INI CET 2026 (May Exam): Application Form (OUT), Eligibility, Dates. Syllabus, Pattern, Cutoff

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

No. Candidates can't edit preferences of choice for INI CET after closing date. It must be noted choices have to be locked as well in the given deadline otherwise it gets locked automatically. Seats are allotted based on declared choices, available seats in particular course and college and other factors. After allotment, candidates do need to report physically for document verification.

Yes. One can apply for INI CET even if he/she has gap of one year. It must be noted there is no age limit for INI CET exam. Candidates who have completed MBBS course from recognised college/university and completed one year internship in the given deadline can appear for INI CET exam. 

There is no official figure of total number of registrations for INI CET exam. Since 2020, number of candidates have been increasing for the exam. For 2024-25 session, around 60, 000 candidates appeared. As INI CET is one of the toughest exam in medical field, only few candidates qualify the exam and get desired college and course.

According to experts, scoring 160+ marks in INI CET exam is considered good. Candidates who score 160+ have chance to get good college for PG courses. Scoring marks also depends on difficulty level of the question paper. INI CET 2024 question paper was moderate to difficult. More than 180 questions were easy to attempt.

There is no capping on number of attempts for INI CET exam. At the same time there is no age limit. Candidates who meet the eligibility requirements can apply online for INI CET exam for admission into PG courses such as MD, MS, MDS etc. AIIMS releases INI CET application form online and candidates have to fill and submit it there only. No offline and other modes of application is accepted. It must be noted INI CET application process comprises basic and final registration. Candidates have to complete the basic registration first to proceed for the final registration. The exam is conducted bi anuallly in computer-based mode. 

There is no official figure of total number of registrations for INI CET exam. Since 2020, number of candidates have been increasing for the exam. For 2024-25 session, around 60, 000 candidates appeared. As INI CET is one of the toughest exam in medical field, only few candidates qualify the exam and get desired college and course.

Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test or INI CET and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Postgraduate NEET PG both are national-level postgraduate medical entrance exams. A valid score in each exam makes you eligible for admission to various medical courses like MD MS etc. However, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) scores are widely accepted in the country, whereas a few selected institutions accept Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test scores. there are around 16 INIs which accept INI CET score including 16 AIIMS, JIPMER Puducherry, PGI Chandigarh, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, and SCTIMST, Trivandrum.

No. According to official information brochure, candidates will have to register online. Registration can be done on the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in to submit applications for AIIMS INI CET 2026 July exam. It must be noted that INI CET application form is filed in two stages, basic and final registration. Those who complete the basic registration can go for final registration. Generation of the Exam Unique Code (EUC) is mandatory to submit applications for INI CET exam.

The applications were started on March 28. The last date to apply online is April 25. The AIIMS will provide the application correction window from April 30 to May 2.

Candidates must have completed, or have appeared for the final exam of MBBS/BDS from a recognised medical college. The minimum aggregate to be obtained by General/OBC/Gen-PwD category candidates is 55 per cent and for the SC/ ST/ SC-PWD/ ST-PWD, the minimum aggregate is 50 per cent. There is no age limit for candidates. There is also no capping on the number of attempts.

Candidates will be given three hours or 180 minutes to attempt INI CET question paper. According to INI CET exam pattern, a total of 200 multiple choice questions will be asked. Candidates will get 1 mark for every right answer and -1/3 for every wrong answer. No mark will be awarded or deducted for unanswered questions. Exam pattern is released along with the official information brochure.

INI CET syllabus includes three sections including Pre Clinical, Para clinical and clinical. All three sections have many subjects which must be prepared throughly to qualify for INI CET exam. Candidates must note INI CET exam is one of the toughest exams. Keeping this in mind, candidates should focus on concept and preparation must be done in such a wy so that candidates have complete hold of every topic. 

INI CET Syllabus Highlights

• Pre-Clinical Subjects: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Anatomy
• Para-Clinical Subjects: Pathology, Microbiology, Forensics, Medicine, Pharmacology, and Community Medicine
• Clinical Subjects: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Community Medicine, Pediatrics, Clinical Postings, Surgery & Allied Subjects, and Medicine and allied subjects

INI CET Nov 2025 exam was held on November 9, 2025 at around 130 test cities. The exam was conducted in computer-based mode at allotted test centres across country. AIIMS uploaded INI CET 2025 result on November 15, 2025.

No, AIIMS doesn't release INI CET syllabus as such. However, experts suggest the syllabus comprise all those subjects covered during MBBS course. INI CET syllabus includes pre clinical, para clinical and clinical subjects. Candidates are advised to prepare all the subjects given in these above menioned topics well. 

Candidates should carry following things on the exam day:

• original and clear pront of INI CET admit card
• A valid photo ID proof (Passport/ PAN Card/ Voter Id/ Aadhar Card/ Driving Licence). Orginal IDs must be carried

AIIMS will upload INI CET 2026 admit card online. Admit card link will be activated in second week of May 2026. INI CET 2026 admit card will be released on official website and candidates will have to download it with login credentials. 

