Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru — BDS Fees & Admission 2026

📌 Fort, Victoria Hospital Campus (near KR Market / Kalasipalya), Bangalore · Estd 1958 · 60 BDS seats · KEA code D101 · BDS Colleges in Karnataka

Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru offers BDS in Bangalore. Official KEA 2026-27 fees, eligibility & admission below. NEET-UG required.

Published 27 June 2026 · Updated 18 August 2026 · By Krishna Pandey, Founder & Lead Counsellor · Reviewed for factual accuracy by Sushant Bora, Allied Health Admissions Lead · BAMS, BDS, BPT, Nursing

✅ How we source the numbers on this page: the BDS fee comes from the Karnataka Examinations Authority’s own college-wise fee structure for 2026-27 (Government Order MED 207 RGU 2026 dated 14-08-2026); the ranking from the NIRF portal; identity and approval from the college’s official site and RGUHS/DCI records. Aggregator sites are not used. Cut-offs move every round — reconfirm at allotment. No cash payments; official receipts only.

Quick Answer Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru (Fort, Victoria Hospital Campus (near KR Market / Kalasipalya), Bangalore) offers BDS (5-yr). Per the official KEA 2026-27 fee structure, the government-quota seat is ₹49,350 per year — the only tier KEA publishes for this college, because it is a government college with no private, management or NRI seats. KEA code D101. NEET-UG is required. Hostel and mess are charged separately.

About Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru

Government Dental College and Research Institute (GDCRI), Bengaluru, established in 1958, is the first dental college in Karnataka. Located within the Victoria Hospital Campus at Fort, it is a Government of Karnataka institution affiliated to RGUHS and recognised by the Dental Council of India. Granted autonomous status and renamed GDCRI in 2007, it offers BDS, MDS across six specialties and PhD programmes. NAAC-accredited, it is ranked 34 in the NIRF 2025 Dental rankings (score 54.80); it held rank 19 in NIRF 2024 on an almost identical score of 54.95, so the movement reflects the field around it rather than a change in the college. Admission is through NEET-UG.

Affiliation / approval: affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru; recognised by the Dental Council of India (DCI); run by the Government of Karnataka; NAAC accredited.

College Overview — Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru

📌 In one line: a Government of Karnataka dental college inside the Victoria Hospital campus, KEA code D101, admitting to BDS purely on NEET-UG merit.

Institute Name	Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru
Also Known As	GDCRI Bengaluru; listed by KEA as “Government Dental College, Victoria Hospital Premises, Bangalore”
Institute Type	Government college — run by the Government of Karnataka; it is not a private, deemed or trust-run institution. Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru; recognised by the Dental Council of India (DCI); NAAC accredited — grade not listed. Autonomous status granted 2007.
Established	1958 — the first dental college in Karnataka
Location	Victoria Hospital Campus, Fort, Bengaluru – 560002, Karnataka (near KR Market / Kalasipalya)
Degree Offered	BDS — Bachelor of Dental Surgery, 5 years (4 academic years plus a 1-year compulsory rotating internship). The institute also runs MDS and PhD programmes; this page covers BDS admission only.
Exams Accepted	NEET-UG only. Seats are then allotted through KEA counselling (Karnataka state quota) or MCC counselling (15% All India Quota). No COMEDK, management or NRI route exists here.
Institute Code	D101 — KEA’s code for this college. Enter the code, not the college name, in your UGNEET option entry on the KEA portal; it is also how the college appears in KEA’s seat-matrix and seat-allotment lists, so it is the string to search for when you are checking whether you have been allotted here. Source: Karnataka Examinations Authority, college-wise fee structure 2026-27 (BDS).
Official Website	gdcrib.karnataka.gov.in — the college’s own site on the Karnataka government domain.

Evidence note: fees, seat matrices and cut-offs are published per admission year. Check the academic year printed beside any figure before you rely on it — the fee row below is the 2026-27 one.

BDS fees 2026-27 (official KEA fee structure)

📊 KEA Round-1 BDS closing rank, 2025 cycle: General (GM) ~67,679 (NEET-UG All-India rank); 49 of the 60 seats allotted in Round 1. Reserved-category seats close at higher (numerically larger) ranks, and later / mop-up rounds go higher still. This is the previous cycle — read it as a guide to where the bar has sat, not as a 2026 target. Source: KEA 2025 1st-round seat allotment.

