NEET MDS 2025 Cut off Marks For Government Colleges

Yes. NEET MDS 2023 cutoff was revised by the Ministry of Health. The cutoff was reduced by 31.807 for each category. NBE had released the revised NEET MDS 2023 cutoff on September 21, 2023. For the newly qualified candidates, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducted additional rounds of counselling. 

The NEET MDS 2023 cutoff was reduced for each category by 31.807 percentile. Based on that, the NEET MDS 2023 cutoff for General, reserved category (SC, ST, OBC, PWD) and UR-PWD categories are 168, 125 and 149 respectively. As far as the percentiles are concerned, these are 18.193, 8.193 and 13.193, respectively. 

Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences offers admission to MDS programme through Faculty of Medical Sciences, DU. The institute considers NEET MDS score for admission to MDS programme. MDS is a competitive programme and candidates must score well to get a seat. Below is NEET MDS cutoff for MAIDS Delhi MDS:

On analysing last three year cutoffs, the expected NEET MDS ranks for DY Patil Pune cutoff 2024 for R1 for the General category All India students may range as follows for top courses:

• For MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics may range between 4357 and 5773.
• For MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery may range between 3304 and 6308.
• For MDS in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics may range between 4140 and 7695.
• For MDS in Oral Medicine and Radiology may range between 12191 and 14143.
• For MDS in Periodontology may range between 9767 and 13098.

The expected closing ranks for NEET MDS cutoff for AMU MDS R1 for OBC Category can be anticipated from the last three year cutoff ranges as mentioned below: 

• For MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics it must range around 49
• For MDS0 in Periodontology it must range around 275
• For MDS in Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry it must range around 198
• For MDS5 in Oral Medicine & Radiology it must range around 341

DU offers MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery through affiliated colleges Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi and Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, MAMC. Tabulated below  is NEET MDS cutoff for MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offered at DU:

NBE or the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the exam conducting body, releases NEET MDS merit list for 50 per cent All India Quota seats. Candidates included in the merit list are eligible to participate in the NEET MDS counselling process. Although the NEET MDS merit list mentions the complete list of candidates who appeared for the exam along with their score and status (in case of absentee or cancelled candidature), the students have to verify their scores and crosscheck with the cutoffs to ensure whether they have qualified for NEET MDS or not. 

Government Dental College Kottayam cutoff 2025 has been released across various specialisations in opening and closing ranks. Government Dental College NEET MDS cutoff 2024 ranged between, 15 and 350 for the General AI category candidates, wherein MDS in Orthodontics is the most competitive course. The easiest MDS specialisation to secure admission is MDS in Oral Pathology. For a detailed Government Dental College Kottayam branch-wise cutoff 2025, candidates can refer to the table below for the Round 2 cutoff.

The DU NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 was released for all categories under the AI quota for admission to the MDS courses. For the OBC AI quota, the cutoff ranged 33 in the first round to 423 in the last round. Students can refer to the table below to know the first and last round closing ranks for various MDS course specialisations. 

NBE or the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the NEET MDS exam conducting authority, releases the cutoff scores or the qualifying scores along with the result. The NEET MDS 2025 result was released on May 15, 2025. The NEET MDS 2025 cutoff was also released on the same date. However, on August 14, 2025, NBE released a notice stating the reduction of the NEET MDS 2025 cutoff percentile by 19.863 percentile for all categories, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recommendation. 

The NEET MDS cut off is the qualifying marks that a candidate needs to clear the exam and participate further in the counselling process. Candidates who fail to get the cutoff marks do not get into the merit list and are also ineligible for the NEET MDS counselling.

The NEET MDS 2026 expected cut off scores are shared below-

Around 270 to 300 colleges in India accept the NEET MDS cutoff scores. Around 7,000 seats in government, private and deemed colleges are filled through the NEET MDS counselling.

The NBEMS will release the NEET MDS cutoff 2026 along with the results. The NEET MDS result 2026 will be released by June 2, 2026.

The NEET MDS qualifying percentile remains the same every year. Have a look at the NEET MDS cutoff percentile for General, OBC, SC, ST and PwD categories-