No. INI CET exam result is valid only for admission at Institutes of National Importance. The exam result can't be used for admission at institutes accepting NEET PG score. Presently, there are 23 INIs, including 19 AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry, PGI Chandigarh, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, and SCTIMST, Trivandrum

No. Once allotment of INI CET centre is done, no such request will be entertained by the exam conducting body. The exam conducting body tries to provide centre selected by candidate during application process, but at times candidate get other than the selected centre due to various reasons. In that case also demand to change the centre doesn't hold merit. Candidates are allotted exam centre through the admit card. Apart from name and address of exam centre, the admit card comprises other details such as date and timing of exam, exam day guidelines. 

No, the result is declared in online mode only. The result PDF comprising the list of qualified candidates can be downloaded from the official website, aiimsexams. AC. In. Candidates who score the minimum cut off percentile are declared qualified for the exam and only these candidates can download the scorecard. The scorecard can be downloaded after login to the official website and providing application number, password, Exam Unique Code in login page. 

The AIIMS will release the INI CET 2026 Result for the July Session on May 23. The AIIMS notified this date in the prospectus of the exam.

Candidates do not have to pay anything to download INI CET scorecard. The scorecard for INI CET can be downloaded after login to official website and providing details such as application number, password, Exam Unique Code (EUC), and captcha in login page. Only those who qualify INI CET exam with the minimum cut off percentile can download the scorecard. AIIMS releases INI CET result online. Scorecard must be preserved as it is required at many stages of admission process.

The INI CET 2026 exam will be conducted on May 16. Those who will qualify in the exam can participate in the counselling round. 

The minimum qualifying cut percentile for general and SC/ST categories are 50 and 45 respectively. INI CET 2026 counselling will start with registration. 

Registration will be followed by declaration of preferences where candidates provide their choice for college and course. AIIMS allots seats based on choice declared, INI CET score, reservation factor, available seats in particular course or college etc.

So actually, the open round counselling in INICET is held after the first two rounds of counselling. This is not for people who could not allocate a seat in the previous rounds, but for those who fail to attend counselling completely. Such a person will still have the option of getting a seat in institutes.

Yes. You can attend the open round if you have not attended Round 1 or Round 2. The seats at this open round might not be very many, and then your choices might not be as good as in the previous rounds.

All important details and timelines are published in the official INICET counselling schedule; make sure to check it out to not miss this opportunity.

Choice Declaration is an important and compulsary part of AIIMS INI CET Examination counselling. Candidates must choose the institute and the respective course that they are looking to go forward with . There is no limit of choices, they can choose and unchoose as long as the deadline is not nearby . Candidates must not forget to lock the sureshot choices or they will be automatically locked after the deadline process. 

After the choice declaration, several factors like category reservation, number of seats in that Institute, number of candidates wanting the seat and other things, the candidates are alloted the seat. 

To know more about the AIIMS INI CET Examination, refer to the official website.

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.

Marks can be calculated with the existing INI CET marking scheme. With answer key, first count the total number of correct and incorrect responses. Take a sum of the marks of the total correct answers first and then from this total deduct the total marks of the incorrect answers.

Students do have to make proper plan and strategies for INI CET exam. At least 3 to 4 months are ideally required to prepare for INI CET exam. INI CET syllabus comprises 3 sections, clinical, para clinical and pre clinical subjects.

Some of advantages of solving INI CET question paper are as follows 

• It gives an insight into exam pattern 
• Students get a better idea about type of questions and their difficulty level 
• Solving previous year question paper help them analyse strong and weak areas 
• Exercise makes them tweak their preparation strategy on the basis of question paper analysis 
• It helps candidates in better time management and maintaining accuracy.

No. AIIMS doesn't release the official INI CET question paper. However, various coaching centres release question paper along with the answer key right after the exam. These unofficial question paper are based on memory of exam taking candidates. Experts provide answer to these questions. With unofficial INI CET question paper and answer key, candidates can predict the overall score in the exam. The question paper proves very useful to aspirants who plan to appear for the exam in next few years as it helps them understand exam pattern and weightage from each subject.

