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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS is conducting the INICET counselling for the January 2026 session. The INICET counselling schedule for January 2026 session is released on December 6, 2025. Choice filling for mock round 1 INI CET counselling 2025 can be done from December 6 to 9, 2025. The seat allotment result of round 1 mock will be declared on December 11, 2025. The round 1 choice filling will be available on December 12, 2025.
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INI-CET 2026 counselling is conducted for admission to 875 seats in Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS), Master of Dental Surgery (MDS), Doctorate of Medicine (DM), and Master of Chirurgiae (MCh) courses. Only the students qualified as per the INICET result, are eligible for the counselling. Based on the choices filled, seat availability, INI CET rank, reservation criteria and other factors, the INI CET seats are allotted. Read the full article to know comprehensive details about the INI CET Counselling 2026.
Knowing the INICET counselling schedule for January 2026 is of utmost importance for the students. Candidates can check the important AIIMS INICET counselling dates to keep track of the upcoming events.
Events | Date |
Choice filling for INI CET mock round | December 6 to 9, 2025 |
Declaration of mock round allotment result | December 11, 2025 |
INI CET counselling round 1 choice filling | December 12 to 13, 2025 |
Round 1 seat allocation result | December 18, 2025 |
Acceptance of allotted seats in round 1 | December 19 to 24, 2025 |
Reporting to colleges | December 19 to 24, 2025 |
Event | Date |
Seat allotment result | January 9, 2026 |
Acceptance of allotted seats | January 10 to 15, 2026 |
Reporting | January 10 to 15, 2026 |
The eligible candidates need to register themselves for the counselling of INI CET 2026. After the registration process, candidates are required to enter their personal, academic, INI CET exam, internship, and National Medical Commission (NMC)/State Medical Council (SMC) details. Only eligible candidates can register for the INI CET process. The complete process for INI CET January 2026 counselling is mentioned below.
During the INI CET counselling process, the registered aspirants need to provide their choices of colleges and specialisations in which they wish to get admission. Candidates can rearrange their choices as per their preferences, according to their INI CET rank. There is no limitation on choosing the number of choices for INI CET allotment. Aspirants can also edit and reorder the choices within the specified date and time.
The locking of the INI CET counselling choices is also important. The choice locking for INI CET counselling 2026 is done automatically after the last date and time as specified in the table above. Therefore, aspirants must verify the choices filled as per their rank and eligibility.
The process of seat allotment of INI CET 2026 is done in online mode by AIIMS, New Delhi. INI CET seat allotment list is released by the authority. Through the process of the INI CET seat allotment 2026 for the January session, aspirants are granted admission to MD/MS/DM/MCh/MDS seats. Based on choices filled, seats available in the particular college/specialisation, INI CET result 2026, reservation criteria, and other factors, counselling is done for all rounds. Before the counselling process, INI CET mock counselling 2026 is conducted to provide an idea of the allotment of seats.
AIIMS Delhi releases the INI CET 2026 counselling seat allotment result for each round separately. The seat allotment result for INI CET 2026 January session will be released in the form of a merit list, which includes the aspirant's roll number, overall rank, subject, allotted institute, and category. The INI CET rank-wise seat allotment result for the January 2026 session will be released after every round and will be updated on this page.
Round | Link |
Mock round | To be announced |
Round 1 | To be announced |
Round 2 | To be announced |
Open round | To be announced |
Aspirants who will be allotted a seat during the INI CET counselling 2026 session are required to log in using the required credentials and choose any of the following options on or before the due date and time.
Option 1: Accept allotted seat and do not wish to participate in further rounds of INI CET counselling session
Option 2: Accept the allotted seat and wish to participate in subsequent INI CET 2026 counselling rounds
Note: If aspirants who choose option 2, are allotted a seat through INI CET counselling, he/she must join the designated college within the specified date. The seat allotted in the first round will be left vacant and will be automatically allotted to another candidate as per merit. Failure to join the allotted seat will lead to impositions of the penalty of Rs. 3 lakhs.
Candidates are allotted a seat through INI CET rank wise seat allotment. They have to report to the allotted colleges with relevant documents for verification and completion of admission.
Candidates must report to the colleges along with the following documents for completion of the INI CET counselling process.
The authority releases the seat matrix of INICET 2026 at the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in. These seats are designated for various MD, MS, MCh, DM, and MDS courses. The INICET seat matrix 2026 comprises of the seats available in all the 23 INIs, including 19 AIIMS colleges in India, JIPMER, PGIMER, NIMHANS, and SCTIMST.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The INI CET 2026 counselling will start from December 12, 2025. The mock round has started from December 6, 2025.
The INI CET counselling for January 2026 session will be conducted in online mode at aiimsexams.ac,in
Yes, candidates need to register themselves for the counselling of INI CET 2026.
Candidates who have qualified INI CET entrance exam with the minimum required percentile are eligible to participate in INI CET 2026 January counselling session.
Yes, the original INI CET admit card is one of the documents that need to be furnished by the candidate while reporting to the allotted college.
On Question asked by student community
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 will clear your query!!
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 to this range, and even that is rare. Seats are few, and most AIIMS fill Microbiology well before this rank.
You may still keep hope for the open or mop-up rounds , as small movements can happen, but the chances remain low based on past data.
You can use our INI-CET College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.
Hope it helps !
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!!
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