Meridian Nursing & Paramedical College, Varanasi

Entrance exam

CNET

Counselling and seat allotment

ABVMU counselling

Fee for one year (2025-26)

₹2,00,000

Pass Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English, with at least 45% in PCB (40% for SC, ST and OBC). The candidate must be 17 years old by 31 December of the admission year.

Apply online for the Common Nursing Entrance Test (CNET) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University. The test fee is Rs 3,000 for General and OBC candidates and Rs 2,000 for SC, ST and PwD candidates. The paper has 120 multiple-choice questions on Nursing Aptitude, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English, with no negative marking. CNET 2026 was held on 6 June 2026 and the result came on 13 June 2026.

Qualify with the minimum percentile: 50 for General and EWS, 45 for General and EWS PwD, 40 for SC, ST and OBC.

Register for the university's online counselling, fill college choices, and pay the counselling fee of Rs 500 plus a refundable security deposit of Rs 5,000. Seats are allotted on the merit list and the choices, in Round 1, Round 2 and a mop-up round, followed by a stray round for vacant seats. In 2026 Round 1 allotment was on 21 June and the session started on 1 August.

Confirm the allotted seat with the seat confirmation fee of Rs 40,000, which is adjusted against the tuition fee, then report to the college with original documents. There is no direct admission. Government colleges need a Uttar Pradesh domicile; private colleges also take candidates from other states.

First-year fee of the B.Sc Nursing course for 2025-26, as declared by the college to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University: tuition and compulsory institute fees, without hostel, mess and transport. The total declared for all 4 years is Rs 6,00,000. Fees change every year: confirm with the college.

From the official B.Sc Nursing fee notice of Meridian Nursing & Paramedical College, Varanasi.

Entrance exam

UPGET

Counselling and seat allotment

ABVMU counselling

Pass Class 12 with English and at least 40% marks (or 40% in a vocational ANM or health care science stream, or be a registered ANM); SC and ST candidates get a 5% relaxation. The candidate must be 17 years old by 31 December of the admission year. GNM is a three-year course.

Apply online for the Uttar Pradesh GNM Entrance Test (UPGET) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University. The paper has 100 multiple-choice questions: Science (Class 10 level) 50, General Knowledge 30 and English 20, with no negative marking, and it is held offline on an OMR sheet in about 20 cities of the state. In 2025 the test fee was Rs 3,000 for General and OBC candidates and Rs 2,000 for SC, ST and PwD candidates, and the qualifying marks were the 50th percentile for General and the 45th for the other categories.

Register for the university's online counselling, fill college choices and pay the counselling fee. Seats of the government GNM schools and of all private institutions except private universities are allotted by merit in Round 1, Round 2, a mop-up round and a stray round.

Confirm the allotted seat with the seat confirmation fee and report to the college with original documents. There is no direct admission. In government schools, 15% of seats are kept for in-service ANMs (five years of service, with a certificate from the Chief Medical Officer) and 10% for male candidates, and the candidate must be a domicile of Uttar Pradesh.

The UP State Medical Faculty calendar for diploma nursing 2026-27 starts the session in August 2026, sets 30 September 2026 as the last date of admission and holds the annual examination in August or September 2027.

Counselling and seat allotment

Own admission process

Pass Class 12 in Arts (with English) or Science, or the health care science vocational stream, from a recognised board or the National Institute of Open School. The candidate must be 17 years old by 31 December of the admission year and not above 35.

Apply to the training school. The UP State Medical Faculty sets the eligibility and affiliates the school; no state-level entrance test or common counselling for private ANM schools was found in an official notice, so confirm the process, fee and seats with the school.

The UP State Medical Faculty calendar for diploma nursing 2026-27 starts the session in August 2026 and sets 30 September 2026 as the last date of admission (for ANM the Indian Nursing Council extended it to 31 October 2026). The annual examination is in August or September 2027. ANM is a two-year course.

Entrance exam

CNET

Counselling and seat allotment

ABVMU counselling

Fee for one year (2025-26)

₹1,50,000

Hold a B.Sc Nursing, B.Sc (Hons) Nursing or Post Basic B.Sc Nursing with at least 55% aggregate marks, be registered as an RN and RM with the Uttar Pradesh Nurses and Midwives Council, and have at least one year of clinical or teaching experience (for Nurse Practitioner in Critical Care, one year of clinical experience, preferably in critical care).

Apply online for the Common Nursing Entrance Test (CNET) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University for M.Sc Nursing and NPCC. The test fee is Rs 3,000 for General and OBC candidates and Rs 2,000 for SC, ST and PwD candidates. The paper has 120 multiple-choice questions at B.Sc Nursing level in three sections (nursing specialities 66, sciences and foundations 36, computer, English, education technology, research and management 18), in English, with no negative marking. CNET 2026 was held on 6 June 2026 and the result came on 13 June 2026.

Register for the university's online counselling, fill college and speciality choices and pay Rs 500 plus a refundable security deposit of Rs 5,000. Seats of the colleges affiliated to the university, and of SGPGIMS Lucknow, KGMU Lucknow and LLRM Meerut, are allotted by merit in Round 1 (allotment on 15 July 2026), a mop-up round and then a stray round.

Confirm the allotted seat with the seat confirmation fee of Rs 40,000, which is adjusted against the tuition fee, and report to the college with original documents. There is no direct admission.

First-year fee of the M.Sc Nursing course for 2025-26, as declared by the college to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University: tuition and compulsory institute fees, without hostel, mess and transport. The total declared for all 2 years is Rs 3,00,000. Fees change every year: confirm with the college.

From the official M.Sc Nursing fee notice of Meridian Nursing & Paramedical College, Varanasi.