A list of the best books for the INI CET exam is listed below; Books for pre-Clinical Subjects: Books for Anatomy: 1- Read Self Assessment and Review of Anatomy by Rajesh K Kaushal 2- Anatomy for FMGE by P. Harinath, K. Raviraj & Vishwajit. R. D 3- Revise Anatomy in 15 days by K. Raviraj Books for Physiology: 1- Complete Review of Integrated Systems Physiology by S Krishna Kumar 2- Quick review series: Physiology for FMGE by Prem Balaguru & P. Harinath 3- Review of Physiology (PGMEE) by Soumen Manna Books for Biochemistry: 1- Biochemistry by Smily Pahwa 2- Quick review series: Biochemistry for FMGE by A. Balasubramanian 3- Self-Assessment and Review of Biochemistry by Rebecca James Books for Clinical Subjects: 1- Orthopaedics: PROAFS 2- Radiology: PROAFS 3- Skin: ACROSS Book 4- PSM: Review for PSM by Vivek Jain 5- Paediatrics: Jitendra Talekar and Notes by Dr. Marwah 6- Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Review Book by Dr. Sakshi Arora and Review Book by Harmeet Goal 7- Ophthalmology: Dr. Ruchi Rai for Ophthalmology 8- Anaesthesia: ACROSS Book 9- Surgery: Admit Tripathi and Ashish Gupta or Rachna Chaurasia / Arora 10- Medicine: Mudit Khanna MCQ Internal medicine.

Overall six months time is sufficent for INI CET preparation. This includes 4 month in depth study and 2-month for revision work. The moment a candidate plan to appear for the INI CET, first and formost things he/she should do is to draw a study plan. Focus on those subjects where you are strong in terms of concept. Don't spend too musch time initially on subjects where you are weak. This will demotivate you and affect your preparation. Keep this in mind that concept is key. High yielding topics must be prepared properly to score good marks in INI CET exam.

Students need to plan and make a strategy to qualify for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Examination, INI CET. They need to know everything about the exam pattern, type of questions, marking scheme, best books, and other key details to qualify for the exam. Exam Pattern: Mode: Online Duration: 3 hours (180 minutes) Number of questions: 200 Type of questions: Single Correct Choice Multiple Correct Choice Questions Language of the exam: English Negative marking: Yes (1/3) Syllabus: Undergraduate Level Syllabus for AIIMS PG: 1- Pre-clinical: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Anatomy 2- Para-clinical: Pharmacology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Microbiology 3- Community Medicine: Clinical, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Community Medicine, and Medicine and allied subjects (Psychiatry, Dermatology) 4- Surgery and Allied subjects: Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, E. N. T. , and Anaesthesiology. Best books for INI CET 2023: 1- AIIMS Essence by Pritesh Singh 2- Self-Assessment and review of INI CET by Manoj Chaudhary 3- How not to miss things? NEET PG/INI CET high-yield topics by Dr. Shivaam Kesarwaani 4- Review of all recent papers for the Central PG Entrance Exam 2019 by Arvind Arora 5- Review of Postgraduate Medical Entrance Examination Vol -1 Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology & Microbiology by Admit Ashish Arvind. 

Yes. You can appear as many times as you wish. There is no capping on age criteria and number of times to appear in INI CET exam. It must be noted, only those who fulfill the basic elligibility criteria can appear for INI CET exam. Aplication process for INI CET compeises registration, filing details in application form, choosing exam centre and paying fee.

The result is valid for that particular session only. INI CET January session result and scorecard is valid for admission to January session only and candidates can't get admission in July session based on result of January session. INI CET result PDF comprises a list of qualified candidates in INI CET exam. 

Yes. Exam is one of the toughest exams to get admission into PG courses in medical field. However, it can be cracked with proper planning and strategies. Students are advised to prepare all subjects taught during MBBS course. Only those candidates who have valid MBBS degree from recognised college or university can apply for exam. AIIMS conducts exam twice a year, January and July session.

No. Weightage varies from subject to subject. As per the experts and students, medicine and surgery portion comprises maximum weightage of around 60-70 percent. Thereafter a good numbe rof questions are asked in pathology. Candidates are advised to prepare these subjects throughly to increase their chance of scoring good marks in INI CET exam.

Candidates need to score the minimum cut off marks to qualify for INI CET exam. The qualifying marks is different for different category. To qualify for the INI CET exam, a candidate of general category needs to score 50th percentile or above. Candidates who belong to SC/ST category has to score 45th percentile marks to get it through. Based on cut off marks, a merit list is prepared. The merit list comprises eligible candidates to participate in different counselling rounds for seat allotment. 

A good number of questions were asked from topics such as Micro, Anatomy, Dermatology, Physiology etc. There were few questions from OBS Gynae, Ortho etc. Questions were one liner and concept based as well. There were fewer repeated questions this time. The overall difficulty level of the INI CET 2025 November question paper was moderate.

Yes. Candidates do need to complete the medical internship till the given deadline menioned in the official brochure for INI CET. Completing the medical internship is one of the eligibility criteria for INI CET exam. It must be noted only those candidates who have valid MBBS/BDS degree and completed mandatory 12 months internship, can apply for the exam. 

No. NEET PG score will not be valid for INI CET counselling. Candidates will have to qualify INI CET exam with the minimum cut off percentile to participate in the counselling round. Candidates will have to do registration online to participate in the counselling. Apart from registration, INI CET seat allotment includes choice filling, seat processing, allotment result, and reporting for document verification. 4 rounds of counselling will be held for INI CET seat allotment.