MBBS Seats in India – 3000 More Seats Soon

Here is a good news for MBBS aspirants in the country. The Government of India has decided to decrease the doctors and population ratio to a greater extent in the coming years. The Government is considering the proposal to increase 3000 MBBS seats in the coming years.

There are about 45000 MBBS (Medical) seats in various medical colleges across the country. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has also giving approvals to new colleges and accepting proposals to increase seats in existing medical colleges after receiving positive signals from the Central Government.

The number of seats have been increased in several colleges which were established 10 years ago. The number of seats have been increased from 50 to 100 in some colleges and 100 to 150 in some other colleges.

Several applications for starting new colleges are also there with MCI for approvals. At present, there are 362 medical colleges across the country. About 45000 MBBS seats are available in these colleges.

AIIMS – MBBS Counseling Schedule 2013-14

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has announced counseling schedule for MBBS admissions for the academic year 2013-14. The admission counseling for the AIIMS Centers will start from 10th July 2013. The entrance test has been conducted on 1st June 2013. Details of eligible candidates are available on the website http://www.aiimsexams.org/ .

AIIMS Institutions are located at New Delhi, Patna, Bhubneshwar, Rishikesh, Bhopal, Raipur and Jodhpur. The list of successful candidates along with their respective ranks are available on the website. Counseling will be held at the Jawaharlal Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi.

Detail schedule:

1) 1st round of counseling: 10th July, 2013 for UR seats. All the candidates upto rank 1348 irrespective of the Category can appear for this round.

2) 11th July, 2013 for OBC seats.

3) 12th July, 2013 for SC/ST seats
4) 2nd Round of Counseling: 17th August, 2013
5) 3rd and Final round of counseling: 12th September, 2013 September, 2013.