Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram-695 001, has commenced the activities related to the first phase of centralized allotment to Post Graduate Dental (MDS) Courses for the year 2025 with the inviting of options for the First phase of allotment.

The list of Dental Colleges to which the CEE makes allotment is provided in the Home page of the candidate and in the Notification at the website. Candidates can give options as per their priority of the Course/College/Quota combinations in the option list. A candidate should give options only to those Course-College combinations he/she is sure to join if allotted.

Candidates who seek admission under Minority/NRI quota in Self Financing Dental Colleges have to register options online to desired courses/colleges/quota, during the first phase itself. The nativity/ community/ category claims (including Minority/NRI/In-service quota) made by candidates in the online application will be rejected, if the required documents are not uploaded to the online application within the stipulated time. Candidates who do not register Minority/NRI quota options, will not be considered for allotment under Minority/NRI quota even if they are included in the respective category lists.

Allotment to service quota seats will be conducted during the subsequent phases of allotment. However, those service quota candidates who wish to be considered for allotment to seats other than service quota seats should give options in this phase itself.

Options are to be registered in the Home Page of the candidate. Candidate have to click ‘PG Dental 2025- Candidate Portal’ available at www.cee.kerala.gov.in, enter their Application Number and Password to enter their Home page. Candidates can then register their options online by clicking the menu ‘Option Registration’. A security deposit / option registration fee of Rs. 10,000/- will have to be paid at the time of option registration. For SC/ST/OEC and other candidates who are eligible for fee concession, Rs.5000/- will have to be paid as security deposit. The registration fee paid cannot be changed. Registration fee of those candidates who do not get allotment will be refunded after the completion of entire counseling process. The registration fee will be adjusted to the course fee if a candidate gets allotment. The registration fee of those candidates who do not join within the stipulated time after getting the allotment and of those who quit seats after taking admission will be considered as penalty and will not be refunded.

Options can be registered latest by 11.59 pm on 06.07.2025.

There will not be any facility for fresh option registration in second phase counseling except to any new course/college added to the allotment process at that stage. Only option confirmation/ deletion/ rearrangement of the existing valid options will be possible. Option confirmation is compulsory to participate in the second phase of the allotment process.

If a candidate is allotted a seat in the first phase and has joined the allotted seat, his/her higher options will be retained and all those options listed below the allotted option will automatically be deleted thus enabling only upgradation/retention of the same seat.

After the first two phases of counseling, third/final phase counseling will start, which offers fresh option registration to candidates. Conversion of seats if any will be carried out during the final phase of allotment. A fresh option registration fee will be implemented to all candidates, who register fresh options in the final phase.

After the final phase allotment, if any vacancies exist or arise, those vacancies shall be filled through Stray vacancy filling allotment.

Under Government Category, MDS is offered at Govt. Dental Colleges at Kozhikode, Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram with tuition fee of Rs. 52100/-. If any change occurs in the fee structure in Government Dental Colleges, the same will be published by Government. There are 13 Private Self-financing Dental Colleges with 85% seats carrying fee of Rs. 8,50,000/- and 15% seats, fee of Rs.15,00,000/-. The fee is provisional and subject to changes as decided by the Admission Supervisory Committee/Government.

The allotment to Colleges / Courses will be subject to recognition of All India Regulatory Bodies / Affiliation from the Universities concerned. All details related to the allotment process are available at www.cee.kerala.gov.in. Candidates are also required to visit the above website regularly for Notifications and announcements regarding allotment. Helpline number: 0471 –2332120, 2338487