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Know your expected rank from your score, then instantly predict eligible MBBS colleges in Tamil Nadu state counselling — Government Quota, 7.5% Govt School, Management, Minority & NRI seats — based on official 2026 Round 1 & Round 2 allotments across 61 TN colleges.

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⚠️ Important Disclaimer

Tamil Nadu State Counselling: Based on the 2026 TN Medical Selection Committee Round 1 & Round 2 provisional allotment lists (Government Quota, 7.5% Govt School, Management/Minority/NRI Quota — Aug–Sep 2026) and the 2026 seat matrix & prospectus fees. Always verify at tnmedicalselection.org ↗.
TN lists publish state merit rank & NEET marks, not AIR — AIR values here are estimates from the NEET 2026 marks-vs-rank table. The allotment lists don't show which seat (OC or community) each student took, so OC cutoffs are reconstructed from the seat matrix (the N-th best allotted rank where N = OC seats). Results are indicative only. Not affiliated with the Selection Committee or Government of Tamil Nadu.

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📊 Category-wise Cutoffs — All Colleges

Pick a category to see 2026 Round 1 & Round 2 cutoffs across every Tamil Nadu college side by side — ≈AIR plus the exact TN rank and NEET marks of the last student admitted.

⚠️ Based on the latest available round-wise allotment data on NeetSeat.in. Cutoffs can change year to year — verify on the official counselling portal before making decisions.

⚖️ College Comparison

Understanding MBBS Seat Allocation

How Are MBBS Seats Divided Between MCC & the TN Selection Committee?

After NEET results, Tamil Nadu seats are filled through two parallel counselling streams — central (MCC) and state (the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee, under the Directorate of Medical Education & Research, Kilpauk). Knowing which seats fall under which authority decides where and how you apply.

🇮🇳 Central Counselling

MCC — Medical Counselling Committee

Conducts counselling for All India Quota (AIQ) — 15% of seats in every TN government medical college, ESIC K.K. Nagar and government dental colleges, open to students from any state. Also handles deemed universities (e.g. SRM, Saveetha, Chettinad, Sri Ramachandra).

Ministry of Health, Govt. of India · mcc.nic.in
🏛️ State Counselling

TN Medical Selection Committee

Conducts counselling for the 85% State Quota in government colleges plus all seats in self-financing and state private university colleges (Government Quota, Management, Minority & NRI). Government Quota needs Tamil Nadu nativity.

Government of Tamil Nadu · tnmedicalselection.org
Seat TypeShareConducted ByEligible Students
🏛️ Government Medical Colleges (Category A) & ESIC K.K. Nagar (A1)
All India Quota (AIQ)15%MCCAll India students
State Government Quota85%TN Selection CommitteeTN natives (this predictor) — includes 7.5% Govt School seats
🏢 Self-Financing & State Private University Colleges (No AIQ)
Government Quota (Category B)≥50%TN Selection CommitteeTN natives (this predictor) — 65% in non-minority, 50% in minority colleges
Management / Minority Quota≤35%TN Selection CommitteeManagement merit list; minority seats need TN nativity
NRI Quota15%TN Selection CommitteeNRI / NRI-sponsored candidates (unfilled NRI seats turn into Management seats)
🎓 Deemed Universities (Separate)
Deemed University seats100%MCC DeemedAll India — see our All India Quota page
📌 Note: Shares are of seats within each college type, per the 2026 TN prospectus. AIQ exists only in government colleges. CMC Vellore follows a Supreme Court order: 30% state Government Quota, 20% TN Christian Minority merit list, 50% CMC Quota. Government Erode Medical College, Perundurai keeps 30 of its 100 seats for IRT / State Transport wards.
Counselling Timeline
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Stray Round
💡 Key Points for Tamil Nadu Students
✓ Special categories and 7.5% are allotted first — PwD, Ex-Servicemen, Sports and 7.5% Govt School counselling happens ahead of the general Government Quota round.
✓ Round 2 re-allotment (upgradation) is by rank. If you are upgraded you must give up the Round 1 seat. If you don't want a change, you need not take part in Round 2.
✓ Round 3 is final for joiners — once you join a Round 3 seat you can't upgrade or resign. Candidates who have joined a seat up to Round 3 (AIQ or State) can't take part in later rounds.
✓ Stray round needs an extra ₹5 lakh security deposit (MBBS), forfeited if you don't join. Discontinuing after the permitted date costs a ₹10 lakh discontinuation fee (Management prospectus).
📊 Already got a seat allotted?
Here's how to decide between keeping it and trying for an upgrade in the next round.
Tamil Nadu NEET Category Reference

Tamil Nadu NEET Reservation Categories Explained

Tamil Nadu reserves 69% of Government Quota MBBS seats by community, under its own reservation law. Your seat options depend on your community certificate (issued by TN revenue authorities), your Tamil Nadu nativity, whether you studied in a TN Government school (7.5%), and whether you qualify for a special category or a minority / NRI seat. Below is the complete reference, taken from the 2026 prospectus.

