Candidates who qualify NEET PG cherish the dream to get top NEET PG colleges. Candidates who qualify NEET PG exam should have idea about top medical colleges as per NIRF ranking 2024. MCC will be conducting seat allocation process for AIQ seats.
Top NEET PG Colleges
Top NEET PG Colleges: After exam, students want to know what are top colleges. NEET PG 2025 exam was held on August 3, 2025. NBE announced NEET PG 2025 result on August 19, 2025. Seats are allotted after counselling. 3 rounds of NEET PG 2025 counselling have already bene concluded for allocation of seats. Top NEET PG colleges with NIRF ranking helps students to understand which course they will get on particular score. It must be noted, qualifying NEET with minimum cutoff is necessary to participate in seat allocation process.
- NEET PG Seat Increased by 39, 460 in 10 years
- Top NEET PG College with NIRF Ranking 2024
- NEET PG Seat Allocation Process
NEET PG Seat Increased by 39, 460 in 10 years
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said NEET PG seats have been increased 127 percent in last 10 years. In 2013-14, there were 31,185 seats which rose to become 73,111 in 2024-25. He also said total number of medical colleges were increased by 98% from 2013-14 to 2024-25. The number of colleges were 387 in 2013-14 which increased to 766. The table given below highlights increase in number of NEET PG seats in different academic years:
| Academic Year |
PG Seats in Govt colleges |
PG Seats in Private colleges |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 |
28260 |
17858 |
| 2022-23 |
30211 |
19362 |
| 2023-24 |
33416 |
21418 |
Note: This data excludes NBEMS seats
Commonly asked questions
NEET PG exam is conducted for admission to 26,168 Doctor of Medicine (MD), 13,649 Master of Surgery (MS) and 922 PG Diploma in 6,102 government, private, deemed/central universities. Candidates have to appear in the exam and qualify it with the minimum cut off marks as per the category. Thereafter, he/she will have to participate in the counselling process for seat allocation. Candidates have to register on the official website and declare choice for college and course for NEET PG counselling process. Seats are allotted based on choice declared, NEET PG rank, available seats, reservation fcator etc.
NEET PG 2025 cut off has been reduced in comparision to last few year cut off. The cut off is the minimum marks required to qualify for the exam in that particular caregory. Only candidates who score the minimum marks can participate in seat allocation process. The table given below contains the cut off for each category:
Category | NEET PG 2025 cutoff | NEET PG 2023 cut off scores |
|---|---|---|
Unreserved (UR) | 276 | 291 |
SC/ST/OBC | 235 | 257 |
UR PWD | 255 | 274 |
Yes. MCC has reduced NEET PG 2025 cutoff percentile as well as score for each category. NEET PG 2025 percentile has bene reduced by 7th percentile for general category and 0th percentile for SC/ST category. For general category revised cutoff score is 103.
MCC reduces NEET PG cutoff to fill vacant seats remain after starting two rounds. It is being said students who score top rank wish to get top branches and colleges and they do get usually in round-1 and round-2 NEET PG counselling. Once these coveted seats get filled, students have least chance to get them in remaining rounds. That is reason cutoff is reduced to encourage and make more students elligible for NEET PG counselling.
Top NEET PG College with NIRF Ranking 2024
| S N |
Medical Colleges |
NIRF Ranking 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research |
2 |
| 2 |
Christian Medical College |
3 |
| 3 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research |
5 |
| 4 |
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences |
6 |
| 5 |
Banaras Hindu University |
7 |
| 6 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
8 |
| 7 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal |
9 |
| 8 |
Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, ChennaiMo |
10 |
| 9 |
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth |
11 |
| 10 |
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences |
12 |
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NEET PG Seat Allocation Process
NEET PG seat allocation process starts with online registration. Students ahve to register and declare choices online for seat allotment. Based on choice declared, seat availability, reservation factors, seats are allotted. It must be noted Medical Counselling Committeee (MCC) conducts seat allotment of 50% All India quota seats. For rest seats, respective state counselling bodies conduct counselling. Total 4 rounds of counselling is held for seat allotment. All rounds of counselling is held online except spot round. MCC releases separate seat allotment result for each round. The seat allotment result is uploaded online and candidates have to download it. After seat allotment, candidates have to report to respective institutes for document verification.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 weeks ago
With 485 marks in NEET PG 2026, your eligibility depends on your All India Rank (AIR) and category, though a score of 485 comfortably clears the general qualifying cutoff (262 out of 720).
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 weeks ago
Yes, a 20K rank could be considered a good rank for admission to NITTE University to the MD and MS courses via the NEET PG exam. For the General AI category, the maximum admitted rank was 228775 for the MD course (MD in Physiology) and 69763 for the MS (MS in General Surgery) course via the NITTE Un
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 weeks ago
Hi.
The MD Forensic Medicine cut-off in NEET-PG 2026 is, honestly, one of the most rank-friendly in the entire MD table — which makes this para-clinical branch a serious government-college route for candidates sitting on a lower rank. NEET-PG 2026 results were declared by NBEMS on 24 September 2026,
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Scholar-Level 17
Answered a month ago
Candidates can check the expected NEET PG 2026 qualifying marks below.
| Category | Qualifying Percentile | Expected Qualifying Marks |
| General | 50th | 295–315 |
| General PwBD | 45th | 275–295 |
| SC/ST/OBC (including PwBD) | 40th | 255–275 |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
470 is an average mark in NEET PG. Candidates can qualify the exam but securing admission to the clinical courses is not possible.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
NBEMS declared NEET PG 2026 result on September 24. NEET PG result link is activated on the website natboard.edu.in. Candidates can check their rank and marks obtained. They will also know the NEET PG cutoff marks.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The rank needed for MSU Baroda admission would depend on the category, round and course chosen. For the General AI category, the maximum rank accepted for admission was 63284 for the MD in Microbiology course. Hence, students need to attain a rank of at least 63284 to be eligible for admission. Refe
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, the NEET PG exam is tough. The exam is designed to test the knowledge of MBBS graduates in 19 subjects. Moreover, the number of seats are limited.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, this is a decent rank in NEET PG. Candidates have a high chance of getting admission to the clinical seat in medical colleges.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, NEET PG city intimation slip was released on August 11, 2026. Candidates can check the city intimation slip through login portal. They can know the exam city name through the NEET PG city intimation slip.
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