Total MBBS Seats in India
MBBS in India is a lucrative career option for the students who have chosen to study science after senior secondary. Every year lakhs of Indian students will register for the NEET UG to get a medical seat in India and this is why, they wonder, “How many total MBBS seats are there in India?”. At present, there are 91,927 MBBS seats in 612 medical colleges and out of these, 48012 seats are government, while the 43915 seats are in private MBBS colleges in India. The total number of 48012 MBBS seats are offered in 322 government medical colleges.
For the BDS, currently, there are 26,949 seats open for the students. These seats are granted after the NEET counselling for which further dates are announced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). Barring few states, every state has All India Quota of 15% for the outstation candidates. For 15% AIQ Counselling, MCC will release the seat matrix before every round on the official website. For the rest of the 85% state quota seats, respective authorities will release the seat matrix.
For the year 2023 too, to get into the medical colleges, institutes for MBBS or BDS or AYUSH or BVSc courses, there will be only a single entrance test, i.e. NEET. The same merit list will also be accepted by AIIMs and JIPMER as they no longer conduct their own medical entrance test and uses the NEET UG merit list for the allotment of the seats in their MBBS and BDS courses.
Just for the information, Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of medical seats 10,725 followed by Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh with 10,145 and 9,053 seats respectively for both the Government and Private medical colleges.
NEET or National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is a single Entry level national exam carried out by National Testing Agency for medical aspirants to seek admissions to medical courses across different medical institutes of the country.
NEET UG has the below mentioned seats in different stream:
91,927 MBBS seats,
27,698 BDS seats,
50,720 AYUSH seats, and
525 BVSc Bachelor of Veterinary Science & AH seats
NEET Seat Matrix: Highlights
NEET UG seats are divided into 2 quotas, i.e. All India Quota and State Level Quota
The 15% All India Quota seats are allotted via the centralized counselling procedure.
For the rest of the State Level Quota seats, State Conducted counselling procedure is followed.
All the Deemed Medical Colleges, Private Colleges, Armed Forces Medical College as well BHU, and Aligarh Muslim University also participate in NEET 2023 medical and other related courses seats allotment.
The same NEET UG merit list will also be used for seat allotment to veterinary colleges in order to complete the BVSc and Animal Husbandry undergraduate coursework under 15% AIQ.
Total Seats Including Private and Govt. Medical Seats in India
Here is the State Wise NEET UG Seat Matrix for the admission MBBS/BDS/AYUSH and BVSc courses as per the descending order.
| State/ UT | Number of Government MBBS Seats | Number of Private MBBS Seats | Total Number of MBBS Seats |
| Tamil Nadu | 5,225 | 5,500 | 10,725 |
| Karnataka | 3,150 | 6,995 | 10,145 |
| Maharashtra | 4,825 | 5,070 | 9,895 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,303 | 4,750 | 9,053 |
| Gujarat | 3,700 | 2,000 | 5,700 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,485 | 2,850 | 5,335 |
| Telangana | 1,840 | 3,200 | 5,040 |
| Kerala | 1,555 | 2,700 | 4,255 |
| West Bengal | 3,225 | 1,000 | 4,225 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,180 | 1,900 | 4,080 |
| Rajasthan | 3,055 | 950 | 4,005 |
| Bihar | 1,515 | 900 | 2,415 |
| Odisha | 1,375 | 750 | 2,125 |
| Punjab | 800 | 950 | 1,750 |
| Haryana | 710 | 950 | 1,660 |
| Puducherry | 380 | 1,250 | 1,630 |
| Chhattisgarh | 965 | 600 | 1,565 |
| Uttarakhand | 700 | 450 | 1,150 |
| Delhi | 1,247 | 250 | 1,497 |
| Assam | 1,150 | 0 | 1,150 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1,047 | 100 | 1,147 |
| Jharkhand | 680 | 250 | 930 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 770 | 150 | 920 |