BDS fee tiers at Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, per the official Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) fee structure for 2026-27. Every figure below is per year, not a course total.

📌 In one line: one tier exists here — ₹49,350 a year on the government quota — and there is nothing to pay your way into.

Quota	Fee per year (KEA, 2026-27)	Reading note
Government quota	₹49,350	Allotted purely on NEET-UG merit through KEA state-quota counselling, and through MCC for the 15% All India Quota. This is the course fee for one academic year — do not multiply it out as a fixed five-year total, because KEA reissues the fee order every cycle.
Private quota	Not listed	KEA publishes no private-quota fee for this college. There is no private-quota seat here to price.
Management	Not listed	No management seat exists at a Government of Karnataka college. A quoted “management fee” for D101 is not a real tier, whatever figure is attached to it.
NRI	Not listed	No NRI seat category at this college. NRI candidates compete on NEET-UG merit like everyone else, or look to the private dental colleges, which do publish an NRI fee.

Official source: Karnataka Examinations Authority, “College-wise Fee Structure 2026-27 (BDS)”, issued under Government Order MED 207 RGU 2026 dated 14 August 2026, where the college is listed under code D101 as “Government Dental College, Victoria Hospital Premises, Bangalore”. The order states that all fees in it are in Indian rupees for one year.

What the fee includes and excludes. Includes: the KEA-regulated course fee for one academic year. Excludes: hostel rent and mess charges, which are billed separately, and any one-time or annual charges the college levies under its own published structure — university registration and examination heads, deposits and the like. Nothing on this page should be multiplied out into a total payable; ask the college for its own current fee circular at admission and add the hostel tariff to it.

💡 At ₹49,350 a year this is among the cheapest BDS seats in Karnataka — private dental colleges in Bengaluru run to several lakh a year on their private and NRI tiers. The trade-off is that the only currency here is your NEET-UG rank: there is no fee you can pay to get in, so the whole admission plan rests on where you finish in the KEA merit list.

BDS eligibility

BDS: Pass 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English (minimum aggregate as per regulations) plus a qualified NEET-UG score. Admission via KEA (Karnataka state quota), MCC (15% All India Quota), with seat allotment based on NEET merit and counselling.
Admission requires a qualified NEET-UG score — there is no BDS admission without NEET.
Indian nationals; age & category norms as per DCI / RGUHS / Karnataka rules.

How to get BDS admission

Qualify NEET-UG, then take that score into counselling: Karnataka KEA for state-quota merit seats, or MCC for the 15% All India Quota. Those two routes are the whole list. This is a government college — 100% of its BDS seats go on merit, there is no COMEDK, management or NRI quota, and no fee that changes your position in the queue.

Career & scope after BDS

BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) is a 5-year programme (4 years + 1-year rotating internship) leading to registration as a dental surgeon. Graduates work in dental clinics & hospitals, set up private practice, pursue MDS specialisations (orthodontics, endodontics, oral & maxillofacial surgery, etc.), or roles in public health, academia and dental research; many also pursue licensure abroad.

Frequently asked questions

Is Government Dental College Bengaluru a government or private college?

It is a government dental college run by the Government of Karnataka, established in 1958 as the first dental college in the state. It is located in the Victoria Hospital Campus at Fort, Bengaluru, and was granted autonomous status (renamed GDCRI) in 2007.

What is the BDS fee at Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru?

₹49,350 per year for the government-quota seat, per the KEA college-wise BDS fee structure for 2026-27 (Government Order MED 207 RGU 2026 dated 14-08-2026). That is the only tier KEA publishes for this college, and it is the course fee alone — hostel and mess are charged separately.

Does Government Dental College Bengaluru have a management or NRI quota for BDS?

No. It is a Government of Karnataka college, so every BDS seat is filled on NEET-UG merit through KEA state-quota counselling or the MCC 15% All India Quota. KEA's 2026-27 fee table lists no private, management or NRI fee for it, because no such seat category exists here. Anyone offering you a paid management seat at this college is not describing a real route.

How many BDS seats does Government Dental College Bengaluru have?

The college has an approved annual BDS intake of 60 seats. As a government college, seats are filled through NEET-UG merit via KEA (state quota) and MCC (15% All India Quota) counselling.

