MBBS Fees in Odisha Private Colleges Increased by 75%; Know Institute-wise Revised Fees
Medical education in Odisha is set to become more expensive, with private medical colleges announcing a steep hike in tuition fees. MBBS course fees at Hi-Tech Medical College Bhubaneswar, DRIEMS Medical College Cuttack, and Hi-Tech Medical College Rourkela have been increased by nearly 75%, along with a rise in PG medical course fees.
Medical Education in Odisha: Private medical colleges in Odisha have announced a steep fee hike in the MBBS and PG medical courses by approximately 75 percent. Pursuing MBBS in Odisha private medical colleges is set to become significantly costlier, as three institutions, i.e. Hi-Tech Medical College Bhubaneswar, DRIEMS Medical College Cuttack, and Hi-Tech Medical College Rourkela, have announced a steep hike in their tuition fees. The sudden increase is expected to place an additional financial burden on aspiring medical students seeking to pursue the MBBS programme. Further, a hike in Odisha PG medical course fees is also going to be implemented by the aforementioned medical institutes of Odisha state.
Odisha Govt Approves Revised Fee Structure for Medical Colleges
The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Authority has released the Odisha revised fee structure for medical education following a notification from the Department of Skill Development and Vocational Education. The institute-wise revised fee structure is provided below:
| Name of the Institute
|
Name of the Course
|
Previous fee structure |
Fee Structure prescribed by the Government w.e.f. academic session 2025-26 to 2027 28
|
|---|---|---|---|
| DRIEMS Institute of Health Sciences and Hospital, Cuttack
|
MBBS |
INR 6,50,000/-
|
INR 9,08,000/-
|
| Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Rourkela
|
MBBS |
INR 5,50,000/-
|
INR 8,54,000/- |
| Hi-Tech Medical College Hospital, Bhubaneswar
|
MBBS |
INR 6,50,000/-
|
INR 11,56,000/
|
The government approved this fee hike under the Odisha Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission & Fixation of Fee) Act, 2007, based on the recommendations made by the Fee Structure Committee in its meetings held in November 2023, September 2024, as reported by Medical Dialogues.
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The NEET 2026 cutoff will be released along with the results. The NTA will release the NEET UG cutoff marks based on the difficulty level. Till then, take a look at the NEET 2025 cutoff for reference.
Category |
NEET 2025 Cutoff percentile |
NEET 2025 Cutoff score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS |
50th |
686-144 |
OBC, SC, ST |
40th |
143-113 |
UR/EWS-PwD |
45th |
143-127 |
OBC/SC/St-PwD |
40th |
126-113 |
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The official NEET 2025 cutoff is released by NTA along with the NEET 2025 result, which has been released on June 14, 2025. The NEET 2025 cutoff or the qualifying score for each candidate category is mentioned on the NEET 2025 scorecard. The NEET cutoff refers to the minimum score a candidate has to obtain to qualify for the NEET counselling process. The NEET cutoff 2025 decreased from that of last year as the difficulty level of the exam was higher and thenumber of test takers was lower.