| Manipur | 225 | 150 | 375 |
| Tripura | 125 | 100 | 225 |
| Goa | 180 | 0 | 180 |
| Chandigarh | 150 | 0 | 150 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 150 | 0 | 150 |
| Sikkim | 0 | 150 | 150 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 100 | 0 | 100 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Meghalaya | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Mizoram | 100 | 0 | 100 |
| Total | 48,012 | 43,915 | 91,927 |
List of MBBS Government Seats in India
Here is the alphabetically arranged list of all the total medical seats in government medical colleges in India:
Total Government MBBS seats in India
| Government Medical Colleges in India | ||
| State/ Union Territory | Total No of Colleges | Total No. of Govt. Seats |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 1 | 100 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 13 | 2360 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 50 |
| Assam | 6 | 900 |
| Bihar | 9 | 1140 |
| Chandigarh | 1 | 150 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | 670 |
| Delhi | 6 | 1015 |
| Goa | 1 | 180 |
| Gujarat | 17 | 3350 |
| Haryana | 5 | 710 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6 | 720 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 485 |
| Jharkhand | 3 | 280 |
| Karnataka | 18 | 2550 |
| Kerala | 10 | 1455 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10 | 1570 |
| Maharashtra | 23 | 4080 |
| Manipur | 2 | 200 |
| Meghalaya | 1 | 50 |
| Orissa | 7 | 1150 |
| Pondicherry | 1 | 180 |
| Punjab | 3 | 600 |
| Rajasthan | 14 | 2600 |
| Tamil Nadu | 25 | 3450 |
| Telangana | 8 | 1440 |
| Tripura | 1 | 125 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 18 | 2278 |
| Uttarakhand | 3 | 425 |
| West Bengal | 14 | 2600 |
| Total | 236 | 36836 |
List of MBBS Seats in Private Medical Colleges in India
Here is the alphabetically arranged list of all the medical seats in private medical colleges in India:
| Private Medical Colleges in India | ||
| State/ Union Territory | Total No of Colleges | Total No. of Govt. Seats |
| Andaman & Nicobar | 0 | 0 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 19 | 2,850 |
| Assam | 0 | 0 |
| Bihar | 3 | 400 |
| Chandigarh | 0 | 0 |
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 450 |
| Daman & Diu | 0 | 0 |
| Delhi | 1 | 200 |
| Goa | 0 | 0 |
| Gujarat | 7 | 1,000 |
| Haryana | 6 | 850 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 150 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 1 | 100 |
| Jharkhand | 0 | 0 |
| Karnataka | 39 | 6,195 |
| Kerala | 21 | 2,800 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12 | 1,800 |
| Maharashtra | 30 | 4,220 |
| Manipur | 0 | 0 |
| Meghalaya | 0 | 0 |
| Orissa | 4 | 500 |
| Pondicherry | 7 | 1,050 |
| Punjab | 5 | 1,050 |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 1,200 |
| Sikkim | 1 | 100 |
| Tamil Nadu | 24 | 3,600 |
| Telangana | 18 | 2,650 |
| Tripura | 0 | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 30 | 4,150 |
| Uttarakhand | 3 | 450 |
| West Bengal | 4 | 550 |
| Total | 247 | 36,315 |
Total MBBS seats in India After Independence till 2023
Here are the total number of medical seats in India
| Duration | Govt. Colleges | Seats | Private Colleges | Seats | Total Seats in India |
| 1947-50 | 22 | 4988 | 1 | 100 | 5,088 |
| 1950-60 | 35 | 7612 | 3 | 600 | 8,212 |
| 1961-70 | 34 | 5970 | 6 | 945 | 6,915 |
| 1971-80 | 8 | 1195 | 3 | 400 | 1,595 |
| 1981-90 | 7 | 1050 | 25 | 4370 | 5,420 |
| 1991-2000 | 13 | 2030 | 29 | 4500 | 6,530 |
| 2001-2005 | 10 | 1520 | 43 | 7650 | 9,170 |
| 2006-2010 | 25 | 3500 | 47 | 7950 | 11,450 |
| 2011-2015 | 55 | 7384 | 48 | 7250 | 14,634 |
| 2016-2020 | 83 | 9774 | 64 | 9500 | 19,274 |
| 2021-2022 | 63 | 7025 | 26 | 3850 | 10,875 |
| Till 2023 | 355 | 52048 | 295 | 47115 | 99,163 |
As per the official website’s data, for the next Academic session, 63 new Government and 26 private medical colleges have been granted approval for MBBS course admissions. So, there are 7025 Seats in Government medical colleges and 3850 seats in private medical colleges across India.