What is the KEA code and affiliation of Government Dental College Bengaluru for BDS admission?

Its KEA code is D101. You enter that code, not the college name, in your KEA UGNEET option entry, and it is how the college is identified in KEA's seat-matrix and allotment lists. The college is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru, and is recognised by the Dental Council of India (DCI).

Is NEET required for BDS admission here?

Yes — BDS admission in India requires a qualified NEET-UG score. At this college the qualified score is then taken to KEA counselling for Karnataka state-quota seats, or to MCC counselling for the 15% All India Quota. There is no non-NEET route.

What does the BDS fee not cover?

The ₹49,350 is the KEA-regulated course fee for one year. Hostel and mess are billed separately, and the college may levy its own one-time or annual charges on top. Read the figure as tuition, not as everything you will pay in a year.

Where does Government Dental College Bengaluru stand in the NIRF dental rankings?

It is ranked 34 in NIRF 2025 (Dental), with a score of 54.80. It held rank 19 in NIRF 2024 on an almost identical score of 54.95 — the score barely moved, so the change reflects the field around it rather than a fall in the college itself. Quote the year whenever you quote the rank.

Fees, scholarships & funding for BDS at Government Dental College Bengaluru

The fee table above carries the one tier KEA publishes for this college: ₹49,350 per year on the government quota. There is no management or NRI seat to fund, so the financial planning here is unusually simple — the tuition is small, and the real cost drivers are hostel, mess and living expenses in central Bengaluru. If you still need to borrow, education loans are available from SBI (Scholar Loan), HDFC Credila, Axis and most banks via the Vidya Lakshmi portal, and at this fee level a loan usually covers living costs rather than tuition. Reserved-category students (SC/ST/OBC/Category-1) can claim Karnataka fee-reimbursement and post-matric scholarships through the Social Welfare / Backward Classes departments, and EWS and central-sector scholarships further reduce the net cost. Budget separately for hostel, mess and one-time charges in Bangalore, which are billed over and above the tuition shown above.

BDS admission 2026 at Government Dental College Bengaluru: step by step

Meet the eligibility (10+2 with the required subjects) and qualify NEET-UG.
Register for KEA counselling (Karnataka state quota) and, if you are eligible, MCC counselling (15% All India Quota), and pay the counselling fee / deposit.
Fill your choice list carefully — list Government Dental College at the right preference alongside realistic back-ups.
Lock choices, then accept the allotment and report to Government Dental College within the deadline.
Carry originals: 10th/12th marksheets, NEET admit card & scorecard, ID, category & domicile certificates and the fee payment.

Admission is through NEET-UG followed by KEA (state quota) or MCC (15% AIQ) counselling — there is no other route into this college. In the 2025 cycle the KEA Round-1 BDS closing rank for General (GM) was about 67,679 on the NEET-UG All-India rank, with 49 of the 60 seats allotted in Round 1; reserved-category seats closed at higher (numerically larger) ranks, and later / mop-up rounds went higher still. A round-by-round upgrade plan matters — many applicants lose a better seat by mis-ordering choices, so shortlist with the actual cut-off trend in mind.

Why choose Government Dental College, Bangalore?

Government Dental College gives students hands-on clinical/practical exposure through its attached teaching facilities and a structured internship, which is what employers and PG-entrance examiners value most. Studying in Bangalore adds the advantage of an established healthcare-education ecosystem, peer hospitals for postings, coaching for licensure/PG entrances, and good transport connectivity for students from across Karnataka and other states. When you shortlist Government Dental College, weigh the campus and hospital infrastructure, patient volume in the attached Victoria Hospital, faculty strength and the internship stipend — not just the brand name or a ranking number.

After BDS: internship, registration & higher studies

The programme includes a compulsory rotating internship, after which graduates register with the Dental Council of India (DCI) and the state dental council to practise. From there the common paths are MDS specialisations (orthodontics, endodontics, oral & maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, periodontics and more), or going straight into work — typical roles include clinical dentistry in hospitals and private practice, MDS specialisation, public-health dentistry, academia, and licensure abroad. Many GDCRI graduates also prepare during internship for PG-entrance exams or overseas licensure, so it pays to plan that timeline from the first year rather than the last.

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