JIPMER Pondicherry: Cutoff 2026, Fees, Courses, Placement, Admission and Ranking

Following are the reasons to choose JIPMER Puducherry:

• Attached hospital: There is a 2,000-bedded attached hospital with state-of-the-art preventive, diagnostic, & treatment facilities. This hospital provides students to gain real life experience.
• Ranking: Puducherry JIPMER has been ranked at 43rd position under the Overall category, & 4th under the Medical category by the NIRF 2025.
• Placements: The university placement rate is increasing slowly. 

Courses Seat Intake Academic Fees/Year

BSc Allied Health Science 50

INR 5760

MSc Nursing 31

INR 8760

MSc Allied Health Science 23 

INR 8760

Master of Public Health 34

INR 8760

JIPMER Courses & Fees 2024

Courses Tuition Fees Eligibility

B.Sc. (16 courses) 4.8 K 10+2 : 50 % Exams : NEET

M.Sc. (12 courses) 2.4 K - 3.6 K Exams : JIPMER PGJIPMER Nursing

MD (20 courses) 46.6 K Graduation : 55 % Exams : INI CET

The NEET 2025 result is expected to be released in the first week of June 2025, within a month of conducting the exam. NTA does not announce the NEET result date in advance. Although last year the result date was stated to be declared on June 14, NTA released it 10 days in advance. Hence, there is no fixed date or schedule for NTA to declare the NEET result. Prior to the declaration of the result, NTA releases the final NEET answer key. Last year, NEET was conducted on May 5 and the result was declared June 4.

To check the merit list for JIPMER Puducherry for admission to the MD, MS, MCh and MDS courses, students have to first appear for the INI CET entrance examination. 
Further steps are below:

• Got to the AIIMS website.
• Click on the academic courses option
• Choose the postgraduate courses option
• Click on INI CET entrance exam option
• Download the merit/rank list if it's out. 

Candidates should know that just getting their name/rank in the merit list does not guarantee admission; they also have to take part in the counselling process to be considered for a seat at the above-mentioned courses. 

Candidates who are seeking admission to JIPMER, MBBS programme can check this section for the latest cutoff trends. According to the JIPMER, cutoff 2023 for Round 1, the closing rank for MBBS is 277. Analysis of cut offs for previous years for MBBS reveals that, JIPMER has seen a improving trend compared to 2022.

Indian Academy College of Nursing Bangalore (IACN Bangalore) is one of the Nursing colleges in Karnataka. It is popularly known as Indian Academy Nursing College Bangalore and it was established in the year 2004. This college is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.

The selection criteria vary from one course to another. While some courses like MBBS require valid scores in NEET-UG and other courses like BSc and MSc, the institute conducts its entrance exam. For admission to the flagship MBBS programme, candidates have to appear for the NEET-UG exam. Candidates having valid scores/ rank in NEET-UG can then apply through the JIPMER Puducherry official website followed by the counselling round conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) has varying fee structures based on the course and student category. Here are the fees for some courses:

• MBBS: Rs.14,920 for the first year for all students.
• MPH: Rs.8,760 for the first year for all students.
• B.Sc: Rs.11,410 for the first year for all students.
• PG Courses: Fees for MD, MS, MDS, and Diploma courses differ by course and student category. MD and MS courses are approximately Rs.1,500 per year for all students.

JIPMER Puducherry provides good placements to its graduating students. The students are given excellent placement support every year placing them in top companies. Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the JIPMER Puducherry placements 2025:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2026

To get admission into JIPMER, students must qualify for the required national or institutional entrance exam such as NEET-UG for MBBS, INI-CET for MD/MS, or JIPMER's specific entrance tests for allied health and nursing courses followed by centralised or institutional counselling. 

JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research) offers the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme. Admission to the JIPMER MBBS programme is done through the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG, which is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). NEET UG is a national-level entrance examination conducted annually for admission to undergraduate medical programmes in India.

