Madha College of Physiotherapy (Soosaiya peter Educational Trust) was established on October 3rd, 1996 in Chennai by philanthropists and a business magnate Dr.S.Peter.The institution is registered as a Christian Minority Trust. Since its inception, it has been contributing to the social development of the people in this region through its educational, research and industrial institutions. The college is affiliated with Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. and approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Association of Physiotherapists. The Madha Group of Educational Institutions imparts education from primary to doctoral level in a wide range of areas like Schooling, Arts, Science, Engineering technology management dental besides physiotherapy. Separate hostels are furnished rooms for boys and girls are available. The out-patient departments render free treatment to patients and are clubbed to 500 bedded hospitals.
Classrooms: Well-equipped classrooms with modern teaching aids.
Laboratories: Specialized labs for practical training in physiotherapy techniques, anatomy, and related subjects.
Library: A well-stocked library with books, journals, and research materials relevant to physiotherapy.
Rehabilitation Centers: Collaboration with external healthcare facilities for practical exposure and training.
Auditorium or Lecture Halls: Spaces for seminars, conferences, and academic events.
Gymnasium and Exercise Areas: Facilities for teaching and practicing therapeutic exercises.
IT Infrastructure: Computer labs with internet access and necessary software for research and academic purposes.
Research Facilities: Laboratories and resources for conducting research in physiotherapy.
Sports Facilities: If applicable, facilities for sports physiotherapy and related activities.
Hostel Accommodation: For students who require residential facilities.
Wi-Fi Connectivity: Campus-wide internet access.
Course | Intake |
Bachelor of Physiotherapy | 80 |
Master of Physiotherapy | MPT in Orthopaedics - 06 MPT in Neurology - 06 MPT in Cardiorespiratory -06 MPT in Sports Sciences - 06 |
Address | Madha College of Physiotherapy Madha Nagar, Somangalam Road, Kundrathur, Chennai - 600069. |
Phone | +91 44-2478 0732 / 2478 0734/ 044 2478 0736 |
65% of total seats in Non-Minority Institutions and 50% of total seats in Minority Institutions, subject to the Policy of the State Government and the court orders in this regard for each Para Medical Course in Self Financing institutions surrendered to Government Quota will be filled as per merit following the rule of reservation in force.
Non-Minority Institution | Minority Institution | ||
Govt | Management | Govt | Management |
65% | 35% | 50% | 50% |
Selection Committee Directorate Of Medical Education Combined online counseling for PARA MEDICAL DEGREE Courses. Candidates seeking admission to all Paramedical Degree courses should upload their online filled-in application form along with necessary enclosures.
COURSES | |||
B.PHARM | B.P.T | B.Sc. (NURSING) | B.Sc. RADIOGRAPHY AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGY |
B.ASLP | B.OPTOM | B.O.T | B.Sc. RADIO THERAPY TECHNOLOGY |
B.Sc. CARDIO-PULMONARY PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY | B.Sc. MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY | B.Sc. OPERATION THEATRE & ANAESTHESIA TECHNOLOGY | B.Sc. CARDIAC TECHNOLOGY |
B.Sc. CRITICAL CARE TECHNOLOGY | B.Sc. DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGY | B.Sc. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | B.Sc. ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY CARE TECHNOLOGY |
B.Sc. RESPIRATORY THERAPY | B.Sc. NEURO ELECTRO PHYSIOLOGY | B.Sc. CLINICAL NUTRITION |
IMPORTANT DATES | |
Date of Notification | 18-06-2023 |
Commencement of uploading the online application | 19-06-2023 |
Last date for uploading the online application | Weighted Total Marks for a maximum28-06-2023 (extended up to 10.07.2023 at 5.00 PM) |
Expected date for declaration of Merit through official website | --- |
Tentative Allotment of seats | -- |
Last date of admission | -- |
Helpline Number | 044-29862045 / 044-29862046 / 044-28363822/044-28364822/044-28365822/044-28366822 |
PROSPECTUS FOR ADMISSION TO PARAMEDICALDEGREE COURSES UNDER GOVERNMENT QUOTA click here |
NOTE:- The candidates who are unable to access the online application can appear in person with parent or guardian, along with all the original certificates at any one of the facilitation center available in the nearest Government Medical Colleges / Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and T.F.C.( Tamil Nadu Facilitation Centre) in each District ( where there are no Medical colleges yet) and utilize the facilities to access and apply online. |
Candidates are advised to take printout of prospectus and read the prospectus carefully with their parents or Guardians before filling the online application and ensure that no mandatory column is left blank. In the event of Non-Acceptance of the online application form, no correspondence/request for re-consideration will be entertained. |
Incomplete online application form will not be accepted |
ELIGIBILITY:-The candidate should be a citizen of India.
