Thirteen students are admitted each year to MDS courses in six specialities out of which 5 seats are allotted to the Union Territory of Puducherry. The selection of the domicile candidates are made on merit basis through Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination (PGDEE). Six seats i.e.50% are allotted to All India Quota and are filled by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Govt. of India, New Delhi, purely on merit basis. One seat, which is reserved for NRI / Foreign students / NRI sponsored student, is also filled on merit basis, through PGDEE. One seat is allotted for the Army Dental Corps under Defense Quota for Oral Pathology and Microbiology.