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BDS Cutoff for NEET 2025 (Out): BDS Cut off marks for SC, ST, OBC, General
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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) is the single largest test for admission to Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) courses. According to the NEET BDS cutoff, an unreserved category candidate must score at least 50 percentile. Aspirants should be aware of the BDS cutoff for NEET 2025 before taking admission to top dental colleges in India based on their ranks. NEET college predictor 2025 is a tool to check the list of colleges where students have chance to get admission based on their scores.
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BDS is the most sought-after course after MBBS. Candidates must clear the NEET exam and score the BDS minimum qualifying marks to be accepted into colleges. On the grounds of the NEET results, the seats to the BDS course are granted through NEET counselling. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts NEET counselling for the 15% All India Quota (AIQ) seats, while the 85% state quota seats are conducted by the respective state authorities.
Having an idea about the NEET cutoff is crucial for students interested in analysing their chances of gaining a seat in BDS programs through the NEET exam. The total number of seats offered through NEET is approximately 101188 MBBS, 27,868 BDS, 52,720 AYUSH, 487 BSc nursing and 603 BVSc, as well as 1205 AIIMS seats and 200 JIPMER seats are also available. Careers360 has compiled an article discussing the BDS cutoff of 2025 for government colleges and required qualifying marks for NEET for colleges across the country and states.
NEET 2025 BDS Qualifying Cutoff
| Category | Qualifying percentile | Cutoff score |
| UR/EWS | 50th percentile | 686 - 144 |
| OBC | 40th percentile | 143 - 113 |
| SC | 40th percentile | 143-113 |
| ST | 40th percentile | 143-113 |
| UR/ EWS - PwBD | 45th percentile | 143 - 127 |
| OBC PwD | 40th percentile | 126 - 113 |
| SC PwD | 40th percentile | 126 - 113 |
| ST PwD | 40th percentile | 126 - 113 |
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The minimum marks required in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme depends on the category of the candidate. The reserved category students generally require fewer marks in NEET for BDS. A score in the range of 550 - 600 is considered as good mark for NEET BDS.
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BDS cut-off for government colleges
MCC releases the BDS cut-off for government colleges after each round of 15% AIQ NEET counselling. In the following table, we present the previous year's BDS cutoff for the General category of all the participating BDS colleges in India.
BDS cutoff for NEET 2024
College Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi | 9786 | 10590 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur | 14991 | 14991 |
SCB Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack | 9540 | 16154 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur | 15918 | 19057 |
Government Dental College, Kozhikode | 9890 | 19466 |
ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga | 18838 | 19688 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Vijayawada | 19482 | 20006 |
Government Dental College, Thrissur | 13225 | 20121 |
Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore | 13208 | 20488 |
Agartala Government Dental College and IGM Hospital, Agartala | 20598 | 21193 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Medical College Campus, Aurangabad | 16839 | 21712 |
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi | 21001 | 22118 |
UP King George's University of Dental Science, Lucknow | 17513 | 22426 |
Government Dental College, Pudukkottai | 18441 | 22612 |
Government Dental College, Trivandrum | 19963 | 23966 |
Patna Dental College and Hospital, Patna | 10902 | 24303 |
Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 7565 | 26356 |
Government Dental College, Kottayam | 20168 | 26766 |
Dental College, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal | 23744 | 26953 |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi | 16131 | 26983 |
Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim | 24998 | 27586 |
Indira Gandhi Government Dental College and Hospital, Jammu | 22229 | 27747 |
Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan | 20153 | 27900 |
Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondicherry | 21094 | 28026 |
Government Dental College, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak | 22657 | 28090 |
North Bengal Dental College, Sushratanagar | 10567 | 28196 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Dental Sciences, Imphal | 25565 | 28553 |
Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar | 19216 | 28756 |
ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini | 23305 | 29024 |
Tamilnadu Government Dental College, Chennai | 19792 | 29130 |
Government Autonomous College of Dentistry, Indore | 17388 | 29308 |
Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai | 21936 | 29367 |
Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh | 14660 | 29433 |
Government Dental College, Kannur | 24277 | 29564 |
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 20101 | 29900 |
Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla | 25955 | 31005 |
Dr R Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata | 20219 | 31207 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad | 5692 | 31482 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Patiala | 26743 | 31572 |
Government Dental College, Alappuzha | 23417 | 31734 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai | 19396 | 31804 |
Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bellary | 21663 | 32469 |
Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar | 30089 | 32599 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar | 23652 | 32619 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Nalanda | 26549 | 33004 |
Regional Dental College, Guwahati | 31562 | 33163 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad | 24665 | 33425 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar | 15656 | 33644 |
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 26411 | 34544 |
Government Dental College, Raipur | 31894 | 34662 |
Government Dental College, Dibrugarh | 28197 | 35422 |
Government Dental College, Kadapa | 29662 | 35690 |
Government Dental College, Silchar | 33113 | 36972 |
ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini | 28187 | 38617 |
Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh | 24890 | 48636 |
ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga | 55865 | 71980 |
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 63805 | 81109 |
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal | 68026 | 406153 |
Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 470171 | 470171 |
Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh | 173746 | 532471 |
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore | 79348 | 610192 |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi | 624462 | 624462 |
Saveetha Dental College, Chennai | 27514 | 655596 |
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi | 174351 | 719816 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Pune | 81102 | 760455 |
KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum | 102780 | 761314 |
Dr DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune | 109900 | 780816 |
Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore | 120107 | 805735 |
AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore | 128431 | 846485 |
JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysore | 128341 | 862940 |
Rural Dental College, Loni | 119162 | 871786 |
Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | 160488 | 874678 |
SRM Dental College, Ramapuram | 156122 | 883250 |
KM Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara | 138504 | 938810 |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry, Navi Mumbai | 166718 | 945199 |
SRM Dental College, Kattankulathur | 141693 | 980273 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai | 166501 | 990080 |
Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore | 285498 | 1001023 |
ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini | 1010932 | 1010932 |
Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar | 104322 | 1011150 |
Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Maduravoyal | 141081 | 1025878 |
Sri Siddhartha Dental College, Tumkur | 253565 | 1036198 |
Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Karad | 99820 | 1045486 |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi | 1053700 | 1053700 |
Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore | 855036 | 1089034 |
AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore | 1089085 | 1089085 |
Dr R Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata | 1091018 | 1091018 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Pune | 992657 | 1111241 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Sangli | 354539 | 1115775 |
Dr DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune | 1137604 | 1137604 |
Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad | 85315 | 1139258 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad | 1149893 | 1149893 |
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 1160132 | 1160132 |
Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala | 114101 | 1178703 |
Government Dental College, Thrissur | 1184766 | 1184766 |
Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad | 178892 | 1191847 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai | 1194898 | 1194898 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur | 1210547 | 1210547 |
KM Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara | 300195 | 1318946 |
Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai | 146930 | 1330714 |
Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pillaiyarkuppam | 105395 | 1355563 |
Sathyabama University Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | 335244 | 1383470 |
Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | 278965 | 1385738 |
Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar | 259369 | 1388235 |
Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem | 134359 | 1392756 |
Sharad Pawar Dental College, Wardha | 429308 | 1394835 |
General NEET BDS cutoff 2023
College Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
4343 | 8862 | |
5611 | 10757 | |
5811 | 12117 | |
16482 | 17311 | |
18496 | 20093 | |
14874 | 20256 | |
10273 | 21251 | |
Agartala Government Dental College and IGM Hospital, Agartala | 18811 | 21872 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Medical College Campus, Aurangabad | 11000 | 22080 |
9716 | 22369 | |
14945 | 22417 | |
Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla | 8041 | 22479 |
17188 | 22605 | |
Dental College, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal | 19167 | 22922 |
21771 | 23121 | |
19163 | 23777 | |
Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 7685 | 24492 |
15350 | 24494 | |
20110 | 25094 | |
Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar | 18164 | 25353 |
19810 | 25678 | |
16035 | 25692 | |
13232 | 25807 | |
20085 | 26327 | |
7122 | 26560 | |
23792 | 27043 | |
5425 | 27076 | |
13431 | 27114 | |
22608 | 27800 | |
17802 | 27825 | |
Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondicherry | 17979 | 27899 |
12021 | 27946 | |
24248 | 28405 | |
23496 | 28569 | |
19091 | 28654 | |
16831 | 28917 | |
16273 | 29084 | |
20681 | 29125 | |
18926 | 29569 | |
19973 | 29688 | |
16843 | 29850 | |
23837 | 30779 | |
29888 | 31011 | |
15083 | 32089 | |
19102 | 33108 | |
19761 | 33546 |
NEET BDS cutoff 2022
Government College Name | General | |
NEET Rank | NEET Score | |
16406 | 606 | |
18319 | 601 | |
19706 | 598 | |
21095 | 595 | |
24595 | 588 | |
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Indian private colleges' BDS cutoffs for NEET
Here is a table that outlines the BDS NEET cut-off in private colleges in various states of the previous year.
Private College Name | NEET Rank | NEET Score |
CKS Theja Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Tirupati | 148865 | 436 |
2868 | ||
103528 | 479 | |
217161 | 381 | |
136084 | 447 | |
95960 | 487 | |
292787 | 331 | |
Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Hazaribag | 260770 | 351 |
Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad | 127520 | 455 |
Kusum Devi Sunderlal Dugar Jain Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata | 67397 | 521 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: For the BDS program in 2025, what will be the cutoff score for NEET?
A:
For General category candidates, the cutoff for NEET BDS is expected to be 50 percentile, while for OBC, SC, and ST candidates, it will be 40 percentile.
Q: What is the number of BDS seats available through NEET 2025?
A:
A total of 27,868 seats will be available for admission pan India through NEET 2025.
Q: How many marks are required to get into BDS through NEET?
A:
There are different marks for different categories of candidates. To attend a reputed medical college, unreserved candidates must score at least 400 marks.
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