NATIVITY:- Candidates should be Natives of Tamil Nadu (The candidates, who claim their Nativity as Tamil Nadu should submit their nativity certificate issued by the competent Revenue authority of the Government of Tamil Nadu.)
NOTE:- |
Permanent Residence Certificate in lieu of Nativity Certificate will not be accepted. |
Nativity Certificate submitted with application alone will be accepted and sending the Nativity Certificate separately will not be entertained |
Candidates belonging to other States cannot claim nativity of Tamil Nadu |
Candidates who are Native of Tamil Nadu and who have studied 6TH standard to 12TH standard in schools of Tamil Nadu should also produce Nativity Certificate and Community Certificate issued by the competent authority. The Community Certificate of either one of the parent obtained from the competent Revenue Authority in Tamil Nadu should be enclosed to claim Communal Reservation. |
If candidates do not submit the above mentioned certificates and even if he/she had studied Standard 6th to 12th std completely in Tamil Nadu, the candidate will be considered under Open Category only. |
Other State candidates who are not native of Tamil Nadu but Studied 6th standard to 12th standard in Tamil Nadu will be considered under Open Category (OC) candidate and have to produce their Bonafide Certificate from school in which he/she studied from std 6th to 12th std |
For All Courses(Except B.Sc Nursing) | Candidates should have completed 17 years of age as on 31st December 2023 |
B.sc Nursing | Candidates should have completed 17 years of age as on 31st December 2023. Candidates belonging to OC / BC / BCM / MBC/DNC should not have completed 30 years as on 31st December 2023. For SC / SCA / ST candidates should not have completed 35 years as on 31st December 2023. |
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:- Candidates should have passed in all the subjects of the qualifying Examination of the Higher Secondary Course conducted by the Tamil Nadu State Board or any other Equivalent Board in the following group of subjects with minimum eligible marks.
B.Pharm, BASLP & B.Optom | English as one of the subject a) Physics, Chemistry, Biology with any other subject (or) b) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology (or) c) Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics with any other subject |
For All Courses (Except B.Pharm, BASLP & B.Optom) | English as one of the subject (a) Physics, Chemistry, Biology with any other subject. (or) (b) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. |
COURSE | OC | BC/BCM/ MBC&DNC | SC/SCA/ST |
B.PHARM & BASLP | Passed in Higher Secondary Course with aforesaid subjects not less than 40 % aggregate marks. | Passed in Higher Secondary Course with aforesaid subjects not less than 40 % aggregate marks. | Passed in Higher Secondary Course with aforesaid subjects |
B.sc Nursing | Passed in Higher Secondary Course with aforesaid subjects not less than 40 % aggregate marks. | ||
For All Courses (Except B.PHARM, BASLP & B.sc Nursing) | Passed in Higher Secondary Course with aforesaid subjects | ||
NOTE:-Candidates who have passed any other equivalent examinations other than Tamil Nadu State Board/CBSE with same group of subjects mentioned above should produce the Eligibility Certificate from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai-32. before joining the course. | |||
NOTE:- In the case of candidates who have furnished the mark sheets of the qualifying examination, only in GRADES, the minimum marks of the grades alone will be taken into consideration while determining the marks in the select Science subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Botany and Zoology. | |||
NOTE:- Candidates who have mark sheets with GRADES should obtain a certified statement of marks from the examination authority and upload the statement of marks for indicating the actual marks secured. | |||
Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Courses in vocational stream are not eligible to apply to Paramedical Degree Courses |
Normalization of Marks:- As per the Tamil Nadu Act No 3 of 2007, dt 05.03.2007 and G.O(Ms) No.77 HE(J2) Dept.dt:05.04.2007, the marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by various Boards or Authority shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the State Board (Government of Tamil Nadu) by adopting the method of normalization. Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards in each subject will be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of State Board in that subject and the relative marks obtained by other students in that subject will be determined accordingly.
