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BAMS admission 2026
How to get a Ayurveda seat with your NEET score: AACCC and state rounds, fees and what comes after.
Checked 28 October 2026 against official notices; rows taken from news reports are labelled.
- Duration
- 5.5 years incl. 1-year internship
- Entrance
- NEET UG
- Colleges
- All BAMS colleges
- Cut-offs
- AACCC 2026
Under the NCISM (Minimum Standards of Undergraduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations, 2022, BAMS lasts five years and six months: three professional phases of 18 months each plus a 12-month compulsory rotatory internship. The KEAM 2026 prospectus of Kerala's Commissioner for Entrance Examinations states BAMS has 4.5 years of study in three 18-month professional courses, and the degree is awarded only after the prescribed one-year internship.
Eligibility
- BAMS eligibility under the 2022 regulations is 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology and at least 50% aggregate in PCB for general category (lower for SC/ST/OBC), and a minimum age of 17 on or before 31 December of the admission year.
- BAMS admission requires qualifying NEET (UG) at the 50th percentile (40th for SC/ST/OBC), and admission must be through Central, State or UT counselling only.
How seats are split
BAMS seats in government, aided and private colleges are split 15% All India Quota and 85% State/UT quota under the 2022 regulations. The 15% All India Quota, deemed universities and national institutes are counselled by AACCC (Ministry of Ayush); the rest by each state.
AACCC's revised UG 2026-27 schedule (26 Oct 2026) puts Round 3 reporting at 26-31 Oct 2026, Stray Vacancy Round-I registration at 3-9 Nov 2026 with result on 12 Nov, and SVR-II result on 24 Nov 2026.
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BAMS fees (per year)
Fees from state AYUSH counselling notices and university fee orders. Rows from news sites are labelled.
First-year fee at all 7 government Ayurveda colleges listed (Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Kota, Bharatpur, Sikar, Kekri-Ajmer); Rs 25,000 counselling fee/security money is separate.
Official: rajugpgayushcounselling.in
A uniform Rs 2,80,000 per year at all 5 private/private-university BAMS colleges listed. NRI fee is Rs 3,55,000 per year ($15,000 for the course).
Official: rajugpgayushcounselling.in
Totals: IASR (SKAU) Kurukshetra Rs 67,500 (tuition 30,000); Baba Kheta Nath Govt College Narnaul Rs 15,482 (tuition 5,000; under revision); MSM Institute Khanpur Kalan Rs 69,100 (tuition 30,000). Source: Haryana AYUSH Dept notification No. 11/04/2024-3AY dated 18.09.2026.
Official: skau.ac.in
Fixed at Rs 2.40 lakh (tuition incl. development charges) from 2020-21 with a 5% annual increase (another 5% at NAAC/NABH-accredited institutes); the 2026-27 notice gives no updated figure. Exam, university and hostel fees are extra. We confirm the current amount with the college.
Official: skau.ac.in
Tuition: SGT University Gurugram Rs 6,00,000; Sanskaram Jhajjar Rs 4,40,000 (plus Rs 50,000 other charges); Baba Mast Nath Rohtak Rs 2,85,000 (plus Rs 1,75,000 other charges).
Official: skau.ac.in
UAU campus colleges (Rishikul, Gurukul Haridwar and main campus Dehradun), state quota first year: tuition Rs 72,000 plus Rs 28,000 other fees; hostel Rs 15,000 extra.
Official: Uttarakhand Ayurved University counselling fee notice
Tuition in the 2026-27 fee letters filed with UAU is Rs 2,15,000-3,00,000 a year (most colleges Rs 2,15,000; Shivalik Rs 2,40,000; Himalayiya Rs 3,00,000). First-year totals with other charges vary from about Rs 2.6 lakh to over Rs 4.5 lakh by college.
Official: Uttarakhand Ayurved University counselling fee notice
Open category and minority students with family income above Rs 8 lakh at government/aided colleges: tuition Rs 57,400, total Rs 65,400. MahaDBT-eligible SC/ST and VJ/NT students, and female Open/EWS/OBC/SEBC students with income up to Rs 8 lakh, pay Rs 8,000; male students in that income group pay Rs 36,700. 2025-26 figure; 2026-27 not yet published here.
Official: medicalug2025.mahacet.org
BAMS Fee Structure (2025-26) on the college's fee page: Rs 7,00,000 management quota for 100 seats, NRI US$16,000, rising 3% a year, plus a one-time 15% university eligibility fee.
Official: ayurved.dpu.edu.in
Two college rates, as reported by Edufever from the KEA 2026 list.
News report: edufever.com
Rs 3,00,000 for the private (government) quota and Rs 4,00,000 for management quota, as reported by Edufever from the KEA 2026 list.
News report: edufever.com
We have not yet published an official 2026-27 BAMS fee for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Tamil Nadu or Delhi. Ask us and we check the current notice.
State AYUSH counselling: who runs it
After BAMS
- AIAPGET 2026, the entrance for MD/MS in Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha and Unani, was held by NTA on 22 August 2026 (with a re-exam for 49 Jaipur candidates on 1 September 2026) and results were declared on 18 September 2026.
- AIQ and deemed/central seats for MD/MS Ayurveda are allotted by AACCC, while State/UT counselling authorities fill state-quota PG seats on AIAPGET 2026 merit.
- AACCC PG 2026-27 Round 1 registration runs 26 Oct to 1 Nov 2026, with the result due on 3 Nov 2026 and Round 2 registration on 16-19 Nov 2026.
- The Odisha Public Service Commission advertised 32 Ayurvedic Medical Officer posts for BAMS graduates in September 2026, with applications due by 9 October 2026. (news report)
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Read →Sources
- Duration: legitquest.com
- Duration: cee.kerala.gov.in
- Regulator: ncismindia.org
- Aiq counselling: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
- Deemed: ayurved.dpu.edu.in
- Career pg: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
- Career pg: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
- Career jobs: karnatakacareers.org
- Fees: rajugpgayushcounselling.in
- Fees: skau.ac.in
- Fees: s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com
- Fees: s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com
- Fees: medicalug2025.mahacet.org
- Fees: edufever.com
- Uttar Pradesh counselling: medicine.careers360.com
- Madhya Pradesh counselling: matchtocollege.com
- Maharashtra counselling: edufever.com
- Rajasthan counselling: rajugpgayushcounselling.in
- Bihar counselling: bceceboard.bihar.gov.in
- Haryana counselling: skau.ac.in
- Uttarakhand counselling: octopod.co.in
- Kerala counselling: cee.kerala.gov.in
- Gujarat counselling: medadmgujarat.org
- Delhi counselling: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
Common questions
Is NEET required for BAMS?
Yes. BAMS admission needs a NEET UG score at the qualifying percentile, and seats are filled only through central (AACCC) or state counselling.
How long is BAMS?
Five and a half years: four and a half years of study plus a one-year compulsory rotatory internship.
Who counsels BAMS seats?
AACCC (Ministry of Ayush) fills the 15% All India Quota, deemed universities and national institutes; each state's AYUSH counselling body fills the rest.
What does BAMS cost in a private college?
It depends on the state. In Rajasthan's 2026-27 notice private BAMS colleges charge ₹2,80,000 a year.
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