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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi will conduct the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test or INICET exam for January 2026 session for admission to around 1631 Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS), Master of Dental Surgery (MDS), Doctorate of Medicine (DM), Master of Chirurgiae (MCh). INI CET exam is conducted twice a year for January and July sessions.
The INI CET result for January 2026 session has been announced on November 15, 2025. The INI CET result is released in the form of overall rank and percentile. The INI CET January 2026 session exam date was November 9. The INI CET admit card was released on November 1, 2025. A total of 23 institutes are participating in the INI CET January 2026 session, with AIIMS Jammu being the latest addition.

| Full Exam Name | Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test |
| Short Exam Name | INI CET |
| Conducting Body | AIIMS New Delhi |
| Frequency Of Conduct | Twice a year |
| Exam Level | National Level Exam |
| Mode Of Application | online |
| Application Fee | Online : 4000 |
| Participating Colleges | 23 |
INI CET Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (session 2026)
INI CET result is released in the form of a PDF. The INI CET result PDF mentions the roll number of the candidates, All India Ranks, and category rank. Candidates who secure the INI CET cutoff percentile for each category are included in the result. Based on the INI CET result, candidates are called for the counselling process.
How to download AIIMS INI CET result PDF?
Before applying for the INI CET exam for January 2026 session, candidates must check the INI CET exam eligibility criteria to know whether they can appear for the exam or not. INI CET eligibility criteria for the January 2026 session can be checked below:
INI CET eligibility criteria for Indian Nationals graduated abroad
For candidates who have completed their MBBS abroad, the marks obtained in the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination -FMGE will be considered in lieu of aggregate marks. The MBBS cutoff marks for INI CET eligibility criteria are the same as mentioned above.
INI CET eligibility for foreign nationals
Such aspirants need to obtain a certificate of grading system from applicable universities/institutions to determine the value of grading in percentage. The marks calculated accordingly must be filled in the marks column during INI CET final registration. The cutoff marks to be obtained in MBBS/BDS should be a total of 55% or equivalent.
No Objection Certificate (NOC): The NOC obtained from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, should be submitted to the Examination Section on or before the mentioned dates. Kindly note that no objection certificate obtained solely from the Ministry of External Affairs is NOT considered a valid NOC for INI-CET.
The application process of INI CET January 2026 session includes the mandatory one time registration, filling up the registration, uploading of documents, registration fee payment, and final form submission. Below are the steps to complete INI CET 2025 registration process.
All the candidates, including the ones who appeared in the previous session need to complete their one time registration. The one time registration includes the basic candidate information that needs to be completed by the candidates. For INI CET basic registration, candidates can follow the step-by-step instructions provided below.
Go to the official website of AIIMS: aiimsexams.ac.in
Click on the INI CET registration link for January 2026.
The 'Click here' button directs candidates to an instruction page.
Candidates must read the instructions carefully and prepare all the required documents mentioned on the page.
Candidates need to select the course (MD/MS/MCH(6 years)/DM (6 years) or MDS) in which admission is required.
In the next step, candidates must enter personal details like name, date of birth, category, gender, nationality, and details of the ID proof.
Then enter contact details like email ID, contact number and then give consent for the declaration form.
Click on the 'Register’ tab as shown in the above image.
The registration ID is displayed on the screen.
The INI CET 2025 registration login credentials are also sent to the registered email ID and mobile number.
Click on the 'Ok' button to move to the next step of the INI CET registration.
Candidates are redirected to the applicant login page where they must enter their registration ID, and password and copy the captcha code.
The details are mentioned on the screen.
Edit the entered details (if required) otherwise, click on the 'Proceed to Step 2' button.
In the next step of INI CET 2025 application process for January 2026 session, candidates are required to fill the registration form. Candidates need to provide the details of educational qualifications, internship, and relevant experience.
Candidates who have successfully filled the registration form, need to pay the INI CET November 2025 registration fee. The registration fee of INI CET 2025 exam for January 2026 session is given below.
| Category | Registration Fees |
|---|---|
General/OBC/Foreign National/ OCI applicants | Rs 4,000 |
SC/ST/EWS applicant | Rs 3,200 |
Orthopaedically Physically Handicapped | Exempted from the payment of application fees |
To complete the INI CET 2025 basic registration for January 2026, candidates are required to upload the images in the specified format. The documents required along with their specifications are provided in the below table.
| Image | Sepcifications |
|---|---|
Photograph | Format – JPG/JPEG Size – Between 50 KB to 100 KB Dimension – 3.5 cm X 4.5 cm |
Signature | Format – JPG/JPEG Size – Between 20 KB to 100 KB Note – Use thick point black/blue pen only |
Left thumb impression | Format – JPG/JPEG Size – Between 20 KB to 100 KB DPI – 200 dpi |
After successfully submitting INI CET application fee and required documents, applicants need to choose an exam centre. The list of INI CET exam centre for January 2026 releases along with the prospectus. Aspirants are advised to choose the exam centres at their convenience. AIIMS, New Delhi will allow centres to the candidates on a first-come-first-served basis and the decision of the conducting body is final in this regard. Also, the choices of the city submitted by the candidates cannot be changed later.
Step 6 - Printout of INI CET application form
After submitting every detail in INI-CET application form, candidates will obtain a registration slip. Candidates’ personal and educational details and the uploaded images will be shown on the registration slip. Aspirants then need to take out a printout of this slip for future reference. No change of details will be permitted after the submission of the application form of INI CET.
