INI CET Total Candidates Appeared 2026: Exam Stats & Key Highlights

INI CET Total Candidates Appeared 2026: Exam Stats & Key Highlights

Deep PathakUpdated on 18 Nov 2025, 10:43 AM IST

INICET is conducted by the AIIMS, New Delhi, for aspirants seeking admission to postgraduate medical courses in various institutes of national importance such as AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER, NIMHANS, and SCTIMST. Through the INI CET exam, admission to medical specialisations like MD, MS, DM (6 yrs), MCh (6 yrs) and MDS is granted. Around 58,000 candidates appeared for the INI CET 2026 exam held for the July 2026 session.

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  1. INI CET total candidates appeared: July 2026 session
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  3. Factors Influencing INI CET number of candidates appeared
INI CET Total Candidates Appeared 2026: Exam Stats & Key Highlights
INI CET Total Candidates Appeared

The authority does not declares the total number of candidates appeared in the INI CET exam. However, based on the INI CET result, which mentions the rank and percentile of candidates, an approximate number of appeared candidates can be calculated. The detailed statistics of the total candidates appeared in INI CET July 2026 exam will be provided here after the announcement of result. Read the full article to know comprehensively about the trends, statistics, and factors related to the total number of candidates who appeared for INI CET 2026.

INI CET total candidates appeared: July 2026 session

The complete stats of the students who registered, appeared, and qualified in the INI CET exam for the July 2026 session will be provided here soon.

INI CET July 2026 number of candidates appeared

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INI CET appeared candidates

The statistics of the total candidates appeared in the INI CET exam is provided below.

Students appeared for INI CET July 2026

The exact number of candidates applied for INI CET July session 2026 will be updated soon. Around 58,000 candidates appeared in the previous year's INI CET 2026 exam (January session). Out of these, 32,374 candidates were able to qualify for the INI CET January 2026 exam.

How many students qualified INI CET for July 2026 session?

The number of students qualified for the INI CET 2026 July session exam will be updated here, after the declaration of result. In the previous session, a total of 32374 students had qualified the exam.

Factors Influencing INI CET number of candidates appeared

Several factors influence the number of total candidates appeared in INI CET 2026. Some of these factors are -

  • Available seats - The number of seats available at AIIMS, PGIMER, and other participating institutes plays a direct role in determining the number of candidates who apply for INI CET exam. The INI CET seat matrix is directly related to the level of competition as a higher number of seats leads to higher registration.

  • Preferred specialisation of medical graduates - Medical graduates who do not get their preferred specialisation in the NEET PG exam appear for the INI CET exam. This indirectly leads to a higher number of participating candidates.

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With a rank of around 25,686 in INI-CET and General category, the chances of getting AIIMS Microbiology are very low. In most counselling rounds, AIIMS seats (even for non-clinical branches like Microbiology) close at much better ranks. That said, counselling patterns can change slightly every year, so you should still

The INI CET Mock Counselling Result for the January 2026 session has been announced by AIIMS. You can find the official links and the full counseling schedule here: https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-counselling

Hello,

With a rank of 1375 in the INI CET November 2025 session under the general category, securing a seat in general surgery or orthopedics will be very difficult, but still you have chances in fields like MCh courses or related surgical fields in the counseling rounds.

I hope it

Hello,

Based on previous INI-CET trends , a UR rank around 25,686 usually does not get a Microbiology seat in AIIMS institutes.

In most years, Microbiology in AIIMS closes at a much better (lower) rank for the unreserved category. Only the very last round in some years has gone close

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