Students who have appeared or are appearing in +2 (with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as main subjects) have to appear in an Medical Entrance Tests conducted by the various state and Independent bodies like PMT, taken by Punjab Government and CBSE-PMT (Pre Medical Test) taken by the Central board to admit candidates in various medical institutions affiliated with it.
The separate test is conducted by some of the highly rated medical institutions like AIIMS, PGI, GMCH, AFMC Pune etc. These exams are generally held in the month of May-June.
After completing this four and half years of MBBS degree course and one year and six months compulsory training one has to go M.S. (Neurosurgery). Aspiring MBBS doctors have to appear in Post Graduate Medical Entrance Tests like All India Post Graduate Medical/Dental Entrance Exam and Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education and Research Entrance Exam. However, some institutes also provide admission on the basis of marks obtained in MBBS course and work experience of the aspiring candidates.
After completing M.Ch (Neurosurgery) the aspiring candidates can enrol for M.Ch (Neurosurgery) - a 5 years courses-for Super specialization in the field of Neurosurgery.
However after completion of three years of M.S (Neurosurgery) course and getting the requisite registration from Medical Council of India the budding Neurosurgeon can get jobs in reputed Government and Private Hospitals like AIIMS etc. Neurosurgeon with good entrepreneurial skill can also open their Neurosurgery centres.