Maximum 150 MBBS seats will be avaialble in medical colleges from next year: NMC

Medical Courses, Increase of Seats for Existing Courses, and Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023. According to the NMC, there can be a maximum of 150 seats in medical colleges from the next academic session 2024-25 if the medical college follows the ratio of 100 MBBS seats for every 10 lakh resident in the state. 

According to the rules announced on August 16, any extra seats that are permitted for admission must



fit within the number of seats allotted for admission to that college. With the exception that colleges that requested more seats for the academic year 2023–24 but did not receive them may request the same number of seats (totaling 200 or 250) once only in the 2024–25 academic year. The rules indicated that after 2023–2024, only medical colleges with annual intake capacities of 50, 100, or 150 seats may receive a letter of approval to open.