Sharp dip in NEET cut-off for MBBS in Tamil Nadu government medical colleges

NEET UG 2025: Despite the growing opposition to NEET in Tamil Nadu, the state saw increased registrations in the last 3 years. NEET cut-off for MBBS in government medical colleges.

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Madras Medical College continues to be the popular choice among MBBS aspirants in Tamil Nadu. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

Anu Parthiban | March 17, 2025 | 03:49 PM IST

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu has the highest number of 5,275 MBBS seats in government medical colleges in India. However, there has been a staunch resistance against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test - undergraduate (NEET UG), the single largest medical entrance exam, for admission into MBBS, BDS and allied courses.

Tamil Nadu has a total of 38 government medical colleges , 36 private medical colleges offering 5,275 and 6,375 MBBS seats respectively, according to data shared by the Union ministry of health in the Lok Sabha last year.

Despite the growing opposition to NEET, the state saw an increase in the number of registrations in the last 3 years. Tamil Nadu is also one among the three states which got the highest number of 53,816 claims settled in 2024-25 under the PM Uchchatar Shiksha Protsahan Central Sector Interest Subsidy (PM-USP CSIS). The scheme was launched to provide financial support to students with Rs. 4.5 lakh annual family income to pursue professional courses in India.

This year, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the NEET 2025 exam on May 4 for around 23 lakh students. The exam will be held in pen-paper format and will not have any optional questions.

How many qualified NEET in Tamil Nadu?

Here’s the number of students who appeared and qualified NEET from Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu

How many applied for NEET

How many appeared

How many qualified NEET

NEET 2022

1,21,617

99,610

57,215

NEET 2023

1,47,583

1,44,516

78,693

NEET 2024

1,58,449

1,52,919

89,198

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NEET cut-offs for MBBS in Tamil Nadu government medical colleges

To get admission in government medical colleges located in Tamil Nadu, one has to qualify the NEET 2025 exam and obtain a rank and minimum prescribed cut-off. The NEET cut-off for government medical colleges depends on various factors including number of seats available, NEET rank, NEET score, difficulty level of exam, number of students appeared in the exam.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts four rounds of NEET UG counselling for 15% All India Quota (AIQ) seats. Last year’s category-wise NEET cut-offs for MBBS admission in Tamil Nadu government medical colleges are given below.

Tamil Nadu medical colleges

NEET AIR rank for General

NEET rank for General EWS

NEET cut-off for OBC NCL

NEET cut-off rank for SC

NEET AIR for ST

Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu

13530

25016

13915

86365

158996

Coimbatore Medical College

9774

22891

11423

93039

127375

ESIC Medical College and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai

19578

19227

21816

109131

144424

Government Dharamapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri

14146

27480

14595

122029

155938

Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

10663

12174

11816

74322

100861

Government Medical College and ESIC Hospital, Coimbatore

10679

23675

12058

98682

154198

Government Medical College and Hospital, Karur

14468

28454

14733

131961

163379

Government Medical College and Hospital, Pudukkottai

20551

28564

17670

132476

166217

Government Medical College, Omandurar

9624

27248

11468

77275

100188

Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem

10846

25803

17778

98661

122239

Government Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital, Sivagangai

17664

26504

17780

132577

163170

Government Thiruvarur Medical College

17164

28400

17587

130316

161206

Government Thoothukudi Medical College

14467

28267

14840

127205

161326

Government Thiruvannamalai Medical College and Hospital

17726

26720

17772

123078

160995

Government Vellore Medical College

19304

24674

13513

118737

137261

Government Villupuram Medical College

15971

27957

17152

114396

162494

IRT Perundurai Medical College

12904

27277

14110

126598

156658

Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam

13182

27350

18953

126293

160607

KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirapalli

13051

23061

13289

100848

144908

Madras Medical College, Chennai

1318

4921

2048

10376

92801

Madurai Medical College

10467

23419

11559

75910

138861

Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalainagar

17596

28305

17844

136699

159902

Stanley Medical College, Chennai

7114

11882

13790

134168

81472

Thanjavur Medical College

12188

27846

13841

97800

145207

Theni Medical College

13361

27215

20670

127064

161051

Tirunelveli Medical College

25194

26868

19861

135357

151297

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Top government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu

Madras Medical College continues to be the popular choice among MBBS aspirants who aim to pursue medical courses in Tamil Nadu. This is followed by Stanley Medical College, Government Medical College, Omandurar, and Coimbatore Medical College.

However, the NEET cut-off for Tamil Nadu government colleges saw a drop in the last 2 years. To understand better, NEET UG cut-offs 2023 for government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu are given below.

College Name

General

SC

ST

NEET Rank

NEET Scores

NEET Rank

NEET Scores

NEET Rank

NEET Scores

Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu

9292

627

70921

520

88846

497

Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore

6023

640

33208

575

68955

522

ESIC Medical College and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai

10400

624

69404

521

83745

503

Government Dharamapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri

10076

625

76705

512

94105

491

Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

6391

638

48204

551

48736

550

Government Medical College and ESIC Hospital, Coimbatore

8217

631

73664

516

68662

522

Government Medical College and Hospital, Karur

11786

620

79963

508

93703

492

Government Medical College and Hospital, Pudukkottai

11345

621

79541

509

96330

488

Government Medical College, Omandurar

9321

627

58512

536

89474

496

Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem

7989

632

43378

558

43378

558

Government Sivagangai Medical College and Hospital, Sivaganga

11495

621

80389

508

96665

488

Government Thiruvarur Medical College, Thiruvarur

10748

623

80297

508

96508

488

Government Thoothukudi Medical College, Thoothukudi

10118

625

78186

510

96438

488

Government Tiruvannamalai Medical College and Hospital, Tiruvannamalai

11361

621

75648

513

95892

489

Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore

8166

631

56719

539

67097

525

Government Villupuram Medical College, Villupuram

10532

623

72965

517

95564

489

IRT Perundurai Medical College, Perundurai

14439

613

80738

507

96759

488

Kanyakumari Government Medical College, Asaripallam

8809

629

75045

514

96014

489

KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College, Tiruchirapalli

9287

627

72160

518

95647

489

Madras Medical College, Chennai

934

675

8533

630

19311

601

Madurai Medical College, Madurai

7219

635

49265

550

78023

510

Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalainagar

15038

611

81121

507

96390

488

Stanley Medical College, Chennai

5253

643

42321

560

57079

538

Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur

8781

629

62928

530

92485

493

Theni Medical College, Theni

8767

630

80213

508

94064

491

Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli

8198

631

61562

532

94081

491

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