MBBS in Tamil Nadu

Counselling by

Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education & Research, Chennai

Private seats for other states

Partly, see below

Govt tuition / year

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Private tuition / year

₹4.35 – ₹4.50 lakh (govt quota in self-financing)

Tamil Nadu has 5,450 seats in 40 government colleges and 6,600 seats in 37 private colleges (2025).

Who can apply

Government-quota seats are for Tamil Nadu natives/eligible candidates (nativity certificate where applicable); 7.5% special reservation for govt-school students.

Private college seats: Self-financing colleges split seats 65% govt quota / 35% management (50:50 in minority colleges). Govt-quota seats are TN-only; management-quota seats are open to all-India candidates (other-board candidates need an eligibility certificate from TN Dr MGR Medical University). NRI seats are up to 15% of management seats.

Fees

• Government colleges: not in the official notices we could check; ask us for the current figure
• Private colleges: ₹4.35 – ₹4.50 lakh (govt quota in self-financing); ₹15 – ₹16.2 lakh (management); NRI ₹27 – ₹30 lakh a year
• Counselling registration: ₹500 (govt quota); ₹1,000 (management quota) (2026)
• Security deposit: Nil for govt colleges; ₹30,000 for govt-quota seats in self-financing colleges; ₹1,00,000 for management/NRI seats (2026)

Service bond

No MBBS service bond found; ₹10 lakh discontinuation fee if a candidate leaves after the permitted date in Round 2 or later.

When counselling happens

2026: Round 1 registration and choice filling 13–19 Aug, result 21 Aug, joining 23–28 Aug; later rounds and stray round through Oct.

All 79 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

Official counselling website: https://tnmedicalselection.org

The 15% All India Quota of Tamil Nadu's government colleges, and any deemed universities in the state, are filled through MCC, not state counselling. See the MCC guide.