School of Nursing, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki

• 2026–27 GNM admission through the UPGET merit list and the university's counselling

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.

Official counselling sites: ABVMU CNET and UPGET counselling (Uttar Pradesh nursing) .