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  • Tamil Nadu round 1 allotment is out: 10,048 seats, BC closes at state rank 3,392

    The Selection Committee published Tamil Nadu’s first-round MBBS and BDS allotment on 27 August 2026, in two separate lists: government quota and management quota. Both are provisional.

    We parsed both files, all 9,437 rows, and read them alongside the 7.5% government-school list allotted on 13 August. Together the three account for 10,048 allotments, 8,132 in MBBS and 1,916 in BDS.

    What was allotted

    Course and college type Seats allotted
    MBBS, government colleges 4,458
    MBBS, self-financing colleges 3,099
    MBBS, private colleges 575
    BDS, self-financing colleges 1,618
    BDS, government colleges 298
    Total 10,048

    The government-college figures include the 7.5% government-school quota allotted on 13 August: 510 MBBS seats and 104 BDS seats.

    Every rank below is a Tamil Nadu rank, not an All India Rank

    This is the single thing most often misread about Tamil Nadu counselling. The state runs its own merit list and the allotment order prints that rank, called GRANK on the list. Tamil Nadu does not publish an All India Rank anywhere in the process.

    So a closing rank of 3,392 in the table below means the 3,392nd candidate on the Tamil Nadu list, not AIR 3,392. The two scales are far apart, and the marks show by how much. Tamil Nadu rank 3,392, where BC closed in government colleges, scored 536. NTA’s own 2026 marks-versus-rank table puts 551 marks at All India Rank 36,870 and 501 marks at 89,341, so a Tamil Nadu rank in the low thousands is an All India Rank in the tens of thousands. Hold a Tamil Nadu cutoff next to an all-India quota cutoff and you are comparing two different things.

    One more separation to keep in mind: the 7.5% government-school pool is ranked on its own list, so its ranks are not comparable with the general list either.

    Government colleges, government quota

    Closing ranks across Tamil Nadu’s government medical colleges and the ESIC college, by community. “Closing” is the last rank allotted a seat in this round.

    Community Seats Opening rank Closing rank Marks
    BC 1,784 6 3,392 695 to 536
    MBC and DNC 1,049 1 4,053 705 to 526
    SC 638 134 9,036 647 to 472
    BCM 192 31 4,313 672 to 523
    SCA 118 351 13,012 624 to 436
    OC 94 4 1,369 695 to 577
    ST 43 119 13,347 650 to 433

    The OC line is small for a reason worth understanding. Tamil Nadu fills its open-competition seats by merit across every community, so the top-ranked BC, MBC and SC candidates take open seats before their own quota opens. What the allotment records is each candidate’s community, so these 94 rows are the candidates who carry no community reservation at all. The open-competition boundary itself sits deeper than 1,369.

    Among individual colleges, Madras Medical College took 184 seats and did not go past rank 1,880. Stanley Medical College closed at 4,009 over 185 seats, Coimbatore at 4,549 over 147, and Madurai at 5,645 over 184. K.A.P. Viswanatham in Trichy closed at 6,673, and Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam in Salem at 6,925.

    Self-financing colleges, government quota

    The self-financing seats surrendered to the state run on the same merit list, and they run considerably deeper.

    Community Seats Opening rank Closing rank Marks
    BC 1,035 16 7,242 680 to 490
    MBC and DNC 534 433 7,318 617 to 489
    SC 345 123 13,013 649 to 436
    OC 149 592 6,593 606 to 497
    BCM 89 507 7,970 613 to 483
    SCA 66 4,213 17,375 524 to 396
    ST 22 10,191 18,013 462 to 390

    The 7.5% government-school quota

    510 MBBS seats and 104 BDS seats went to candidates who studied in Tamil Nadu government schools, allotted on 13 August ahead of the general round. That pool is ranked separately, so its numbers look dramatically better and cannot be read against the tables above: MBC and DNC closed at 380 within the pool, BC at 580, SC at 720. The marks tell the plainer story, running from 599 down to 446.

    Management quota

    1,414 MBBS seats and 536 BDS seats were allotted from the management list. The management pool proper took 607 MBBS seats, opening at rank 782 and closing at 6,587 on 552 to 434 marks. NRI took 260 seats, Telugu linguistic minority 385, Christian minority 60, Malayalam linguistic minority 52, and the minority network 38.

    What is left after round 1

    Against the vacancy the Committee published on 24 August, roughly 342 MBBS seats and 44 BDS seats went unfilled in this round: 91 in government medical colleges, 251 in self-financing colleges, and none in the private ones, which filled completely. Government BDS also filled completely, so all 44 unfilled dental seats sit in self-financing colleges.

