IIT Kharagpur to start MD Program in 2026, expanding into Medical Education
MD Program to Start with 20 Seats in 2025-26 Academic Year, MBBS on hold for now
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has got approval to start postgraduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) program from National Medical Commission (NMC).
The program will initially begin with 20 seats in 2025-26 academic year. As per reports, the MD program will provide theoretical training at Dr. B.C. Roy Medical College, which has been recently upgraded with a Rs. 300 crore investment.
Practical training of students will take place at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Super-Speciality Hospital (SPMSH), located adjacent to the IIT KGP campus. SPMSH hospital started in-patient services and conducted its first surgery in August 2025, is now expanding to a 220-bed facility to support MD program and serve the campus community.
Earlier in 2023, IIT Kharagpur announced that will start offering MBBS course from 2024 academic session. In a statement institute stated that its MBBS programme will be somewhat different from the regular MBBS course as more technology will be incorporated into the syllabus. IIT Kharagpur planned to start with 100 MBBS seats, admitting students through National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) UG.
The MD program, approved by the NMC will have academic sessions at Dr. B.C. Roy Medical College with clinical exposure at SPMSH. Initially the course will have 20 seats, which will increase to 50 seats by 2027, depending on infrastructure assessments by the assessing bodies.
Commonly asked questions
Candidates who seek admissions to Karnataka government medical college with a NEET score of 500 marks will be able to get a seat. However, there may be chances that yoy will not be offered the dream college or course. Candidates should generally aim for more than 550 scores to get admissions to top medical colleges in the state.
The NEET 2026 cutoff is released along with the results. The NTA released the NEET UG cutoff marks based on the difficulty level. Till then, take a look at the NEET 2025 cutoff for reference.
| Category | Cut off percentile | Cut off marks |
| UR/EWS | 50th Percentile | 715–213 |
| OBC | 40th Percentile | 212–177 |
| SC | 40th Percentile | 212–177 |
| ST | 40th Percentile | 212–177 |
| SC/OBC - PwD | 40th percentile | 193 - 177 |
| ST - PwD | 40th Percentile | 191 - 178 |
As per the website of National Medical Commission (NMC), around 1,36,939 MBBS or medical seats are available in India. The NMC publishes the List of College Teaching MBBS containing the names of the states, number of MBBS seats available against each state and category of seats- Government or Private.
Interested candidates need to watch for application details on IIT Kharagpur’s official website (www.iitkgp.ac.in) (www.iitkgp.ac.in), which is expected to be released in early 2026.
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