Illustration:- |
If the highest marks secured by the student of State Board in Physics is 100 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board in the same subject is 90, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 100. If a student of the other Board secures 60 marks in Physics when the first mark in Physics in the same Board is 90, then 60 marks will be considered to be equal to 66.66 marks as arrived at below:- 100X60/90= 66.66% |
NOTE:- After normalization of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by different Boards, the qualified students of different Boards will be merged into a common merit list. In case of candidates who have qualified from National Boards such as CBSE and ISCE, the highest marks obtained by the candidates at the National Level alone will be taken into consideration for normalization. |
CALCULATION OF MARKS :-Merit List will be made on merit on the basis of marks obtained by the eligible candidates in the prescribed subjects in the qualifying examinations reduced to the base of 200 marks. The marks obtained through different Boards will be taken into account after normalization
Weighted Total Marks for a maximum | 200 |
Percentage in Biology (after normalization) | X |
Percentage in Physics and Chemistry - Taken Together (after normalization) | Y |
Percentage in Botany and Zoology - Taken Together (after normalization) | Z |
Percentage in Mathematics (after normalization) | W |
Weighted total marks for a maximum of 200. | Either (X+Y) OR (Z+Y) OR (W+Y) |
Ranking of the candidates will be done based on the total marks obtained in the prescribed Subjects after normalization of marks computed to a maximum of 200. |
Note:- |
In respect of the candidates who have taken the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology will be taken into account for arriving the General merit list and for those candidates who have taken Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics along with other subjects (other than Biology, Botany and Zoology) the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics will be taken into account for arriving the merit list for B. Pharmacy / B.ASLP/B.Optom courses only. |
Determination of Rank of Candidates obtaining equal marks in all Paramedical Courses (Inter-se Merit) |
In cases where two or more candidates obtain equal aggregate for 200, the rank of such candidates shall be determined on the basis of the following order namely:- i) Percentage in Biology or Botany and Zoology taken together in Higher Secondary Course Examination. ii) Percentage in Chemistry in Higher Secondary Course examination. iii) Percentage in Physics in Higher Secondary Course examination. iv) Percentage in Fourth Optional subject in Higher Secondary Course Examination. v) Date of Birth – Weightage given to seniority in age. vi) Computerized Random number assigned. A higher value of random numbers will be taken into consideration. |
Open Competition | 31% |
Backward Class | 30% |
Most Backward Community | 20% |
Scheduled Caste | 18% |
Scheduled Tribe | 1% |
Within 30% reservation for BC, 3.5% reservation will be provided for BC Muslims. | |
16% of seats out of 18% quota earmarked to SC shall be allotted to the Arunthathiyar community | |
For B.Sc(Nursing) course, the ratio of seats between men and women shall be 1:9 respectively . The Third Gender candidates who identify themselves as female by self declaration supported by the certificate (ID Card) issued by the Tamil Nadu Third Gender Welfare Board (TNGWB) are also eligible to get allotment as female candidates | |
SEATS RESERVED FOR PERSON WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY : -5% of the total number of seats available in Government Colleges are reserved for the Differently Abled candidates. The other conditions for admission into Paramedical courses will be applicable as in the case of the general category. |
IMPORTANT DATES | ||
1 | Date of Notification | 25-08-2023 |
2 | Date of Commencement of online application | 25-08-2023 Noon |
3 | Last Date for online submission of application | 01-09-2023 up to 05:00 P.M. |
4 | Tentative Date of Declaration of Rank | Will be notified later |
5 | Tentative date of counselling | Will be notified later |
6 | Commencement of courses | Will be notified later |
7 | Closure of Admission | Will be notified later |
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. Candidate should be citizen of India.
