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How MBBS seats are split: AIQ, state, central, deemed

Every point below links to its official source.

Key facts

  1. NMC's 2026-27 MBBS seat matrix (excluding INIs such as AIIMS and JIPMER) lists 140,664 seats in 839 colleges: 64,121 government seats in 447 colleges and 76,543 private seats in 392 colleges. [1]
  2. In state government colleges, 15% of seats go to the All India Quota counselled by MCC and the rest stay with the state; Tamil Nadu, for example, applies a 15% AIQ / 85% state split. [2]
  3. MCC counsels 100% of seats at AIIMS institutions, JIPMER, BHU (all open) and deemed universities, including their 15% NRI seats. [2]
  4. For Delhi University colleges (LHMC, UCMS, MAMC, MAIDS) and IP University's central institutes (VMMC, ABVIMS-RML, ESIC Dental), MCC counsels both the 15% AIQ and the 85% Delhi quota seats. [2]
  5. The 85% Delhi quota in DU and the IP University central institutes is for candidates who studied Classes 11 and 12 in schools in NCT of Delhi. [2]
  6. AMU has open seats (with only 5% PwD horizontal reservation) and internal seats for students who passed AMU's qualifying exam as regular students within the last three academic years. [2]
  7. JIPMER Puducherry has 182 MBBS seats (134 open, 48 Puducherry domicile) and JIPMER Karaikal 61 (45 open, 16 domicile). [2]
  8. ESIC colleges contribute 15% to AIQ and also reserve Insured Persons' ward seats out of the state quota, both counselled by MCC. [2]
  9. AFMC Pune registers candidates through MCC, but AFMC runs its own selection. [2]

Next steps

Who fills the 85% state seats?

The state's counselling authority under state rules, except in Delhi's central institutions and DU, where MCC also runs the 85% quota.

Are AIIMS seats part of the 15% AIQ?

No. AIIMS seats are counselled 100% by MCC as a separate pool, but in the same common choice-filling system.

Sources

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