    A new college in the matrix

    Rajalakshmi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute in Kanchipuram took part in Tamil Nadu counselling for the first time this year and picked up 171 MBBS allotments in round 1. The National Medical Commission has sanctioned it 250 MBBS seats for 2026-27.

    Dates that matter

    Allotment orders can be downloaded from 27 August until 12 noon on 5 September. The last date to report at the allotted college is 5 pm on 5 September. The list is provisional, so a rank here can still move before the Committee settles it.

    Official links

    Source: Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Kilpauk, Chennai. Figures counted from the published round 1 allotment lists.

  • Tamil Nadu extends NEET UG 2026 round 1 choice locking to 24 August

    The Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education and Research, has modified the round 1 schedule for Tamil Nadu MBBS and BDS admission, following the revised UG state schedule released by the MCC on 19 August 2026.

    The revised dates

    Event When
    Registration, choice filling and choice locking till 5 pm, 24 August 2026
    Processing of seat allotment 25 and 26 August 2026
    Publication of results 27 August 2026
    Download of allotment order 27 August to 5 September 2026, 12.00 noon
    Last reporting date for round 1 5 September 2026, 5.00 pm

    Note that locking is included in the 24 August deadline, not just filling. An unlocked list is the standard way candidates lose a round, and Tamil Nadu gives no separate locking window afterwards.

    The change follows the Medical Counselling Committee revising the All India Quota and state counselling schedule on 19 August 2026. Most states are re-issuing their round 1 dates as a result, so check your own state even if you are not applying here.

    Our Tamil Nadu cutoff pages carry closing ranks by college and category. Tamil Nadu publishes allotments cumulatively across rounds, so read a round 2 cutoff as including round 1 candidates.

    Source: Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Kilpauk, Chennai, Notification No. 20/SCS1(1)/2026 dated 20.08.2026.

  • Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2026: special-category allotments out

    By Ashok Hegde, Founder, neet2seat.com

    Tamil Nadu has begun its NEET UG 2026 MBBS and BDS counselling. The Selection Committee has published the first provisional allotment lists, and they cover the special reservation categories. The lists went up on the official site on 14 August 2026; the allotment itself is dated 13 August 2026.

    Four lists are out. In all, 746 candidates have been given a provisional seat in a government medical or dental college.

    What was released

    • 7.5% government-school quota: 614 candidates, across 81 medical and dental colleges. This quota is for students who studied Classes 6 to 12 in a Tamil Nadu government school.
    • Persons with Disability (PWD): 106 candidates.
    • Eminent Sports Person: 15 candidates.
    • Children of Ex-Servicemen: 11 candidates.

    Each list shows the candidate’s state merit rank, application number, name, community and the college allotted. The 7.5% list also shows the total marks. These are seats in the Tamil Nadu government counselling stream, which is separate from the all-India quota run by the MCC. If you want to see how these ranks compare with last year, our page on Tamil Nadu MBBS closing ranks and the matching BDS closing ranks lay out the numbers college by college.

    Please read: these are provisional

    A provisional allotment is not a confirmed seat. The Selection Committee can revise the list, and you still have to complete the next steps before the seat is yours. Do not stop your other options on the strength of a provisional line. The general merit rounds of Tamil Nadu counselling, which fill the bulk of the seats, come after this special-category step.

    What to do now

    • Open the correct list below and search for your application number or rank.
    • If your name is there, log in to the official portal and download your allotment order when it is issued.
    • Watch the portal for the reporting and joining dates, and for any grievance window on the provisional list.
    • Keep your certificates ready — NEET score card, Class 10 and 12 marksheets, community certificate, and the special-category proof (government-school study, disability, sports, or ex-serviceman certificate).

    Not sure where your rank stands, or planning for the general rounds? Our free NEET college predictor and the Tamil Nadu counselling guide walk you through the choices step by step.

    Official links

    Source: Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu — provisional allotted lists for MBBS/BDS 2026-2027 (7.5% government-school reservation, PWD, ex-servicemen’s children and eminent sports categories), dated 13 August 2026.

    About the author
    Ashok Hegde is the founder of neet2seat.com. Connect on LinkedIn.

  • Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2026 Round 1 registration and vacancy out

    The Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee has opened Round 1 registration for NEET UG 2026 government-quota and management-quota MBBS and BDS admissions, and has published the tentative vacancy position (as on 13 August 2026) for each college.