🔑 Tamil Nadu Government Quota — Community Shares
31%OC — Open Competition: pure merit, open to every community
30%BC — Backward Classes: 26.5% BC (other than Muslims) + 3.5% BCM (Muslims)
20%MBC & DNC: Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities
18%SC: of which 16% of the SC share is for Arunthathiyars (SCA)
1%ST — Scheduled Tribes
🎓 Community Categories (Government Quota)

OC

Open Competition

31% of Government Quota seats, filled strictly on merit. Open to every community — a BC, MBC or SC student with a high enough rank takes an OC seat first, so their own community seat goes to the next candidate. Candidates without a TN community certificate are considered OC.

All CommunitiesGovt + SF Colleges

BC

Backward Class (other than Muslims)

The largest community pool in the allotment lists. BC candidates are eligible for BC seats and for OC seats on merit. Requires a BC community certificate from Tamil Nadu revenue authorities.

26.5% share+ OC seats

BCM

Backward Class Muslim

3.5% reserved for Muslims within the 30% BC share. BCM candidates also compete for OC seats. If BCM seats stay unfilled after the merit list is exhausted, they go to BC candidates — without exceeding the BC quota as a whole.

3.5% share+ OC seats

MBC

Most Backward Classes & Denotified Communities

20% of Government Quota seats. Shown as “MBC&DNC” in the official lists. MBC/DNC candidates also compete for OC seats.

20% share+ OC seats
⚖️ Scheduled Caste, Arunthathiyar & Scheduled Tribe

SC

Scheduled Caste

18% of Government Quota seats, including the Arunthathiyar share. Any SC seats left unfilled for want of Arunthathiyar candidates go to other SC candidates, and vice versa. SC candidates also compete for OC seats. Govt college fee for SC/SCA/ST is ₹12,073.

18% share+ OC seats

SCA

Scheduled Caste — Arunthathiyar

16% of the SC share is allotted to the Arunthathiyar community on a preferential basis (TN Act 4 of 2009). Once those seats are filled, further Arunthathiyar candidates compete with other SC candidates on inter-se merit — so SCA students are eligible for SCA, SC and OC seats.

Within SC+ SC + OC seats

ST

Scheduled Tribe

1% of Government Quota seats — often just one seat per college, so cutoffs swing a lot. ST seats left unfilled go to SC candidates on merit. ST candidates also compete for OC seats.

1% share+ OC seats
🏫 7.5% Special Preferential Reservation — Govt School Students

7.5%

Government School Students (TN Act 34 of 2020)

7.5% of Government seats — in government colleges and the Government Quota of self-financing / private-university colleges — for students who studied Class 6 to 12 in TN government schools (including corporation, municipal, Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare, Kallar Reclamation and forest schools). It has its own 7.5% rank list and follows the same communal reservation inside it. These students still compete for regular seats too. Unused 7.5% seats go back to other candidates.

Separate rank listGovt + SF colleges

7.5% fees

No-exit rule

Candidates admitted under 7.5% who discontinue after the Round 2 deadline must pay the discontinuation fee plus what the government spent on their education (tuition, hostel, mess, university fees), according to the prospectus.

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♿ Special Categories — Info Only (too few seats to predict)

PwD

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities

5% of seats in government medical and dental institutions, filled from a separate special-category rank list. Candidates must be certified by the Regional Medical Board (RGGGH, Chennai) or a designated centre (Madurai, Coimbatore, Thanjavur medical colleges), and the NMC 2026 interim guidelines need a UDID card. In 2026, 108 MBBS PwD seats were held after Round 2 (NEET marks 536–178). Unfilled PwD seats move to the general pool.

Separate rank listGovt colleges

ExSM

Children of Ex-Servicemen

10 MBBS + 1 BDS seats in government colleges (clause 14.2). Allotted ahead of general counselling from a special list. In 2026 all 10 MBBS seats were filled by candidates with TN ranks between 5,344 and 35,354.

10 MBBS seatsGovt colleges

Sports

Eminent Sports Persons

13 MBBS + 2 BDS seats in government colleges. Candidates are called in person for certificate verification in Kilpauk, and ranked by sports marks (ties broken by NEET rank). 13 MBBS sports seats were held after Round 2 in 2026.

13 MBBS seatsGovt colleges

IRT Ward

IRT / State Transport Wards

30 of the 100 seats at Government Erode Medical College, Perundurai are kept for wards of State Transport Corporation / Institute of Road Transport employees who contribute to the corpus fund. An IRT ward certificate (Annexure VIII) must be uploaded with the application. Cutoffs are listed under “IRT” in that college's table.

