NEET UG Result 2026: Over 1,900 New Doors Opened for NEET Candidates

Every year, over 20 lakh candidates appear for the NEET exam to achieve their MBBS dream. With the results only 5 days away, the National Medical Commission, NMC, has released the seat matrix for undergraduate MBBS courses for the academic year 2026-27. India now has 1,36,939 MBBS seats in 823 medical colleges with a fresh addition of about 9.9K seats. This excludes AIIMS, JIPMER, and other Institutes of National Importance (INIs).

The total intake has risen to 63,296 seats in 441 government medical colleges, and 73,643 seats in 382 private colleges. This includes the 2,400 MBBS seats of 25 newly established medical colleges, which comprise of 400 seats across seven new government medical colleges and 2,000 seats across 18 new private medical colleges.

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Why is the Updated Seat Matrix Important?

Re-NEET UG result 2026 is expected to be released on July 20, 2026 and the timing is perfect for releasing the updated seat matrix. Re-NEET UG exam 2026 was conducted on June 21, 2026, and over 22 lakh aspirants appeared for the exam and are awaiting results.

The updated seat matrix is important as it gives the student a better plan before the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) releases the NEET counselling dates.

State-Wise Seat Matrix

Five states of India have over 46 percent of the India’s total MBBS seats. Check the table below to know the states and number of seats available:

Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has ordered private colleges to review the number of seats in their colleges that have been approved and submit mandatory bank guarantee within seven days. Without this, Letter of Permission will not be issued. Until the number of seats are approved, no college will be able to conduct the counselling process.