    Round 1 tentative vacancy

    • Government MBBS: about 4,048 seats across 36 government medical colleges (government quota), plus 90 at the ESIC medical college, Chennai.
    • Self-financing and private MBBS: about 3,350 seats in self-financing colleges and 575 in private colleges, across government-quota, management and NRI categories.
    • Dental: 197 government BDS seats and about 1,662 self-financing BDS seats.

    The committee has also released the provisional lists of eligible candidates for the government quota, the 7.5% government-school quota, IRT ward quota, management quota, CMC Vellore categories, linguistic-minority (Malayalam and Telugu), Christian-minority and NRI categories.

    What to do now

    Related: Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2026 provisional rank list

    Official links

    Source: Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu — NEET UG 2026 Round 1 tentative vacancy and registration (tnmedicalselection.net).

  • Tamil Nadu NEET UG 2026 provisional rank lists released

    The Tamil Nadu Selection Committee (Directorate of Medical Education) has published the provisional rank lists for NEET UG 2026 MBBS and BDS admissions. Separate lists are out for the government quota, the management quota and the 7.5% government-school reservation.

    The three lists

    • Government quota (92.5%): the state merit list for government-quota MBBS/BDS seats.
    • Management quota: the rank list for management-quota seats in self-financing colleges.
    • 7.5% government-school reservation: the separate list for candidates who studied in Tamil Nadu government schools.

    Each list shows your rank, application number, NEET UG 2026 roll number, name, community and NEET mark, with the community rank.

    What to do now

    • Find your name and check that your rank, community and NEET mark are correct.
    • The lists are provisional: if you spot a mistake in your details, raise it with the Selection Committee within the grievance window before the final rank list.
    • Once the rank list is finalised, watch for the choice-filling and counselling schedule on tnmedicalselection.net.

    Use your Tamil Nadu rank to plan ahead: check last year’s Tamil Nadu MBBS closing ranks and BDS closing ranks, use our college predictor to see which seats your rank can reach, and read our Tamil Nadu counselling guide.

    Official links

    Source: Tamil Nadu Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education — NEET UG 2026 provisional rank lists for MBBS/BDS (tnmedicalselection.net).

  • TN keeps its own NEET UG 2026 counselling rules

    On 3 August 2026, the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee issued a clarification (Notification No.10/SCS1(1)/2026) on how state MBBS and BDS counselling will run this year. The short version: state counselling rules do not change for 2026-27.

    The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has brought in new steps for All India Quota seats: Freeze and Float categories, online document verification for Float candidates without physical reporting, and digital seat surrender on the MCC portal. Many Tamil Nadu students asked whether these apply to state counselling too. Here is how AIQ counselling works.

    What the Selection Committee said

    • Tamil Nadu keeps its existing state counselling policy for 2026-27.
    • The state already runs centralised document verification: certificates are checked at the application stage, and physical verification happens at the college when you report for admission.
    • Online resignation is already in place. Every seat resignation must go through the official portal (tnmedicalselection.org). Offline resignation is not allowed.
    • Upgradation from Round 1 to Round 2, and Round 2 to Round 3, already exists. The rules are in the State Prospectus.
    • All seats (Government, Management, Minority and NRI) follow Government Orders G.O.(D) No.667 and G.O.(D) No.695 and the State Prospectus 2026-27.
    • Any move to match national rules will come only in later years, with advance notice.

    Official video on filling the application

    The Selection Committee has posted an official step-by-step tutorial (in Tamil) on filling the MBBS and BDS application. Watch the official TN MBBS & BDS application tutorial.

    Before counselling starts, it helps to know where you stand. You can look up last year’s Tamil Nadu MBBS closing ranks, browse the list of Tamil Nadu medical colleges, and check your chances with the college predictor.

    What to do now

    • Follow tnmedicalselection.org for the schedule and every notice.
    • Read the State Prospectus for the freeze, upgrade and resignation rules.
    • Do not mix up AIQ (MCC) rules with Tamil Nadu state counselling rules.

    Official links

    Source: Tamil Nadu Selection Committee (DME&R) — Notification No.10/SCS1(1)/2026, dated 3 August 2026.

  • Tamil Nadu reopens MBBS/BDS application window for two days, closing 27 July

    The Selection Committee at the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Kilpauk, Chennai, has reopened the online application window for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in Tamil Nadu for the 2026-27 session. The decision, in Notification No. 009/SCS1(1)/2026 dated 25 July 2026, follows representations from students who could not complete their registration in time.

    The reopened window: two days only

    The portal is open on a short schedule:

    • Opens: 26 July 2026 at 10:00 AM
    • Closes: 27 July 2026 at 03:00 PM

    The committee has described this as a one-time measure for the welfare of students and said no further extension will follow. Candidates are advised to finish and submit well before the closing time rather than wait for the last hour.

