INI CET rank vs percentile helps to understand the performance of the students in the entrance exam. Rank vs percentile for INI CET 2025 helps candidates to predict which course and college is best for them. 
INI CET rank vs percentile is a way to measure the performance of the students. Also, they get to know what percentile is required for top rank. For INI CET AIR 1 to 10, students have to obtain 99.986 to 100 percentile. This percentile can be achieved with strategic preparation. Students can check INI CET 2025 result to know their percentile score. The authority announced the result for the July session on May 24. Read the article to know the rank vs percentile analysis for INI CET 2025:
- What is INI CET Rank and Percentile
- What Factors Affect INI CET Percentile vs Rank?
- INI CET 2024 Rank vs Percentile (MD/MS)
- INI CET 2025 Counselling
What is INI CET Rank and Percentile
INI CET rank indicates the performance of the candidate in the form of rank against all other candidates who appeared in the exam. It must be noted candidate who score highest mark among all gets the top rank in the exam. The INI CET percentile represents the performance of the candidate against the overall performance of candidates. It says the percentage of candidates who scored less than this particular candidate. For example, if someone scores 75 percentile, that means he/she scored higher than 75 percent of the total candidates.
How to calculate Percentile Rank?
INI CET Percentile = Number of candidates with score equal to or less than the candidate x 100 / Total number of candidates who appeared for the examination
Commonly asked questions
Candidates have to score the minimum cut off to qualify for INI CET exam. The qualifying INI CET cut off percentile for the general category is 50%. Candidates who belong to SC/ST/OBC category have to score minimum qualifying cut off, 45. Candidates who qualify the exam with the minimum cut off percentile are eligible for the counselling process. Based on INI CET cut off a merit list will be released. The merit list comprises name of eligible candidates for the different counselling rounds. AIIMS conducted INI CET 2025 July session on May 17, 2025.
There is a possibility. The cut off is inversely proportional to the difficulty level of the question paper. If the question paper will be easy, then the cut off will go up and likewise. It must be noted that candidates have to score the minimum cut off percentile to qualify for the exam.
INI CET cutoff is the last rank and corresponding percentile at which candidate is called for counselling rounds. Candidates do have to score the minimum cut off to qualify the exam. The cut off differs for different categories such as general, and SC/ST/OBC. Based on the cut off a merit list is released. INI CET merit list includes candidates who are eligible for the counselling rounds. The merit list PDF comprises details such as roll number of candidate, category, institutional preference, overall rank, and percentile.
Candidates have to score the minimum marks to qualify for the AIIMS INI CET exam. The minimum marks vary for each category of students in the exam. While the General category candidates have to score minimum 50 percentile to qualify for the exam, those who belong to reserved category need to score 45 percentile marks. Anybody who score less than the minimum cut off will not be able to qualify for the exam. Only candidates who will qualify INI CET 2024 exam with minimum cut off can participate in the counselling for seat allotment.
What Factors Affect INI CET Percentile vs Rank?
There are certain factors based on which candidates get certain percentile and rank. Candidates get rank vs percentile analysis based on the result. Check the factors which affect INI CET percentile vs rank:
- Total number of candidates appeared in the exam
- Overall difficulty level of question paper
- Preparation level of candidate
INI CET 2024 Rank vs Percentile (MD/MS)
After exam, candidates can predict tentative rank based on certain percentile on the basis of responses marked in exam. Based on rank, candidates can predict college and course for admission. Check tentative rank vs percentile analysis for MD/MS course for INI CET 2025 July session.
| Percentile |
Rank |
|---|---|
| 100 |
1 |
| 99.998-99.986 |
2-10 |
| 99.983-99.919 |
11-51 |
| 99.913-99.834 |
52-99 |
| 99.830 - 99.676 |
100-203 |
| 99.652 - 99.172 |
204-507 |
| 99.131 - 98.366 |
508-985 |
| 98.311 - 96.662 |
986-2003 |
| 96.566 - 91.558 |
2004-5028 |
| 91.379 - 83.035 |
5029-10069 |
| 82.737 - 65.916 |
10070-20113 |
| 65.516 - 45.486 |
20114-32130 |
Commonly asked questions
Yes. AIIMS releases INI CET cut off for different category. Candidates have to score the minimum cut off to qualify for the exam. The qualifying cut off for general category candidate is 50th while for SC/ST/OBC, it is 45th. The cut off score is released for each session of INI CET counselling. Based on the cut off a merit list is released comprising eligible candidates for counselling.
INI CET cut off is released along with the counselling result. Round-1 and round-2 cutoff for admission have been released for INI CET 2025 November exam. The cut off is the last rank of allotted candidate in that particular category and course. It must be noted candidates have to score the minimum cut off to qualify for the exam. The cut off differs for different category. INI CET qualifying cut off percentile for general category is 50 while the cut off for SC/ST category is 45th.
