MBBS Admission

On 5 November 2026 the National Medical Commission issued an advisory, following directions of the Supreme Court, asking students and parents to verify an institution before taking admission or paying anything. It advises checking that the college is in the NMC’s official list of medical colleges and has permission for the relevant academic year and intake; that a college’s presence in a list or its earlier operation is not, by itself, permission for later years; taking admission only through the official counselling authority (MCC or the State/UT authority); not paying unauthorised agents, personal bank accounts or unverified intermediaries; and that approval by another authority is not NMC permission to run an MBBS course. Suspected fake colleges or forged permission letters may be reported to the NMC. The advisory is linked below.

On 21 September 2026 the National Medical Commission sent medical colleges and the Medical Counselling Committee the Seat Matrix for Undergraduate (MBBS) courses, excluding the Institutes of National Importance, for the academic year 2026–27, as on 18 September 2026. The letter and the Medical Assessment and Rating Board’s public notice say the matrix includes approvals granted by the Board and by the first and second appeal committees, and remains subject to revision on the decisions of the Appeal Committee or any other competent authority. Colleges are directed to admit only against approved seats, and counselling committees may not permit admission against seats in excess of those approved. A page compiled from the seat matrix has not been written yet; the letter is linked below.