    Who this is for

    The window is strictly for candidates whose applications are yet to be submitted. If you started but never submitted, or had not applied at all, this is your chance. The application portal is at tnmedicalselection.org.

    If you have already applied, read this carefully

    Candidates who have already submitted cannot use this window to edit their form. The committee has said editing a submitted application is not possible, because the scrutiny of applications received earlier is already under way and reopening forms for edits would delay it. If your submitted form has a minor clerical or typing error, the committee has said you need not panic: such errors will be checked and corrected during document verification and scrutiny, not now.

    What to do

    If you still need to apply, keep your NEET UG 2026 score card and the required certificates ready, and complete the submission on the portal before 3 PM on 27 July. Our Tamil Nadu NEET counselling guide walks through the documents, quotas and steps for state counselling.

    Source: Selection Committee, DME&R Tamil Nadu, Notification No. 009/SCS1(1)/2026, dated 25 July 2026.

  • Tamil Nadu plans Supreme Court challenge after 650 MBBS seats exit state quota

    Chennai, July 9, 2026. The Tamil Nadu government is preparing a Supreme Court challenge after three private medical colleges were granted deemed-to-be-university status. The change removes about 650 MBBS seats from the state’s admission pool just as the 2026 counselling season gets underway.

    The three institutions are St Peter’s Medical College (about 250 seats), and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Medical Sciences together with Srinivasan Medical College (about 400 seats combined). A fourth, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Maduranthakam, has announced deemed status on its website, although NMC records still show it affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University.

    The immediate consequence: admissions to these colleges move out of the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee’s hands and into all-India counselling run by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). The state stands to lose about 350 government-quota seats right away, including seats reserved for government-school students under Tamil Nadu’s 7.5% quota. State Health Minister K.G. Arunraj has accused the colleges, some reportedly linked to leaders of major political parties, of exploiting legal loopholes. He said they approached central regulators directly and bypassed the state’s No Objection Certificate process. By his count, 462 government-quota MBBS seats plus 35 government-school-quota seats are at risk across four colleges.

    The cost impact on students is steep. Government-quota students in these private colleges currently pay between ₹4.35 lakh and ₹5.4 lakh a year. As deemed universities, with no centrally fixed fee, the same colleges can charge between ₹20 lakh and ₹35 lakh annually. The opposition PMK, counting colleges already converted and three more in the pipeline, says the state could lose about 700 affordable MBBS seats. Its leader Anbumani Ramadoss has asked the government to offset the loss by adding 50 seats each in 16 government medical colleges.

    State officials say the government will approach the Supreme Court early next week after consulting legal experts.

    Sources

    Seat figures vary across sources: 350 immediate government-quota seats per initial reports, 462 plus 35 per the state health minister, and about 700 per PMK’s projection that includes colleges still in the pipeline. Each figure above is attributed to who stated it.

  • Tamil Nadu’s 2026 NEET counselling is open: what has changed since last year

    Tamil Nadu started its 2026 MBBS and BDS counselling on 29 June 2026. The Selection Committee (DME) put out two booklets the same day: one for government-quota seats (application fee ₹500) and one for management-quota seats, which also cover minority and NRI seats (₹1,000). Between them they fill seats in government colleges, the government-quota seats in private (self-financing) colleges, and the management, minority and NRI seats.

    Most of the process is the same as last year. But a few rules have changed, and some of them change what you should do. Here is the plain list, taken from the 2026 booklets.

    Before you apply: each round now runs on its own rules, and some deadlines are tied to the application form itself. Read the booklet for your quota before you fill choices.

    1. Management-quota students can now leave in Round 2 without losing money

    Last year you could give up a management seat for free only in Round 1. If you left in a later round, it counted as discontinuation, so you lost your security deposit and had to pay a discontinuation fee. This year you can leave for free in Round 1 and Round 2, as long as you leave before the last date. Government-quota counselling already worked this way, so this just brings the management side in line.

    2. You can now register before Round 2 (government quota)

    Last year, new candidates could register before Round 1, Round 3 and the stray round, but not before Round 2. This year you can register before Round 2 as well. If you missed the first window, you can still join at Round 2.

    3. Minority-quota seats now need a Tamil Nadu nativity certificate (management quota)

    To take a management minority seat (Christian or language minority), you must now be a native of Tamil Nadu and upload a nativity certificate from the government. A certificate sent after the last date is rejected. Students from other states can no longer use this route.

