Bihar Medical Education Service (BMES)

P: Patna Medical College Hospital, Patna (PMCH)

N: Nalanda Medical College Hospital, Patna (NMCH)

D: Darbhanga Medical College Hospital, Laheriasarai, Darbhanga (DMCH)

M: Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital, Umanagar, Muzaffarpur (SKMCH)

G: Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital, Gaya (ANMMCH)

J: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, Bhagalpur (JLNMCH)

V: Vardhaman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri (VIMS)

B: Government Medical College, Bettiah (GMCB)

K: Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College Hospital, Madhepura (JNKTMCH)

Click on names of the colleges to visit their websites.

Example: To give your order of preference for posting (hereafter, 'Preference Code'), use an nine-letter abbreviation as shown: PMCH > NMCH > DMCH > SKMCH Muzaffarpur > ANMMCH Gaya > JLNMCH > VIMS > GMCB >JKTMCH will become "PNDMGJVBK"

Verify that your date of birth (DoB) comes within the limit valid for the current session, according to your status as

• an applicant from Bihar Health Service (BHS) or otherwise
• your category of reservation requested
• your gender

The following information applies to applicants for tutor/senior residents. Please note additional 5 year relaxation given for all applicants of Bihar Health Service (regular) cadre.

• General (Males): 37 years i.e. DoB not before 01 Aug 1980 (1975 for BHS)
• BC/EBC (Males and Females) and General (Females): 40 years i.e. DoB not before 01 Aug 1977 (1972 for BHS)
• SC/ST (Males and Females): 42 years i.e. DoB not before 01 Aug 1975 (1970 for BHS)

Important Note: According to new TEQ regulations by Medical Council of India (MCI), candidates above the age of 40 years will not be considered "Senior Residents" in broad specialities and superspecialities for the purpose of MCI inspections (View Gazette notification). Hence, the recruitment of candidates above the age of 37 years (to be aged 40 years till the end of their residency) will be subject to future departmental decision in this regard.

For age information for Assistant Professors and other faculty positions, refer to the 2013 rules

• "Department of Health, Government of Bihar" should be written as "Health Dept GoB"
• "Government of Bihar" should be written as "GoB"
• "MO" means "Medical Officer", "CMO" Chief medical officer, "ACMO" Additional Chief medical officer. "SR (subjectname)" means Senior resident, "Asst Prof (subjectname)" means Assistant Professor, "Assoc Prof (subjectname)" means Associate Professor, "Addl Prof (subjectname)" means Additional Professor, "Prof (subjectname)" means Professor, "HOD (subjectname)" means head of the department in that subject.
• "PHC" means "Primary Health Centre", "CHC" means "Community Health Centre", "FRU" First referral unit, "SDH" Subdivisional hospital, "DH" district hospital. "Medical College" or "Medical College and Hospital" should be abbreviated to "MC" or "MCH" respectively. "University" should be shortened to "Univ".
• Names of government medical colleges in Bihar can be abbreviated according to the list of colleges above, but candidates should write full name and city of other colleges e.g. "RG Kar MCH Kolkata"
• AIIMS, PGIMER, SGPGI, JIPMER, IGIMS, KGMC or KGMU and RIMS are acceptable abbreviations. "AIIMS" refers to "AIIMS New Delhi" unless the city has been stated along with it e.g. "AIIMS Bhopal". "RIMS" refers to "RIMS Ranchi" and unless the city has been stated along with it e.g. "RIMS Imphal".
• Exceptionally long names of colleges are to be abbreviated, e.g. "IPGMER Kolkata" instead of "Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital Kolkata"
• Names of universities in Bihar can be abbreviated e.g. "PU" for "Patna Univ", "BU for Bihar Univ", "AKU" for "Aryabhatta Knowledge Univ". but candidates must write full name (and if needed, city) of other universities e.g. "Ranchi Univ".
• Exceptionally long and old names of universities should also be abbreviated e.g. "KGMU" instead of "King George Medical University or Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University Lucknow"
• "Bihar Council of Medical Registration" can be abbreviated as "BCMR", but candidates must write full names of other registration councils e.g. "Maharashtra Medical Council".

You will require one photograph for each Application Form submitted. General rules for standard passport-sized photographs apply. The following features are preferred:

• Full head and shoulders clearly visible
• Face not covered, free of ink-marks
• Eyes towards camera, no glare on spectacles
• In colour on plain white photographic paper
• Taken against a plain, cream or light background
• Clear and in focus
• Without any tears or creases
• Unaltered by computer software
• With a neutral expression and mouth closed
• Without any shadows in the picture

Important Note: Photos clicked with low-quality/mobile phone cameras and 'selfies', are discouraged. Stamp-size photos are not allowed.