Medical Colleges in Maharashtra

Overview

DGHS (Directorate General of Health Services) and MCC (Medical council committee) are responsible for conducting MBBS admission in Maharashtra and all the candidates who’ve scored well enough in the NEET exam can secure a seat in the medical colleges in Maharashtra. The students who are the native residents of Maharashtra can take admission in the 85% reserved seats of state quota.

On the other hand, if you are from any other state, you can apply for MBBS admission Maharashtra 2024 via the all- India quota. Read on to have a detailed overview of MBBS in Maharashtra.

Index

• Fees, Seats - Govt Medical Colleges
• Fees, Seats - Private Medical Colleges
• Private Medical Colleges Vs MBBS Abroad
• Teaching Experience of Medical Colleges
• Important Dates NEET 2024
• NEET UG Counseling Process
• Predict Your Chance for MBBS Seat
• Medical PG or NEXT
• Medical PG in USA (USMLE)
• Medical PG in UK (PLAB)
• Medical PG in Germany
• Complete details of all Govt Medical college in Maharashtra

Fees &Seats - Govt Medical Colleges

Refer to the below table for Total Tuition Fees, MBBS intake, Establishment Year, Cut off for All India Quota, and State Quota Seats for every Govt Medical College in Maharashtra

Fees & Seats - Private Medical Colleges

In the table below you can find the Total Tuition Fees, MBBS intake, Establishment Year, Cut off for All India Quota, and State Quota Seats for every Govt Medical College. In Maharashtra, Private Medical Colleges participate solely in State Counseling procedures and not in All India Counseling. Hence, All India Quota cut-off detailis not available.

Teaching Experience of Medical Colleges

In Maharashtra, most of the college established after Year 1995, very few colleges established recently. It is always important to select an old medical college as there is no shortage of faculties and they are well experienced too, which is the primary requirement of a MBBS student for their learning.

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NEET-UG Exam dates 2024

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the NEET (UG) 2024 examination on Sunday,5th May 2024 in pen & paper mode. The examination will serve as a uniform entrance examination for MBBS admission and other stream like BDS/ BAMS/ BSMS/ BUMS/ BHMS and other undergraduate medical courses

You can find the below Schedule for NEET-UG 2024 Exam

NEET-UG 2024 Cut Off

Like previous years, the NEET (UG) Cut off for qualification will be 50 percentile for candidates from General category. Often the candidates confuse percentage with percentile system in this exam

Please find the table below indicating Actual NEET UG cut off for 2021 and 2022 and NEET 2023 Cut off

Maharashtra NEET-UG Counselling 2024 dates

Seat allocation is being done in multiple phases both in All India counseling and State counseling of Maharashtra. This is because, many seats become vacant due to withdrawal of seats by the students for not getting college of their choice, not able to arrange the funds for fees, Lack of proof of their category under which they applied etc. Once the dates for reporting to the college/ Fee deposits/Submitting documents is passed all such seats made available for the next rounds. In the below table, you can find the details for counseling rounds in All India and State counseling followed for MBBS Seat Allocation-

The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra under the guidance of DMER, Mumbai is responsible for conducting State counseling for allocation of 85% of MBBS Seats in Govt and 100% Private Medical College under State Quota. However, MCC is the governing body for filling rest 15 % seats through All India Quota seats in Govt Medical College and 100% Seats in Deemed University. Those who qualified NEET are eligible to apply in both the counseling processes.

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Eligibility for Maharashtra NEET-UG 2024 Counselling

• Your age must be no less than 17 years.
• You must have qualified the NEET exam.
• Maharashtra MBBS Cut-off 2024: 10+2 with a score of at least 50% in PCB (for general category), 45% (for general PH) and 40% for ST/SC/OBC.
• Your core subjects for 10+2 have to be Biology, Chemistry, English, and Physics.
• For those who wish for state quota seat must meet the NEET domicile criteria of Maharashtra.

How to Register for Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2024

• The application is to be submitted online on the official website of DMER, Maharashtra and MCC will be providing the forms for MBBS admission in Maharashtra.
• Fill the application form with all the necessary details including your personal and academic ones.
• Once you successfully fill the form, you will now be given with a unique registration ID and password which will further be used to complete the application process.
• Remember you are supposed to be very meticulous while filling your details otherwise there are chances of your application getting rejected.

Documents Required for Counselling

The documents that are mandatory to be produced for DME Maharashtra UG counseling and admission process are illustrated below. Candidates must note that unavailability of any of the documents is likely to lead to the cancellation of the Maharashtra MBBS admission process.

• 10th and 12th standard certificate
• 10th and 12th standard mark sheet
• NEET hall ticket
• NEET Score card
• Birth certificate
• Identity proof (Aadhaar card, Driving License, Passport, Voter ID)
• 10 Passport sized photographs (The photograph must be the same as those used in the NEET application form and hall ticket)
• Fee payment receipt
• Printout of the MP MBBS admission form

Documents that are subject to applicability

• Reservation category certificate
• Domicile certificate
• PWD (Persons With Disability) certificate
• Gap period affidavit
• Income certificate
• Freedom fighter certificate

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Reservation in All India Quota Seats 2024

A very important aspect that you, as an aspirant, need to understand is the policy of Reservation in force when it comes to admission through NEET UG. The Central Government’s Reservation Policy governs the norms of reservation for all seats to be filled in the All India counseling process. However, it may be different for various categories of Institutes like Autonomous, Central University Colleges, Deemed University Colleges and All India Quota.