    4. More sports seats, and disability certificates closer to home

    Sports seats in government colleges go up from 7 to 13 in MBBS and from 1 to 2 in BDS. And the state disability (PwD) certificate, given last year only by the medical board at RGGGH in Chennai, can now also be got at Madurai, Coimbatore and Thanjavur medical colleges. Students outside Chennai no longer have to travel to the city for it.

    5. Your category and documents are fixed when you apply (management quota)

    Two things are now locked to the form:

    • You cannot add a category (NRI, religious or language minority) after you apply, and you cannot change your category later.
    • You must upload every document with the form. Documents sent later, by post, courier or in person, will not be taken.

    There is one relief here: SC, SCA and ST students (including Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity) whose family income is below ₹2.5 lakh do not have to pay the security deposit for management seats.

    6. MBBS fees to be charged for four and a half years only

    The government-quota booklet adds a new line. This follows a National Medical Commission notice dated 7 April 2026: MBBS tuition should be charged for four and a half years only, which is the length of the academic course, and not for the internship year that follows.

    One more change worth noting: the counselling now also covers MBBS seats in state private university medical colleges. Their government, management and NRI seats are filled through the same Tamil Nadu counselling this year.

    7. PWD candidates get a way around a certificate delay

    If you are applying under the PWD (persons with disability) category, you need a PWD certificate from a Regional Medical Centre or a Designated Disability Centre to be eligible. The problem this year is timing: these centres start giving the certificate only after the all-India (MCC/DGHS) counselling opens, and that has not happened yet. So the Committee has given you two choices. You can wait for the Regional Medical Centre certificate and apply after you get it. Or you can apply now with any disability certificate you already have, and hand over the Regional Medical Centre certificate later, before the offline counselling for the special category. That date will be announced later. Either way, the wait for the certificate should not stop you from applying.

    8. Recent government-school students no longer need a bonafide certificate

    If you are applying under the 7.5% government-school quota and you passed Class 12 in 2022-23 or later, you no longer have to attach a bonafide certificate. The Committee will check your school record directly with the School Education Department using EMIS data. If you passed Class 12 in an earlier year, you still need a bonafide certificate from the Chief Educational Officer.

    What has not changed

    The fees and the reservation are mostly the same. Government college fees are about ₹18,073 a year for MBBS and ₹16,073 for BDS. Government-quota fees in private colleges are about ₹4.35 to ₹4.50 lakh a year. The discontinuation fee is still ₹10 lakh. The reservation stays at 69% (OC, BC, BCM, MBC & DNC, SC, SCA, ST), with the 7.5% government-school quota on top. Application fees are the same: ₹500 for government quota and ₹1,000 for management quota, with SC, SCA and ST students exempt.

    Quick tip: apply only on the official Selection Committee website, upload every certificate you want to claim along with the form, and use the same mobile number throughout, because every OTP goes to that number.

    Applications are open now. Read the booklet for your quota fully before you fill choices, because once you lock your choices they cannot be changed, even by the Committee.

    Source: Tamil Nadu Selection Committee (DME) — government-quota prospectus 2026 and management-quota prospectus 2026, plus Selection Committee notifications on PWD certificates and the 7.5% preferential quota (both dated 1 July 2026).

  • Tamil Nadu opens 2026 MBBS and BDS government-quota applications

    The Selection Committee at Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Medical Education and Research opened online applications for 2026-27 MBBS and BDS government-quota admissions on 29 June 2026, the day it released the official prospectus. Registration costs ₹500.

    Official links

    The prospectus covers government medical and dental colleges, government-quota seats in self-financing colleges, ESIC Medical College at K.K. Nagar in Chennai, and the state’s private university medical colleges. It was issued under G.O.(D) No.667 dated 5 June 2026.

    One date is still blank. The prospectus prints the last date for submission as “xx-xx-2026”, so the deadline has not been fixed yet. Register early and watch the official site rather than wait for it.

    How to apply

    • Read the full prospectus first.
    • Register on the official portal, log in, fill your details, upload your documents and pay the ₹500 fee.
    • Keep your registered mobile and email active. Every counselling stage uses an OTP sent to that number.

    Selection runs on your NEET UG score; there is no separate state test. The rank-list date will be posted on the official website. The committee has again warned candidates to stay away from agents and touts, and says you alone are responsible for the documents you submit.

    Want to know where your score could land you in Tamil Nadu? neet2seat’s college predictor and cutoff analyser show closing ranks by college and category from past years.

    Official site: tnmedicalselection.org (Selection Committee, DMER).