NEET MDS

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) announced the NEET MDS 2025 counselling dates on June 20, 2025. There were four rounds of NEET MDS counselling 2025, which were conducted from June 24, 2025, to September 8, 2025. No additional round was conducted.

After completing an MDS course, you do not need to give the NEET MDS exam again to secure a government job.

However, qualifying NEET MDS is essential for candidates who wish to pursue further studies or specialize in specific areas within dentistry.

It is crucial for individuals aiming for postgraduate dental courses to meet the eligibility criteria and pass the NEET MDS exam to pursue advanced studies in dentistry

NITTE University offers admissions to mutltiple MDS specialisations based on NEET MDS scores followed by round-wise NEET MDS Counselling. Candidates meeting the cutoff range are aligible for the admission to the university. Tabulated below is the Round 1 and the Last Round closing rank for NITTE University MDS cutoff:

Kashmir University cutoff 2023 for the MDS course is based on NEET MDS scores followed by the NEET MDS Counselling. The University offers admission to one MDS course including MDS in Prosthodontics. As per NEET MDS cutoff 2022, MDS in Prosthodontics closed after Round 2 Seat Allotment. Tabulated below is the previous year Kashmir University cutoff for the MDS course:

NEET MDS important dates related to MDS admissions to various medical colleges is tabulated below:

The factors which determine the NEET MDS cutoff are as follows:

• Difficulty level of the examination
• Total number of seats available
• Number of candidates who appeared for the examination
• Number of candidates who clear the examination 

The NEET MDS 2025 cutoff percentile for OBC candidates was originally 40, which has now been reduced to 20.137 and the cutoff score is 168 out of 960. The Ministry of Health has announced the reduction of the cutoff percentile by 19.863 percentile. The NEET MDS 2025 cutoff was released by NBE on May 15, along with the result, which was revised on August 14, 2025. Only those candidates from the OBC category, who have secured this score out of 960, will be eligible to participate in the NEET MDS 2024 counselling process.

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.