2. Candidates who are claiming Nativity of Tamil Nadu should upload their certificate of Nativity of Tamil Nadu issued by the competent authority of the revenue Department of Tamil Nadu with official seal.
3. Candidates should possess a B.P.T. Degree awarded by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University or any other University recognized as Equivalent thereto by the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University / Physiotherapy Council. Candidates who have qualified from other Universities should submit the Eligibility Certificate from the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai-32 at the time of admission.
4. Candidates should have obtained not less than 50% of the total marks obtained in all semesters taken together in the B.P.T. Degree course. In case of failure (s) the pass marks in the subsequent attempt(s) shall be taken for calculation purpose. Number of attempts is not considered for calculation of marks.
5. A candidate who have already completed or acquired a Postgraduate Degree in any Branch in M.P.T. course or is undergoing M.P.T. Course in any Branch are ineligible to apply for any other specialty in M.P.T course.
PROCEDURE FOR FILLING THE APPLICATION:
1. Candidates should upload the necessary enclosures while submitting the online application.
2. Recent passport size photograph to be uploaded in the application form.
3. The candidates should fill the online Application form carefully.
4. A candidate should submit only ONE online application form.
5. The Government Orders issued and to be issued from time to time pertaining to any of the matters contained in the prospectus should be read as part and parcel of this prospectus and such terms and conditions in the Government Order are deemed to have been incorporated in this prospectus.
6. Service candidates should upload their application along with the service particulars with the remarks of the forwarding authority duly signed with seal and date as prescribed in the application form. The Online Applications of the Service candidates who have completed two years of continuous, regular service as on xx.xx.2023 excluding eligible leave alone will be considered. The Head of the Directorates have to issue a Certificate of completion of the required service.
13. Candidates must upload the following documents along with the application.
i) B.P.T. course completion Certificate.
ii) B.P.T. Degree Certificate or Provisional Pass Certificate.
iii) First year / Semester to Final year/Semester B.P.T., Mark sheets.
iv) Valid Community Certificate issued by the competent authority of Revenue Department of Tamil Nadu with Office Seal and date.
v) Eligibility certificate from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University for candidates who have qualified B.P.T., degree course from other Universities.
vi) Attempt Certificate in Final Year B.P.T., course.
vii) Nativity certificate (if applicable) with supportive Document.
viii)Copy of posting order (For service candidates).
Candidates are instructed to produce the above mentioned original Certificates/ Documents at the time of admission for certificate verification.
Open Competition | 31% |
Backward Class | 30% |
Most Backward class | 20% |
Scheduled Caste | 18% |
Scheduled Tribe | 1% |
Within the 30% reservation for Backward Classes 3.5% reservation will be provided for Muslims. And 16% of seats out of 18% Quota earmarked to Scheduled Caste shall be allocated to the Arunthathiyar Community.
50% of seats will be made available for service candidates and the other 50% of seats are for Open Quota to be filled on the basis of rank from Service and Non–Service candidates put together. In case of an odd number of vacancy, among the seats, that vacant seat shall be filled up by consideration of rank and communal reservation.
To Download MPT Prospectus 2023-24 | Click here |
Note: The Admission Process is written as per the ordinance of the official Counselling Agency.
Madha College of Physiotherapy | ||
Courses | Government fees | Management fees |
BPT | Rs.3,000/- (per Annum) | Rs.33,000/- (per Annum) |
MPT | - | Rs.50,000/- (per Annum) |
Note: The Fee Structure is as per the Notification of the official Counselling Agency, Please visit the official website in subject to any changes.