diploma in Nursing Science and Diploma in Midwifery:
Bangla: 20, English: 20, General knowledge: 25, General science: 25, Math: 10
Bangla: 20, English: 20, General knowledge: 25, General science: 25, Math: 10
Marks distribution for admission test of BSc Nursing:
Bangla: 20, English: 20, General knowledge: 20, Math: 10, Physics: 10, Chemistry: 10, Biology 10
Bangla: 20, English: 20, General knowledge: 20, Math: 10, Physics: 10, Chemistry: 10, Biology 10
What type of preparation I need to take the BSc nursing admission test?
Meena must read previous years’ B.Sc. nursing admission test questions. The government-provided textbooks for classes 9 and 10 will also be her top priority. The same preparation would be used for nursing diplomas.
How much mark Meena needs to get admission in private Nursing institutes/colleges?
Candidates must get 40 marks, which is also the passing score on the nursing admission exam, in order to be admitted to private nursing institutes or colleges. There will be no negative grading on the nursing admission exam.
How can Meena get admission in private nursing colleges or institutes?
Candidates must receive a passing score of 40 on the BNMC-conducted nursing admission exam in order to be admitted to private nursing colleges or institutes.
Top institutes for Nursing & Healthcare Degrees/studies in Bangladesh:
Top institute/college for Nursing:
- Saic Nursing College
- Rumdo Nursing College
- Daliya Nursing College
- Anowara Nursing College
- Jashimuddin Nursing College
- Monowara Nursing College
- Prime College of Nursing, Dhaka.
- Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing
- Bangladesh Nursing College, BNC
- Trauma Nursing College
- BIRDEM Nursing College
- Ibn Sina Nursing Institute
- CRP Nursing College
- East West Nursing College and Institute
- College of Nursing, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka
- Dhaka Nursing College
- Pallabi Nursing College
- Dhaka Central international Nursing College and Institute
- College of Nursing
- NIMDT Mats and Nursing College
- Hamida Nursing Institute
- North Western Nursing Institute
- Universal Nursing College
- HBH International Nursing College
- Square College of Nursing
- Nursing College Mitford
- AYAT College of Nursing & Health Sciences
- Evergreen Nursing Institute
- Dhaka Ideal Nursing Institute
- STS Nursing College
- Northern International Nursing College
- DCMT Nursing Institute
- National Institute of Advanced Nursing Education and Research
- Enam Nursing College
Top institutes/colleges for IHT & MATS:
- SIMT
- Institute of Health Technology, Dhaka
- Institute of Health Technology, Rajshahi
- Prime College of Nursing, Dhaka.
- Army Medical Core Centre & School, Tangail
- Trauma Medical Institutes
