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    Upcoming Medical Colleges in India 2025-26

    Upcoming Medical Colleges in India 2025-26

    Deep PathakUpdated on 08 Apr 2026, 03:47 PM IST

    The National Medical Commission (NMC) is the responsible authority that recognises the medical colleges in India. The Medical Assessment & Rating Board (MARB) on behalf of the NMC conducts surveys on various parameters and processes the applications for the upcoming medical colleges in India. As per the NMC, a total of 43 new Medical Colleges has been established across the country for the academic year 2025–26. Further, the Government has approved 11,682 MBBS seats and 8,967 PG seats (including AIIMS and INIs) across the country.

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    Upcoming Medical Colleges in India 2025-26
    Medical Colleges in India

    For 2025-26, a total number of 80 applications were received, out of which 43 got approval, that is more than 50%. NEET is the single largest medical entrance exam in India through which MBBS seats are granted. To counter the increase in the number of students appearing for NEET every year, new medical colleges in India are getting established. Read the full article to learn more about India's upcoming medical colleges in 2026.

    Upcoming Government Medical Colleges In India

    Along with the 43 new Medical Colleges that have been established, 157 medical colleges are approved under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a total outlay of Rs 41,332.41 crore. NMC invites online applications every year from medical colleges/institutions across the country for the establishment of new medical colleges and for an increase of UG and PG seats. The Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) is administered by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to establish new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals in areas where there are no government or private medical colleges.

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    Medical Colleges in India

    According to the NMC, there are 449 government medical colleges in India with total number of 63010 seats. Check the list of 43 medical colleges established for cademic year 2025-26.

    New Medical Colleges for Academic Year 2025-26

    Sl. No.

    State

    Approved Colleges

    1

    Andhra Pradesh

    Anna Gowri Medical College and Hospital

    2

    Assam

    ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Beltola

    3

    Assam

    Pragjyotishpur Medical College

    4

    Bihar

    Mahabodhi Medical College & Hospital

    5

    Bihar

    Shyamlal Chandrashekhar Medical College & S P N M Hopsital

    6

    Bihar

    Viraat Ramayan Institute of Medical Sciences

    7

    Delhi

    ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Basaidarapur, New Delhi

    8

    Gujarat

    ESIC Medical College Naroda Bapunagar, Ahmedabad

    9

    Gujarat

    Matushri Prabhaben Khodabhai Boghara Medical College & Research Centre

    10

    Haryana

    Maharishi Chyawan Medical College, Koriawas

    11

    Haryana

    PT Neki Ram Sharma Government Medical College, Bhiwani

    12

    Jharkhand

    Netaji Subhas Medical College And Hospital

    13

    Karnataka

    Farookh Academy of Medical Education Hospital And Research Institute

    14

    Kerala

    Government Medical College Kasaragod

    15

    Kerala

    Government Medical College, Wayanad

    16

    Kerala

    Kerala Medical College, Mangode

    17

    Madhya Pradesh

    ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Indore

    18

    Madhya Pradesh

    Goverment Medical College, Sheopur

    19

    Madhya Pradesh

    Government Medical College Singrauli

    20

    Madhya Pradesh

    Mansarovar Medical College and MGU Hospital

    21

    Maharashtra

    DY Patil University, School of Medicine

    22

    Maharashtra

    ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Andheri

    23

    Maharashtra

    Mahatma Gandhi Missions Medical College, Panvel

    24

    Maharashtra

    Malati Multispeciality Hospital And Medical College

    25

    Maharashtra

    Smt Sakhubai Narayanrao Katkade Medical College and Research Center

    26

    Meghalaya

    Shillong Medical College

    27

    Orissa

    Government Medical College Phulbani , Kandhamal

    28

    Orissa

    Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Medical College, Talcher

    29

    Punjab

    ESIC Medical College Ludhiana

    30

    Rajasthan

    Arya Medical College and Hospital

    31

    Rajasthan

    Balvir Singh Tomar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

    32

    Rajasthan

    ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur

    33

    Rajasthan

    Geetanjali Institute of Medical Sciences

    34

    Rajasthan

    Government Medical College, Jaisalmer

    35

    Rajasthan

    Government medical college, tonk

    36

    Tamil Nadu

    Takshashila Medical College

    37

    Telangana

    Government Medical College, Kodangal, Telangana

    38

    Uttar Pradesh

    Autonomous State Medical College Amethi

    39

    Uttar Pradesh

    ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Noida

    40

    Uttar Pradesh

    ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Varanasi

    41

    West Bengal

    Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital

    42

    West Bengal

    PKG Medical College

    43

    West Bengal

    Raniganj Institute of Medical Science

    State-wise MBBS Seats Granted

    Sl. No.

    State

    Total Seats approved

    1

    Andhra Pradesh

    430

    2

    Assam

    325

    3

    Bihar

    550

    4

    Chhattisgarh

    250

    5

    Delhi

    50

    6

    Gujarat

    375

    7

    Haryana

    525

    8

    Himachal Pradesh

    50

    9

    Jammu & Kashmir

    329

    10

    Jharkhand

    200

    11

    Karnataka

    1550

    12

    Kerala

    700

    13

    Madhya Pradesh

    525

    14

    Maharashtra

    980

    15

    Meghalaya

    50

    16

    Odisha

    300

    17

    Pondicherry

    43

    18

    Punjab

    200

    19

    Rajasthan

    825

    20

    Tamil Nadu

    1050

    21

    Telangana

    475

    22

    Tripura

    50

    23

    Uttar Pradesh

    950

    24

    Uttarakhand

    100

    25

    West Bengal

    800

    State-wise Post-Graduate Seats Granted

    Sl. No.

    State

    Total Seats Approved

    1.

    Andaman Nicobar Islands

    13

    2.

    Andhra Pradesh

    506

    3.

    Arunachal Pradesh

    23

    4.

    Assam

    50

    5.

    Bihar

    238

    6.

    Chhattisgarh

    139

    7.

    Dadra and Nagar Haveli

    20

    8.

    Delhi

    58

    9.

    Goa

    3

    10.

    Gujarat

    690

    11.

    Haryana

    218

    12.

    Himachal Pradesh

    36

    13.

    Jammu & Kashmir

    144

    14.

    Jharkhand

    16

    15.

    Karnataka

    1391

    16.

    Kerala

    168

    17.

    Madhya Pradesh

    524

    18.

    Maharashtra

    686

    19.

    Manipur

    12

    20.

    Mizoram

    10

    21.

    Odisha

    297

    22.

    Pondicherry

    78

    23.

    Punjab

    135

    24.

    Rajasthan

    479

    25.

    Tamil Nadu

    951

    26.

    Telangana

    591

    27.

    Tripura

    16

    28.

    Uttar Pradesh

    1089

    29.

    Uttarakhand

    162

    30.

    West Bengal

    224


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