AIIMS NORCET 11th Nursing Officer Examination 2026

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi has invited online applications for the Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) 11 under Notice No. 103/2026 dated 24 July 2026. The common examination is being conducted for direct recruitment to Nursing Officer posts in participating AIIMS institutions and other Central Government hospitals or institutes.

AIIMS New Delhi is the examination-conducting body. Appointment, document verification, posting, service conditions and joining formalities are handled by the institute or hospital to which a candidate is allocated.

Online registration started on 24 July 2026 and closes on 13 August 2026 at 5:00 PM. Stage I is scheduled for 12 September 2026 and Stage II is scheduled for 30 September 2026.

The fee is payable online through debit card, credit card or net banking. The application fee of SC and ST candidates who appear in the examination is refundable after declaration of the result and verification of the category certificate. Bank transaction or processing charges may apply separately.

Candidates must fulfil one of the following nursing-qualification routes and must hold the required nursing registration by the closing date.

For the GNM route, the required two years of post-qualification experience must be completed after the course or residency period, declaration of the result and registration with the State or Indian Nursing Council.

The standard age limit is 18 to 30 years as on 13 August 2026, subject to the recruitment rules and relaxation provisions of the participating institute.

The Nursing Officer post is identified for the notified benchmark-disability categories, including one-leg locomotor disability, leprosy-cured with one-leg disability, dwarfism and acid-attack victims, subject to the prescribed medical and disability requirements.

The advertisement reports 2,218 tentative Nursing Officer vacancies. The number may increase, decrease or be withdrawn during the recruitment process. PwBD vacancies are applied horizontally within the relevant vertical categories.

For participating AIIMS institutions, the notified policy reserves 80% of seats for female candidates and 20% for male candidates subject to applicable institutional and category rules. Candidates should review later vacancy updates and institute-choice notices before submitting preferences.

NORCET 11 consists of two successive computer-based examination stages. Stage I is qualifying and is used to shortlist candidates for Stage II. Final merit and institute allocation are based on Stage II performance, eligibility, category, available seats and the candidate's order of institute preference.

The Nursing Officer post is a Group-B position in Pay Matrix Level 07, corresponding to the pre-revised Pay Band-2 of ₹9,300–34,800 with Grade Pay ₹4,600. Selected candidates are also entitled to the usual allowances admissible to Central Government employees of equivalent status at the city of posting, subject to the rules of the respective institute.

AIIMS-CAPFIMS is an institution separate from AIIMS New Delhi for appointment, posting, seniority and transfer purposes. Candidates allocated to CAPFIMS will serve at its Maidangarhi campus under the applicable CAPFIMS policies.

The online application must be completed by 13 August 2026 at 5:00 PM. Physical application forms or registration documents are not required to be sent.

The current Annexure-V reports 2,218 tentative Nursing Officer vacancies across participating AIIMS institutions and other Central Government hospitals or institutes.

Online registration and fee payment must be completed by 13 August 2026 at 5:00 PM.

Yes. A GNM candidate must be registered as Nurse and Midwife and must have two years of post-qualification experience in a hospital with at least 50 beds by the closing date.

The standard age limit is 18 to 30 years as on 13 August 2026. Category, disability, ex-servicemen and eligible government-service relaxations apply according to the advertisement and the recruitment rules of the participating institute.

Stage I is a qualifying and shortlisting examination. Final merit is based on Stage II NORCET Main performance, subject to eligibility, normalization where applicable and the institute-allocation rules.

The post carries Pay Matrix Level 07, corresponding to the pre-revised Pay Band-2 of ₹9,300–34,800 with Grade Pay ₹4,600, plus admissible allowances.

No. Qualification or inclusion in merit does not by itself guarantee appointment. Allocation depends on rank, category, institute choices and available vacancies, followed by verification of qualification, registration, experience, category, NOC, medical fitness and other applicable conditions by the allotted institute.