NEET PG Counselling 2026: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released the Postgraduate (PG) seat matrix for the academic year 2026-27, with a total of 63,177 postgraduate medical seats listed across medical colleges and institutions in the country. The matrix includes 10,756 course-wise seat entries comprising government, private, and deemed medical institutions. Of the total, 33,088 seats are in government institutions, 21,892 in private institutions, and 8,197 in deemed institutions.
The Commission has also clarified that the matrix does not include seats for applications seeking an increase in intake of existing PG courses or applications for commencement of new PG courses that were pending approval.
Check Seat Matrix For Postgraduate Seats For Academic Year 2026-27
The NMC said additional PG seats or courses approved subsequently will be incorporated through an updated seat matrix. The matrix will also remain subject to revision based on decisions of MARB, the competent Appeal Committee or any other competent authority.
State-wise PG seats
Karnataka has the highest number of PG seats in the matrix with 8,323 seats, followed by Maharashtra with 6,992, Tamil Nadu with 6,306, and Uttar Pradesh with 6,082 seats.
Other states with a substantial number of PG seats include Andhra Pradesh (4,142), Telangana (3,998), Gujarat (3,862), Rajasthan (3,857), Madhya Pradesh (3,052), West Bengal (2,384), and Kerala (2,145).
Delhi has 1,660 PG seats, while Bihar has 1,470, Odisha 1,419, Haryana 1,129, Punjab 982, Puducherry 869, Jammu and Kashmir 846, and Assam 822.
Chhattisgarh has 651 seats, Uttarakhand 648, Himachal Pradesh 375, Jharkhand 292, Manipur 274, Chandigarh 162, Goa 159, Tripura 113, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 46, Meghalaya 39, Sikkim 32, Arunachal Pradesh 23, Andaman Nicobar Islands 13, and Mizoram 10.
Speciality-wise PG seats
Among the major PG courses, MD General Medicine has the highest intake with 6,143 seats. It is followed by MD Anaesthesiology with 5,672 seats, MS General Surgery with 5,591, MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology with 4,690, and M.D. Paediatrics with 4,203 seats.
The matrix has 3,656 MS Orthopaedics seats, 3,343 MD Pathology seats, 3,224 MD Radio-Diagnosis/Radiology seats, and 2,479 MS Ophthalmology seats.
There are 2,091 MD Community Medicine/Social & Preventive Medicine seats, 2,066 M.S. Otorhinolaryngology/ENT seats, 1,880 MD Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy/Dermatology seats, 1,832 MD Microbiology seats, and 1,596 MD Psychiatry seats.
The matrix also includes 1,508 MD Pharmacology seats, 1,393 MD Anatomy, 1,373 M.D. Physiology, 1,357 M.D. BioChemistry, 1,326 MD Respiratory Medicine/Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 842 MD Forensic Medicine and Toxicology/Forensic Medicine, and 663 MD Emergency Medicine seats.
At the super-speciality level, the matrix includes 592 DM Cardiology seats, 440 MCh Urology, 426 MCh Neurosurgery, 377 DM Neurology, 338 MCh Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 288 DM Nephrology, 257 DM Medical Gastroenterology, and 236 MCh Paediatric Surgery seats.
NMC's instructions on admissions
The NMC has directed medical colleges and institutions to make admissions only against the number of PG seats approved by MARB and reflected in the latest notified seat matrix. Institutions have been warned against admitting students beyond their approved PG intake capacity.
The Commission has also asked counselling committees and other stakeholders to examine the published matrix carefully and report any discrepancy, error, omission or inconsistency to MARB for examination and clarification.
