INI CET Qualifying Marks 2026: Qualifying Percentile For MD & MS

INI CET Qualifying Marks 2026: Qualifying Percentile For MD & MS

Manisha TiwariUpdated on 15 Nov 2025, 11:04 PM IST

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi releases the qualifying marks of INI CET exam. Qualifying marks for INI CET refer to the minimum score a candidate must secure to be considered eligible for inclusion in the merit list. The INI CET qualifying percentile for General category is 50th and that for reserved category candidates including PwD candidates is 45th.

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  1. Qualifying percentile for INI CET 2026 January session
  2. INI CET cutoff marks
  3. INI CET cutoff for Institute of National Importance
  4. How to calculate INI CET qualifying percentile?
INI CET Qualifying Marks 2026: Qualifying Percentile For MD & MS
INI CET Qualifying Marks

AIIMS New Delhi determines INI CET 2026 qualifying marks based on various factors, such as the difficulty level of the exam, the number of candidates appearing and seat availability. For the INI CET examination, qualifying marks are expressed as a percentile rather than a percentage. A percentile score reflects the relative performance of a candidate compared to others in the exam.

INI CET exam is conducted to grant admission to Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS), Master of Dental Surgery (MDS), Doctorate of Medicine (DM) and Master of Chirurgiae (MCh). Read the article INI CET 2026 qualifying to explore the factors that influence them, the significance of these marks and other information.

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Qualifying percentile for INI CET 2026 January session

The INI CET qualifying marks is an important factor that determines the minimum percentage of scores required to be eligible for the admission. Candidates must note that meeting the INI CET qualifying percentile does not guarantee admission. It merely ensures eligibility for inclusion in the merit list. Admission is granted based on the rank secured in the merit list, availability of seats, and choice of institution. The INI CET qualifying percentile for different categories are provided in the table below.

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INI CET qualifying marks: January 2026 session

Category

Qualifying percentile

For Unreserved/ EWS/ Sponsored/ Deputed/ Foreign National/ Overseas Citizen

50th percentile

OBC, ST, SC, PwD

45th percentile

Bhutanese National (PGI Chandigarh only)

40th percentile

INI CET cutoff marks

The AIIMS INI CET admission cutoff marks for January 2026 session will be released after the conclusion of the counselling session. Meanwhile, candidates can check previous year's cutoff marks of INI CET from the table below.

INI CET cutoff marks 2024

Name of the AIIMS instituteINI CET 2024 opening rankINI CET 2024 closing rank
AIIMS New Delhi1092212
AIIMS Bathinda1192058
AIIMS Bhopal8401351
AIIMS Bhubaneswar2021104
AIIMS Bibinagar11641164
AIIMS Bilaspur5151445
AIIMS Deoghar11071508
AIIMS Gorakhpur10712133
AIIMS Guwahati5661487
AIIMS Jodhpur261029
AIIMS Kalyani2091178
AIIMS Mangalagiri3471863
AIIMS Nagpur5421279
AIIMS Patna206871
AIIMS Raebareli2561255
AIIMS Raipur741170
AIIMS Rajkot1011080
AIIMS Rishikesh1051200
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INI CET cutoff for Institute of National Importance

Through INI CET examination, admissions are granted to the AIIMS as well as INI's in the country. The INI CET cutoff for the participating INI'S can be checked from the table below.

INI CET 2024 cutoff for Institute of National Importance

Name of the instituteINI CET 2024 opening rankINI CET 2024 closing rank
JIPMER Puducherry381627
NIMHANS Bengaluru418418
PGIMER Chandigarh69739
SCTMST Trivandrum55812187

How to calculate INI CET qualifying percentile?

The INI CET qualifying percentile can be calculated using the below mentioned formula.

INI CET percentile score= {(Total candidates appeared in the INI CET exam - INI CET rank)/ Total candidates appeared in INI CET}X100

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Questions related to INI CET

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Have a question related to INI CET ?

Hello,

If your employer refuses sponsorship, you cannot apply for a sponsored seat in INI-CET or DNB. Sponsorship is given only by the parent organisation.

You can consider these options:

  • Apply in the general category (no sponsorship needed).

  • Take Extraordinary Leave (EOL) or leave without pay to do PG.

  • Submit a written request asking the institute to reconsider sponsorship.

  • Check your institute’s rules, because many autonomous bodies have strict conditions for sponsored study leave.

There is no alternate authority that can sponsor you if your own organisation denies it.

Hope it helps !

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

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-cutoff

You would have to get the detailed cut offs for the INICET examination to know whether the specified rank of 3500 and the particular category you are in gets the AIIMS or otherwise.

Follow the link given below to get guided by the article from Careers360

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-cutoff