Tamil Nadu publishes entrance exam blueprints for PG Allied Health courses

CHENNAI: The Selection Committee has published the entrance examination blueprints for several postgraduate Allied Health Science courses for 2026-27. Notification No. 1042/SCSII(2)/2026, dated 22 September 2026, says the subject-wise break-up of questions is now on display for Master of Physiotherapy, Master of Occupational Therapy, Master of Medical Radiology and Imaging Technology, Master of Medical Laboratory Science, Master of Optometry, Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics, and M.Sc Nuclear Medicine Technology.

Each annexure totals 100 questions. That gives candidates a fixed map of how much weight each undergraduate topic will carry, instead of guessing from older years alone. The notice is addressed to applicants for the 2026-27 session and sits on tnmedicalselection.net alongside the same-day application extension for related PG AHS programmes.

How the paper is weighted

The Master of Occupational Therapy annexure spreads marks across general psychology and sociology, anatomy, physiology, clinical orthopaedics and neurology, rehabilitation medicine, and large blocks on basic principles of OT, OT in psychiatry, orthopaedics, neurology, paediatrics and rehabilitation. Organisation and administration and group process topics also appear.

The Master of Medical Radiology and Imaging Technology blueprint opens with human anatomy, physiology and pathology relevant to radiology, then contrast and special procedures, general physics and radiation topics, and applied imaging practice. Master of Optometry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Laboratory Science and Nuclear Medicine Technology each carry their own subject tables in the same PDF, again adding to 100 questions per course.

How aspirants should use the blueprints

Treat the annexures as a revision timetable, not as leaked question papers. Count hours against the heavier OT and clinical blocks first, then fill thinner two-question or three-question rows. Keep a printed copy of the relevant annexure with the prospectus so that coaching notes do not overwrite the official weightage.

The blueprint notice does not by itself announce the entrance date or centre list. Those details will still come through later Selection Committee updates. Candidates who are also racing the 23 September application close should finish portal submission first, then switch to subject-wise drills using the new tables.

For Education readers, the 22 September PDF is the clearest official signal yet on how Tamil Nadu will structure these PG AHS entrance papers for 2026-27. Download the notification, open the annexure for your course, and rebuild the study plan around the published 100-question split.

Coaching centres and college tutors should quote the annexure numbers rather than inventing chapter lists. Where an annexure gives ten questions to a clinical block, that block deserves roughly ten percent of timed mock papers. The Selection Committee can still refine exam logistics later, but the subject split published on 22 September is the working blueprint until a superseding notice appears on tnmedicalselection.net.

Applicants handling both the application extension and the blueprint should finish registration first, then print only their own course annexure to avoid mixing OT and radiology weightages. Keep the PDF with the prospectus so that later admit-card instructions can be read against the same official pack.