The National Medical Commission has issued a revised seat matrix for MBBS and BDS admissions for the 2025-26 academic year, lowering the total medical seats from 1,28,925 to 1,28,875. The change comes after the Commission added 11,350 new seats this year, including seats in AIIMS and JIPMER, and later corrected data errors during its renewal process.

Region-wise distribution of MBBS seats

The updated matrix shows 819 medical colleges with 1,28,875 seats. South India has the highest number of seats.


The NMC said the revision addresses earlier data entry errors made during institutional updates.

Directions for super speciality students

In a separate notice, the Commission asked students enrolled in postgraduate super speciality programmes to check their names and details on the NMC website. Those whose names are not listed have been told to contact their state Directorate of Medical Education or counselling authority for correction.

NEET UG stray round schedule

Candidates who did not receive a seat in earlier rounds of NEET UG 2025 counselling may participate in the stray vacancy round.

Registration will open on November 4, and institutions will publish the tentative seat matrix the same day. Candidates allotted a seat in this round must join the college with documents to complete admission.

The NMC said failure to join an allotted seat during this round will lead to a one-year bar from the next NEET UG exam and forfeiture of counselling fees.