INI CET scores are accepted at 19 AIIMS and 4 other Institutes of National Importance. The list of all these institutes which accept INI CET score has been enlisted below:
- AIIMS Delhi
- AIIMS Bhopal
- AIIMS Bhubaneshwar
- AIIMS Jodhpur
- AIIMS Nagpur
- AIIMS Patna
- AIIMS Raipur
- AIIMS Rishikesh
- AIIMS Bibinagar
- AIIMS Bathinda
- AIIMS Deoghar
- AIIMS Manglagiri
- AIIMS Raebareli
- AIIMS Kalyani
- AIIMS Bilaspur
- AIIMS Gorakhpur
- AIIMS Guwahati
- AIIMS Rajkot
- AIIMS Jammu
- SCTIMST, Trivandrum
- JIPMER Puducherry
- NIMHANS Bangalore
- PGIMER Chandigarh
Yes, the AIIMS has released the INICET 2026 Round 1 Seat Allotment and Cutoff ranks on its official website - aiimsexams.in. The candidates can check their allotted seat.
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INI CET 2025 Counselling
Candidates who qualify in the exam need to participate in the counselling process for admission to the participating institutes. The counselling will be held online. To participate, students need to complete the INI CET counselling registration online. The authority will announce the counselling schedule online. INI CET counselling 2025 forthe July session is likely to start in the last week of June. There will be four rounds of counselling, including a mock round. The seat matrix is available for allotment at 22 INIs, including 18 AIIMS. Total 2,017 seats will be allocated through different rounds of counselling.
INI CET 2025 Seat Matrix (July session)
| Name of Institute |
Total seats |
|---|---|
| AIIMS New Delhi |
254 |
| AIIMS Bhopal |
99 |
| AIIMS Bhubaneswar |
56 |
| AIIMS Jodhpur |
73 |
| AIIMS Nagpur |
38 |
| AIIMS Patna |
64 |
| AIIMS Rishikesh |
57 |
| AIIMS Raipur |
82 |
| AIIMS Bibinagar |
19 |
| AIIMS Bathinda |
67 |
| AIIMS Deoghar |
14 |
| AIIMS Manglagiri |
70 |
| AIIMS Raibarely |
39 |
| AIIMS Kalyani |
19 |
| AIIMS Bilaspur |
25 |
| AIIMS Gorakhpur |
43 |
| AIIMS Guwahati |
37 |
| AIIMS Rajkot |
13 |
| AIIMS, Jammu |
48 |
| JIPMER, Puducherry |
135 |
| NIMHANS, Bengaluru |
27 |
| PGIMER, Chandigarh |
138 |
| Total |
1,417 |
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Student Forum
Answered 2 weeks ago
The AIIMS will conduct the INI CET 2026 exam on November 1 at the designated exam centres as a Computer-Based Test (CBT).
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
Yes, the AIIMS has released the INICET 2026 Round 1 Seat Allotment and Cutoff ranks on its official website - aiimsexams.in. The candidates can check their allotted seat.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month ago
The candidates who filled their choice for the INI CET 2026 Mock Test were allowed to change their Choice from June 16 to 17 (till 5.00 PM).
The candidates who did not fill their choice for the Mock Round were allowed to fill their choice for the Round 1 Counselling till June 17 (till 5.00 PM).
Answered a month ago
To get a seat at AIIMS Hyderabad for the MD and MS courses, students have to first appear for the INI CET entrance examination, attain valid ranks, and then register for the INI CET counselling process. The INI CET exam is conducted twice a year, once in January and again in May.
Only those students
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes, you could get into AIIMS Hyderabad with an INI CET rank of 1200 if you belong to the General AI category. For this category, the last round cutoff ranged from 178 to 25908 for the MD and MS courses.
Students can refer to the table below to know which courses can be availed with a rank of 1200 i
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
AIIMS Hyderabad INI CET cutoff 2026 was concluded after the release of the final round of cutoff for various All India categories.
For the General AI category, the overall cutoff ranged from 178 to 25908 for various MD and MS courses. To know the cutoff range for all other categories, see the table
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Since AIIMS Rishikesh accepts the INI CET entrance examination for admission to the MD, MDS, MS, DM, and MCh courses. The merit/rank list will also be released on the official AIIMS portal.
- Go to the AIIMS exam portal
- Click on Academic Courses
- Choose the Postgraduate courses option
- Click on INI CET exam
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes, you could get into AIIMS Rishikesh with a 10,000 rank if you belong to the General AI category. For this category, the AIIMS Rishikesh INI CET cutoff 2026 for the last round ranged between 3 to 26590. Hence, you can get admission at this institute.
Refer to the table below to know which course
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
AIIMS Bhopal cutoff 2026 was released for various All India categories for admission to the MD, MS and MDS courses based on the students' performance in the INI CET entrance examination.
For the General AI category, the overall cutoff ranged from 8 to 9729. Among all the MDS courses, the toughest br
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