The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET UG) is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to undergraduate medical courses. The MCC will release the NEET seat matrix 2026 for 15% All India Quota counselling at mcc.nic.in before every round of counselling. The seat matrix of NEET UG provides the total number of seats available for MBBS and BDS admissions in various medical and dental colleges. The NEET seat matrix 2026 as per the data available on NMC's website can be checked from the table below.
To secure a seat, candidates need to participate in the NEET UG counselling process. The MCC is responsible for conducting the counselling process for AIQ seats. While state counselling for 85% state quota seats is conducted by the respective state authorities. Read the full article to know the NTA NEET 2026 seat matrix in detail.
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Candidates can check the NEET 2026 seat matrix along with the distribution of seats below.
15% All India Quota seats MBBS/ BDS Seats of States,
BHU OPEN seats - 100 % (MBBS and BDS)
AIIMS Open seats- 100% MBBS Seats of AIIMS across India
JIPMER Open quota seats (Puducherry/ Karaikal)
AMU Open quota seats
15% All India Quota seats of DU/ I.P University
Jamia Open seats- Faculty of Dentistry (Jamia Milia Islamia)
15% All India Quota Seats of ESIC
100% seats in Deemed Universities
BSc Nursing programs in selected participating institutes
Check the reservation policy of AIQ NEET seats 2026 in the table below.
Category | Reservation |
Scheduled Caste | 15% |
Scheduled Tribe | 7.5% |
Other Backward Class | 27% |
Economically Weaker Section | 10% |
Persons with Disabilities | 5% |
The seat matrix of NEET UG 2026 is released by MCC for 15% All India Quota seats for government, deemed and ESIC medical colleges. The detailed state-wise seat matrix of NEET 2026 for MBBS and BDS courses (as per NMC's website) can be checked in the table below.
S.No. | Name of the state/UT | Total seats |
1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 114 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,215 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 100 |
4 | Assam | 1,975 |
5 | Bihar | 3,545 |
6 | Chandigarh | 150 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 2,455 |
8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 177 |
9 | Delhi | 1,597 |
10 | Goa | 200 |
11 | Gujarat | 7,525 |
12 | Haryana | 2,710 |
13 | Himachal Pradesh | 970 |
14 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1,726 |
15 | Jharkhand | 1,255 |
16 | Karnataka | 14,094 |
17 | Kerala | 5,554 |
18 | Madhya Pradesh | 5,725 |
19 | Maharashtra | 12,824 |
20 | Manipur | 525 |
21 | Meghalaya | 200 |
22 | Mizoram | 100 |
23 | Nagaland | 100 |
24 | Orissa | 3,025 |
25 | Puducherry | 1,837 |
26 | Punjab | 2,049 |
27 | Rajasthan | 7,331 |
28 | Sikkim | 150 |
29 | Tamil Nadu | 13,050 |
30 | Telangana | 9,540 |
31 | Tripura | 450 |
32 | Uttar Pradesh | 13,425 |
33 | Uttarakhand | 1,450 |
34 | West Bengal | 6,474 |
Total | 1,29,603 |
Disclaimer: The total MBBS seats in India provided in the above table is as per the data provided by the authority on its official website. It is subject to change.
State | Government seats | Private seats | Total BDS seats |
Andhra Pradesh | 140 | 1400 | 1540 |
Assam | 176 | 0 | 176 |
Bihar | 140 | 200 | 340 |
Chandigarh | 100 | 0 | 100 |
Chhattisgarh | 100 | 500 | 600 |
Daman & Diu | 0 | 100 | 100 |
Delhi | 162 | 0 | 162 |
Goa | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Gujarat | 500 | 840 | 1340 |
Haryana | 100 | 850 | 950 |
Himachal Pradesh | 75 | 220 | 295 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 126 | 100 | 226 |
Jharkhand | 63 | 250 | 313 |
Karnataka | 185 | 3220 | 3405 |
Kerala | 300 | 1720 | 2020 |
Madhya Pradesh | 63 | 1220 | 1283 |
Maharashtra | 326 | 3200 | 3526 |
Manipur | 100 | 0 | 100 |
Orissa | 63 | 300 | 363 |
Pondicherry | 110 | 300 | 410 |
Punjab | 100 | 1150 | 1250 |
Rajasthan | 50 | 1300 | 1350 |
Tamil Nadu | 263 | 2800 | 3063 |
Telangana | 100 | 1240 | 1340 |
Tripura | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Uttar Pradesh | 203 | 2250 | 2453 |
Uttarakhand | 0 | 200 | 200 |
West Bengal | 313 | 300 | 613 |
Total Seats | 3958 | 23660 | 27618 |
On Question asked by student community
For preparing NEET entrance exam in three months, you can check the link attached below:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-neet-in-3-months
Hi! As per the NEET eligibility criteria , you must be 17 years of age as on December 31 of the year of admission. As you will complete the age criteria, you can definitely appear for NEET 2027. Do check the other eligibility criteria and apply for the NEET 2027
Hi Vishwajeet Nagare,
To get the best marks in the NEET 2026 exam, you need to be perfect in the fundamentals, basics, syllabus topics. However you can still have time to score good marks. Follow the below link to reach high rank in NEET 2026.
Link: https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-preparation-tips
The NEET qualifying cutoff for ST category was 143-113. For ST (PWD) , the cut off marks 2025 was 126-113. As you have not mentioned the closing rank for a particular college. Here, we have provided the college wise 2025 MBBS closing rank for ST category.
Regards.
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