Erode Perundurai only

CMC Quota

Christian Medical College, Vellore — 50%

Half of CMC's seats are filled by the Selection Committee on CMC's own criteria (CMC General, CMC Staff and Minority Network categories in the Management list). The 50% CMC Quota is shown for information only. The separate 20% TN Christian Minority seats (fee ₹56,330) are included in predictions when you pick “Christian” in the minority option.

CMC Vellore only
💼 Management, Minority & NRI Quotas (Self-Financing / Private Univ.)

MQ

Management Quota

Up to 35% of seats in self-financing and private-university colleges, filled by the Selection Committee from the Management Quota merit list. Fee ₹15 lakh a year (₹16.2 lakh in state private universities). This predictor includes Management seats for every candidate.

₹15–16.2 L/yr

CM / TM / MM

Christian, Telugu & Malayalam Minority

Minority colleges keep part of their management side for their community — e.g. Telugu Minority at Trichy SRM (87), Arunai (70) and Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan (62); Malayalam Minority at Sree Mookambika (52); Christian Minority at Panimalar (30) and Madha (20). TN nativity is required, plus a study or minority certificate. Pick your minority in the predictor.

TN nativesManagement fee

NRI

NRI Quota

15% of SF college seats, for NRI candidates or wards sponsored by an NRI relative (embassy-issued NRI status and relationship proof needed). Fee ₹27 lakh a year (₹30 lakh in private universities). Unfilled NRI seats are converted to Management seats.

₹27–30 L/yr
💡 Cross-Category Eligibility — How the Predictor Checks You
OC → OC + Management. BC / BCM / MBC / SC / ST → own community + OC + Management. SCA → SCA + SC + OC + Management. Tick 7.5% Govt School to add the matching 7.5% seats. Choose a minority / NRI option to add those seats. Other-state candidates see only Management (and NRI, if selected). Each result card shows whether it's your primary category or a cross-eligible seat.
FAQs

Common Questions

In the 2026 TN Government Quota Round 1 allotment, the last OC (Open Competition) seat at Madras Medical College went to TN merit rank 79 (658 NEET marks, roughly AIR 1,165). By Round 2 it relaxed to TN rank 152 (644 marks). The annual government fee is ₹18,073 (₹12,073 for SC/SCA/ST). Use the Category Cutoffs tab to compare every college for your community.
Tamil Nadu Government Quota seats follow the state's communal reservation: Open Competition 31%, Backward Class 30% (of which 3.5% is for Backward Class Muslims — BCM), Most Backward Class & Denotified Communities 20%, Scheduled Caste 18% (of which 16% of the SC share goes to Arunthathiyars — SCA) and Scheduled Tribe 1%. BC, BCM, MBC, SC, SCA and ST candidates also compete for OC seats on merit.
Under Tamil Nadu Act No. 34 of 2020, 7.5% of Government seats — in government colleges and the Government Quota of self-financing colleges — are set apart for students who studied Class 6 to 12 in Tamil Nadu government schools. These candidates get a separate 7.5% rank list and still compete for regular Government Quota seats too. Tick the 7.5% box in the predictor to include these seats.
The TN Selection Committee publishes allotments by state merit rank and NEET marks, not All India Rank. So you can use your NEET AIR like on every other NeetSeat page, we convert each closing mark to an approximate AIR with the same NEET 2026 marks-vs-rank table our Rank Predictor uses. The exact TN rank and marks are shown next to every cutoff.
Government medical colleges: ₹18,073 a year (₹12,073 for SC/SCA/ST). ESIC Medical College, K.K. Nagar: ₹1,00,000. Government Quota seats in self-financing colleges: ₹4.35–4.5 lakh (CMC Vellore ₹56,330); state private universities: ₹5.4 lakh. Management Quota: ₹15 lakh (₹16.2 lakh in private universities). NRI Quota: ₹27 lakh (₹30 lakh). All figures are from the 2026 TN prospectuses.
Government Quota seats need Tamil Nadu nativity. Minority seats (Christian, Telugu, Malayalam) also need TN nativity, according to the Management Quota prospectus. General Management Quota and NRI seats are counselled by the TN Selection Committee on the Management Quota merit list. Choose 'Other state' in the predictor to see only those seats, and confirm your eligibility on tnmedicalselection.org. Separately, 15% of every government college's seats go to the All India Quota through MCC.
BCM = Backward Class Muslims (3.5% within the 30% BC share). MBC & DNC = Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities (20%). SCA = Scheduled Caste — Arunthathiyar (16% of the 18% SC share). SCA candidates can also compete for SC seats, and any unfilled SCA seats go to SC candidates, and vice versa.
For top government colleges the OC cutoff typically slips by a hundred or so TN ranks — MMC went from TN rank 79 to 152, Stanley from 249 to 336. Relaxation is larger in reserved categories and in newer colleges. Some self-financing colleges barely move, or even tighten, because students upgrade into them in Round 2.
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