As of now (January 2023) there are 650 medical colleges in India and Out of these, 355 are Government and Semi- Government medical colleges, AIIMS and Central Medical Universities and 295 are Private Medical Colleges and Deemed Universities.
If we talked about total number of MBBS seats, there are 99163 MBBS seats (52048 in Govt. Medical Colleges and 47115 in Private and Deemed medical colleges).
Newly Added MBBS Seats in India
As per latest information from the Government’s official website, more than 5000 Medical seats would be for the Academic session 2023-24.
Let’s take a look at the list of medical colleges in which MBBS seats have been increased in 2022. This list also includes the newly opened medical colleges in India 2022.
| State/Union Territory | Name of The College | Type | Year of Establishment | No of Seats |
| Andhra Pradesh | Alluri Sitaram Raju Academy of Medical Sciences, Eluru | Trust | 2000 | 250 |
| Andhra Pradesh | P E S Institute Of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam | Trust | 2001 | 150 |
| Assam | Dhubri Medical College, Dhubri | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Chhattisgarh | Government Medical College, Korba | Govt. | 100 | |
| Chhattisgarh | Government Medical College, Mahasamund | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Gujarat | GMERS Medical College, Navsari | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Gujarat | GMERS Medical College, Rajpipla | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Gujarat | Government Medical College, Morbi | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Gujarat | Government Medical College, Panchmahal Godhra | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Gujarat | Government Medical College, Porbandar | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Gujarat | SBKS Medical Instt. & Research Centre, Vadodra | Trust | 2002 | 250 |
| Haryana | Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Faridabad | Govt. | 100 | |
| Karnataka | Chikkamagaluru Institute of Medical Sciences, Chikkamagaluru | Govt. | 150 | |
| Karnataka | Haveri Institute of Medical Sciences, Haveri | Private | 2022 | 150 |
| Karnataka | Siddaganga Medical College and Research Institute, Tumakuru | Private | 150 | |
| Karnataka | Yadgiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Yadgiri | Private | 2022 | 150 |
| Manipur | Government Medical College, Churachandpur | Govt. | 100 | |
| Manipur | Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Porompet, Imphal | Govt. | 2010 | 150 |
| Odisha | Government Medical College, Keonjhar, | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Odisha | Government Medical College, Sundargarh | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Rajasthan | Government Medical College, Chittorgarh | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Rajasthan | Government Medical College, Dholpur | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Rajasthan | Government Medical College, Sirohi | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Rajasthan | Government Medical College, Sri Ganganagar | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| Tamil Nadu | Sri Venkateswaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai | Private | 2022 | 150 |
| Telangana | Dr. VRK Womens Medical College, Aziznagar | Trust | 2010 | 100 |
| Telangana | Government Medical College, Bhadradri Kothagudem | Govt. | 150 | |
| Telangana | Government Medical College, Jagtial | Govt. | 150 | |
| Telangana | Government Medical College, Mahabubabad | Govt. | 150 | |
| Telangana | Government Medical College, Nagarkurnool | Govt. | 150 | |
| Telangana | Government Medical College, Sangareddy | Govt. | 150 | |
| Telangana | Government Medical College, Wanaparthy | Govt. | 2022 | 150 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly | Trust | 2006 | 250 |
| West Bengal | Barasat Government Medical College & Hospital | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| West Bengal | College of Medicine and JNM Hospital,Kalyani,Nadia | Govt. | 2010 | 125 |
| West Bengal | Jalpaiguri Government Medical College | Govt. | 100 | |
| West Bengal | Prafulla Chandra Sen Government Medical College & Hospital | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
| West Bengal | Tamralipto Government Medical College & Hospital | Govt. | 2022 | 100 |
Government and Private Medical Colleges Seats in India (Last 5 Years)
Here is the list of the Government and private medical colleges in India, from the last five years.
