This is the two-year degree, not the one-year speciality-diploma stack sitting next to it on the same homepage. The Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Kilpauk, Chennai-10, has opened online applications for Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing) 2026-2027 for government colleges and government-quota seats in self-financing private institutions — “Diploma in Nursing Course completed candidates only.” Date of Notification: 28-08-2026. Uploading started 28-08-2026 at 12:10 pm. Last date for uploading: 02-09-2026 up to 5:00 pm. Merit and tentative allotment: will be intimated later. Last date of admission: the date on the candidate’s allotment order.
The cover cites G.O. (D) No.970, Health and Family Welfare (PME-2), dated 18.08.2026, as amended. Application processing fee is Rs.400 via bank portal; SC / SCA / SCC / ST are exempted. Duration: two years. It is not Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery. It is not Post Basic Diploma Nursing — that is a separate prospectus and a separate fee. The prospectus prints www.tnmedicalselection.org; the live host this morning is https://tnmedicalselection.net/. The homepage apply button is https://regpmc.tnmedicalonline.co.in/PB26/ — the same URL also sits under the Post Basic Diploma apply line.
Diploma-holder route, service date 31-05-2026
The candidate should be a citizen of India. Natives who studied 8th to 12th in Tamil Nadu schools and did Diploma in Nursing for 3 or 3½ years in Tamil Nadu need not upload a nativity certificate. A Permanent Residence Certificate will not be accepted in lieu. Age: no limit for non-service. Service candidates should not have completed 50 years as on 31st December 2026; upload evidence.
Educational qualification: pass in Diploma in Nursing with a pass in Higher Secondary or equivalent recognised by the University, and registration as Nurse & Midwife in the Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council or any other State Nursing Council. A General Nursing and Midwifery certificate and registration as Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife (RNRM), or equivalent, is required.
Upload, in the prospectus order: HSC mark sheet; Diploma in Nursing mark sheets with internship; Midwifery / Psychiatry Nursing mark sheet; transfer certificate after Diploma in Nursing; nativity where needed; permanent community certificate where needed; provisional / completion of Diploma in Nursing; Permanent Registration Certificate in GNM / Psychiatry Nursing with the Tamil Nadu Nursing Council. No extension after 5:00 pm on 2 September.
Service candidates serving in Tamil Nadu Medical Services on a regular basis must have completed two years of continuous regular service as on 31-05-2026, excluding leave other than casual and compensatory leave. Approved probationers in local bodies need the same two years as on 31-05-2026. If no eligible service candidate opts, those seats go to eligible open-category candidates.
Printed government seats, merit formula, fees
Merit: Diploma in Nursing marks reduced to a base of 90, plus experience marks for 10, aggregate 100. One mark for each completed year of experience as on 31-05-2026 from the last date of the month of passing Diploma in Nursing, cap 10, for both service and non-service. Inter-se: least appearances in the final-year Diploma in Nursing examination; then marks in Psychiatry / Midwifery; then seniority in age. Counselling processing fee later: Rs.250.
Government colleges printed in the prospectus: Tamil Nadu Government Institute of Advanced Nursing Science and Research, Chennai — 30 service + 10 open = 40; Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem — 40 + 10 = 50; printed total 90. A further table under G.O. (Ms.) No.506, 31.10.2025, adds 8 + 2 = 10 at the Chennai institute (75% service / 25% non-service), with no salary for those newly sanctioned service seats. Government-quota seats in self-financing private institutions are a separate category; this desk is not inventing a self-financing total.
Government college fee: Rs.3,000 per annum. Self-financing government-quota: Rs.60,000 per annum, excluding hostel, transport and mess. SC / SCA / ST exempted from tuition. Discontinuation after the cut-off in a government college: Rs.1,00,000. As per the resolution of the Indian Nursing Council, the last date for Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing) admission is 30-09-2026.
The two-year degree sits on G.O.(D) No.970: Chennai and Salem government seats as printed, last upload 2 September 5:00 pm. If the Committee swaps this 14-page prospectus, use the swap for the degree window.