JIPMER Puducherry is a reputed institution of PG Diploma in the following areas: b.s., m.d., certificate BASLP, MD, DM, M.Ch. FNB (Fellow of National Board), Ph.D., MPH, MS, MDS, MBBS. These programs may be chosen by students to pursue careers in the fields of medicine and health sciences, nursing. The institute's trained and experienced faculty are delivering these programs. According to the student evaluations, JIPMER Pondicherry had a rating of 4.7. Moreover, it was accorded a grade of 4.7 on campus life, 4.1 on placements, 5 on faculty and 4.6 on infrastructure.

JIPMER application process for all the courses is conducted in online mode only. Candidates applying for JIPMER MBBS admission must fill the NEET UG application form. For other courses offered such as MSc (Nursing), MD, MS, MSc, DM, MCh and PhD candidates are required to submit their application in the prescribed format available online on the official website of JIPMER Puducherry. Below mentioned is the JIPMER Puducherry application process:

1. Register online at the official website
2. Fill in all the mandatory details
3. Upload all the required documents in prescribed format
4. Submit the application form

For admission to the MBBS programme, the most sought-after programme of JIPMER Puducherry, candidates are required to have valid NEET-UG scores/ ranks. As per the JIPMER Puducherry cut-off list, the closing rank for admission to the MBBS programme was 17588.

Candidates having rank as specified by the institute can register through JIPMER Puducherry's official website for the counselling process conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

To get admission in JIPMER Pondicherry MDS, studnets must be eligible. To be eligible for an MDS (Master of Dental Surgery) programme at JIPMER Puducherry, students must hold a recognised BDS degree, and complete a 12-month internship. The final selection is based on INI-CET entrance exam, participating in the centralised counseling process, and completing document verification.

5% of the seats are reserved horizontally to PwD students as per the rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. If no eligible,  students are available for a seat allotted for PwBD under a category, the seat will be filled by various students from the same category. eg an unfilled UR-PwBD seat will be filled
based on merit by an eligible student from UR category.
The no. & distribution of seats may vary depending upon the periodic directives
decisions from the competent authority & Government of India.

JIPMER Puducherry fee once paid by the college students will never be refunded. If a student decides to withdraw their admission or leaves a course midway, the following rules apply:

• Caution Deposits: The caution deposit paid by the students is the only refundable fee component & is returned to the student upon successful course completition or when leaving the hostel. 

• Academic Fees: The entire amount paid at the time of JIPMER admission will be forfeited.
• Penalty: For MBBS students who withdraw admission after getting a seat, an additional penalty of INR 10,000 will be imposed.

JIPMER Puducherry provides good placements to its graduating students.Check out the table below to know the key highlights of the JIPMER Puducherry placement packages 2025:

NOTE: The above data is obtained from the NIRF report 2026

JIPMER Puducherry admits candidates to BSc courses based on merit from the NEET exam. To secure admission, candidates must take the NEET examination and achieve the required ranks and scores. However, according to some unofficial sources, certain BSc programs, such as BSc in Cardiac Laboratory Technology at JIPMER Puducherry, may not require NEET scores for admission. Candidates are advised to carefully review the eligibility and selection criteria before applying to these courses.

The average package data is not mentioned in the placement report for JIPMER Puducherry. But, according to JIPMER Puducherry 2022 placements, the median salary for the MBBS students was INR 12,00,000 LPA, INR 20 LPA for 2-year PG students, and INR 24 LPA for 3-year PG students. Hence, as per the aforementioned placement data, the highest package reached INR 24 LPA, and for undergraduates, it was INR 12 LPA with a 96% placement rate.

Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry is a government institution which became an institute of national importance under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India in 2008 and is free to manage its internal administration.

JIPMER, Puducherry is one of the most sought-after medical institutions which was ranked 5th by the NIRF Rankings 2023 under the category of Medical. The institute offers various UG, PG, PG Diploma, SS, certificate and doctoral level programmes in the field of medical sciences.

Candidates willing to be admitted to the flagship MBBS programme at JIPMER Puducherry are required to appear for the NEET-UG exam followed by the counselling process.