| Year | No. of Govt. Medical Colleges | MBBS Seats in Govt. Colleges | No. of Private Medical Colleges | MBBS seats in Private Medical Colleges | Total No. Of Colleges | Total No. Of Seats |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 31483 | 243 | 36040 | 480 | 67523 |
| 2018-19 | 253 | 33893 | 248 | 36540 | 499 | 70433 |
| 2019-20 | 279 | 42222 | 260 | 38090 | 539 | 80312 |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 43435 | 269 | 39840 | 558 | 83275 |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 48212 | 290 | 43915 | 612 | 91927 |
Total MBBS Seats Increase in 2022
Details of seats approved under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the Upgradation of existing Government medical colleges to increase MBBS seats in India for the year 2022.
| State/ Union Territory | No. of Approved Seats Increased |
| Andhra Pradesh | 150 |
| Gujarat | 270 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 20 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 60 |
| Jharkhand | 100 |
| Karnataka | 550 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 600 |
| Maharashtra | 150 |
| Manipur | 50 |
| Odisha | 200 |
| Punjab | 100 |
| Rajasthan | 700 |
| Tamil Nadu | 345 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 50 |
| Uttarakhand | 50 |
| West Bengal | 100 |
| Total | 3495 |
Number of NEET Seats 2022 in Top Medical Colleges
Here are the names of the medical colleges in India for MBBS courses.
| Name of Medical Colleges | Seat Intake |
| Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi | 250 |
| Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi | 200 |
| King George Medical College (KGMC), Lucknow | 250 |
| Institute of Medical Sciences – Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU) Varanasi | 84 |
| Christian Medical College(CMC), Ludhiana, Punjab | 75 |
| Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Maharashtra | 125 |
| Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC), Mumbai, Maharashtra | 260 |
| Grant Medical College (GMC), Mumbai, Maharashtra | 200 |
| Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College (BJMC), Ahmedabad | 250 |
| Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College (BJMC), Pune | 200 |
| Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata | 15% of the seats |
| Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College & Hospital, Odisha | 150 |
| Patna Medical College, Patna | 150 |
| Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam | 15% seats |
| North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong | not released yet |
NEET Cut Off Percentile Result Basis
| Category | NEET Marks Range 2022 | Cut Off Percentile |
| Unreserved/ Economically Weaker Section | 715-117 | 50th |
| Other Backward Caste | 116-93 | 40th |
| Scheduled Caste | 116-93 | 40th |
| Scheduled Tribe | 116-93 | 40th |
| Unreserved/ Economically Weaker Section Person with Disability | 116-105 | 45th |
| Person with Disability (OBC/ SC/ ST) | 104-93 | 40th |
Total MBBS Seats in India: FAQs
Q: How many govt. medical seats are there in govt. medical colleges at present?
A: At present, there are 48012 govt. MBBS seats in government medical colleges.
Q: Who all are eligible to avail 15% All India Quota Seats in the medical colleges in the participating states and union territories?
A: The below-mentioned categories are capable to avail 15% AIQ seats:
India Citizens and Nationals
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)
Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs)
Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)
Foreign Nationals are eligible to appear in NEET for 15% All India Quota Seats.
Q: Which is the concerned government authority that conducts the 15% AIQ seat allotment process?
A: Based on the interview rounds and the number of registrations in the counseling process, 15% AIQ seat will be allotted by MCC of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) via online mode.
Q: How the NEET UG seats are allotted?
A: Admission will be completed by following the below-mentioned processes:
All India Quota Seats
State Government Quota Seats
State/Private/Management/NRI Quota Seats in all Private Medical / Dental Colleges or any Private/ Deemed University
Central Pool Quota Seats