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Use Now| State | City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur Kurnool Nellore Rajahmundry Visakhapatnam Vizianagaram Tirupati Vijayawada |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar Naharlagun |
| Assam | Dibrugarh Guwahati Jorhat Silchar Tezpur |
| Bihar | Arrah Bhagalpur Darbhanga Muzaffarpur Patna Purnea |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Punjab | Mohali Amritsar Bathinda Jalandhar Ludhiana Patiala Fatehgarh Sahib |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar Durg Bilaspur Raipur |
| Delhi | New Delhi Delhi |
| Uttar Pradesh | Noida Greater Noida Agra Aligarh Allahabad Bareli Ghaziabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Meerut Moradabad Muzaffarnagar Varanasi |
| Goa | Panaji Madgaon |
| Gujarat | Anand Mehsana Rajkot Surat Vadodara |
| Haryana | Ambala Faridabad Gurugram Jagadhri |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur Kangra Palampur Shimla |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Dhanbad Hazaribagh Jamshedpur Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Belgaum Bangalore Dharwad Hubali-Dharwad Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) Mysuru Shimoga Udupi Manipal Mangaluru |
| Kerala | Ernakulam Angamaly Muvattupuzha Kannur Kollam Kottayam Kozhikode Thrissur Trivandrum |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Sagar Satna Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | Amravati Aurangabad Jalgaon Kolhapur Mumbai Navi Mumbai Nagpur Nanded Nashik Pune |
| Manipur | Manipur |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Balasore Bhubaneshwar Cuttack Dhenkanal Rourkela Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer Bikaner Jaipur Jodhpur Sikar Udaipur |
| Sikkim | East Sikkim |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Salem Tirunelveli Trichey Vellore |
| Telangana | Hyderabad Secunderabad K.V.Rangareddy Karimnagar Warangal |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun Haldwani |
| West Bengal | Asansol Hooghly Kolkata Siliguri |
As per the exam pattern of INI CET, there will be 200 multiple-choice and single-answer questions. INI CET marking scheme is released with the prospectus. Aspirants can check the INI CET exam pattern for the January 2026 session below.
INI CET exam pattern
| Particular | Details |
| Examination mode | Computer-Based Test (CBT) Mode |
| Exam duration | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
| Type of question | Multiple Choice Question (MCQs) |
| Total question | 200 |
| Marking scheme | 1 mark awarded for each correct answer |
| 1/3 mark deducted for every incorrect answer | |
| 0 mark for unanswered questions |
AIIMS, Delhi releases the INI CET admit card of the January 2026 session at the aiimsexams.ac.in. INICET admit card can be downloaded by the registered candidates. INI CET admit cards can be downloaded by entering the registration ID, password and captcha code. The admit card of INI CET must be verified and carried to the exam centre for verification purposes. A valid ID proof, PwD certificate, and NMC/DCI registration certificate must be carried at the exam centre.
How to download INI CET admit card?
Candidates are advised to follow the instructions mentioned below to download INI CET admit card:
Go to the official website - aiimsexams.ac.in
Click on 'Academic' and select INI-CET MD/MS/MDS/DM/MCh course
Log in using the registration ID, password and captcha code
The admit card for INI CET January 2026 session will be displayed on the screen
Verify all the details mentioned on INI CET admit card
Download and take two-three printouts for future reference
AIIMS, New Delhi releases the INI CET round-wise cutoff with the allotment list. The cutoff for INI CET January 2026 session will be released for each round separately. The INI CET exam cutoff marks are specified by the qualifying percentile, an important parameter determining the minimum percentage of scores required for candidates to be considered eligible for admission. The cut-off marks for INI CET serve as a threshold and candidates scoring below this mark may not qualify for further admission process.
INI CET counselling is conducted in an online mode for admission to AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER and NIMHANS. Authority conducts the four rounds of INI CET counselling including the mop-up round. Only candidates included in INI CET January 2026 session result are eligible to appear for the INI CET counselling process. During the counselling process, aspirants need to register themselves mentioning personal, address, INI CET, contact, qualification, and other asked details.
Candidates who have qualified for the INI CET examination can participate in the counselling session. Also during INI CET counselling registration, candidates need to provide their preferences of colleges and courses, in which they wish to take admission. It is important to lock the choices filled during INI CET counselling. Based on the choices filled, INI CET rank, seats available, reservation criteria, and other factors, admission to MD, MS, MDS, DM, and MCh courses will be granted.
Contact Number:
011-26594168 , 011-26594832
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
INI CET exam for the January 2026 session was conducted on November 9, 2025.
The prospectus of INI CET exam is released at the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in.
INI CET exam is conducted for admission to around 872 MD, MS, MDS, DM and MCh seats offered by 19 AIIMS, JIPMER Puducherry, PGIMER Chandigarh, SCTIMST Trivandrum and NIMHANS Bengaluru.
The INI CET January 2026 session exam was held in computer-based mode.
The result of INI CET exam for January 2026 session is November 15, 2025.
On Question asked by student community
Hello there!
AIIMS ( All India Institute of Medical Sciences) New Delhi conducts the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET). It is conducted twice a year. The INI CET cut off 2025 for January 2026 session is 50 percentile for unreserved category, and 45 percentile for the reserved category students.
Knowing cut off marks will enable students to know their chances for getting admission in particular category and courses.
Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with the cut off marks detail. Kindly go through it.
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-cutoff
thank you!
Hello,
It's highly unlikely you will get a clinical seat at AIIMS Mangalagiri with an INI CET All India Rank (AIR) of 19600 in the general category based on previous year's cutoff trends. The closing ranks for most competitive clinical branches in the general category at AIIMS Mangalargi typically close much earlier, often within the first few hundred to a couple of thousand ranks.
I hope it will clear your query!!
For the scope of general surgery in any of the INICET institutions after having secured a rank of 2211 in INICET for the specified general category you would have to check the previous cut offs for the General surgery branch for the INICET institutes, follow the link below for the updated cut offs for the general surgery in the specified institutes
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