The reservation policy currently in force for AIQ is –

Reservation in MaharashtraState Quota Seat 2024

As per Vertical Reservation:

• EWS 10%
• Other Backward Classes(OBC) 21% (Non Creamy Layer)
• More Backward Class(MBC) 5% ( Non Creamy Layer)
• Scheduled Tribes (ST) 12% (45% of this is reserved for tribal area)
• Scheduled Caste (SC) 16%
• Widow / Wards of Defense Personnel(WDP) + Widow / Wards or Para Military Personnel(WPP)1%

As per Horizontal Reservation:

• Female 25%
• Person With Disabilities (PWD)5%

Your Chance to get a MBBS Seat in Maharashtra

The most difficult time for any of the students is to wait after NEET till the counseling process to know whether he/she is getting a college of his/her choice or not? Sometimes this dilemma continues for a couple of months due to multiple rounds of counseling. It has become more difficult due to parallel counseling of All India Quota and various States due to COVID-19. The counseling process is very complex where 550+ Govt. and Private colleges offer 83000+ Seats and fee variation is also huge that ranges from less than 1 Lac to 2.5 Cr for the course.

Dreams shatter when any silly mistake in choice filling or wrong selection of college leads to getting a poorly ranked college. Imagine getting paid seats or no seats at all due to lack of genuine guidance!

MOKSH AI-based MBBS college predictor predicts your chances of getting an MBBS seat in Maharasthra State Medical colleges in All India Counselling NEET-UG 2024 and Maharasthra State Counselling NEET-UG 2024 under various Seat categories like Govt., Management, or NRI Seat. For assessing your chances of getting a seat, the MOKSH Predictor algorithm takes categories/sub-categories or various Quotas into consideration as per Govt. regulations. It also takes into account historical data published by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) or State Dept. responsible for counseling State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, Mumbai

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PG Options After MBBS in Maharashtra

Medical PG in India or NEXT

During MBBS study, a student realizes the importance of being a specialist. They also understand the competitiveness to secure MD/MS Seat in Govt College. If we look at the success ratio to get PG in Govt Medical College which is 11% Broadly we can say that only 1 out of 10 will get PG Seat whereas the chances of getting a Clinical specialty is 1 out of 20 applicants. It is obvious that the PG journey is going to be very difficult or else students should have enough money to get the paid seat in Pvt Medical College which may be in Crores!

Do you feel early preparation and the right mentorship will pave your dream of becoming a specialist?

NMC already notified the introduction of the NEXT Exam in India from 2023. This exam will replace all Medical PG exams in India. The exam will be conducted in two parts NEXT-1 and NEXT-2. The Objective of the NEXT-1 is to assess the Student’s Knowledge of Pre, Para, and Clinical Subjects on the National Level. Only post-qualifying of NEXT-1 any Medical student will be eligible for an Internship. Post completion of the internship Students needs to go thru NEXT-2 which will assess their Clinical skills, Patient Management, and Keeping of Medical history. Those who will clear NEXT-2 are awarded a license to practice and Rankers of NEXT-1 will get PG seats of their choice. You may refer to Page for detailed information on the Next Exam.

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Medical PG in USA (USMLE)

We are well aware of the difficulty of getting a PG in India. With the introduction of NEXT, maximum students in India are getting attracted to USMLE prep from 1st year of MBBS since it simulates the new NMC Competency-based curriculum much more easily. US Healthcare system is considered one of the best health care systems because of numerous reasons like High rewards, excellent infrastructure, Merit-based assessment, Open opportunities for Super specialties. Most of the countries trying to replicate the US health care assessment system for their Medical Graduates USMLE exam are divided into 3 Parts. One can appear in USMLE Step 1 after 2nd Year, USMLE Step 2 CK during an internship, and Step-3 during your residency (Medical PG). The USMLE is an online exam and can be taken at the PROMETRIC centers present across India.

MOKSH Coaching focuses on a patient-centered learning approach which helps students score high on both USMLE & NEXT. MOKSH is the leading name in USMLE Coaching. Currently, 1000+ Students from Indian and Abroad medical colleges are preparing for USMLE steps via the MOKSH Platform.

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Medical PG IN UK (PLAB)

Till 2024, the Professional & Linguistic Assessments Board Test (PLAB test) is the instrument to assess the skills and knowledge of an International Medical Graduate. It also judges whether she is fit to be trained to practice medicine in the UK.

In short, an IMG's performance in PLAB determines her eligibility to practice in the UK.The PLAB test has two stages. PLAB 1 is an exam that has 180 MCQs that tests your recall. On the other hand, PLAB 2 is a practical OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam) that tests your clinical skills.

The GMC ascertains your linguistic skills by assessing your score in specific tests. It may be the IELTS (Band Score 7.0 or higher) or OET (Grade B in reading, writing, listening & speaking).
After you pass PLAB 1 & 2, you apply for the GP registration. There is one constraint. You have a window of 2 years after clearing PLAB 2 during which you may apply no later.

By 2024, the UK Medical Licensing Assessment will replace the PLAB. The COVID pandemic has resulted in a major change that has affected life everywhere and at every level.
Especially the healthcare sector has faced unprecedented pressure. Consequently, the GMC UK is going to change certain things in PLAB and create the UKMLA exam.

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Medical PG in Germany

PG in Germany after MBBS in India is another great option, though it requires you to learn the German language. Of the 6 levels starting from A1 to C2, you need to clear A1 and A2 which would qualify you to apply for the visa.

Once the Language formalities are done, you get into the phase where you do Observer-ship from a German hospital approved by the German Medical Council. This is followed by Residency.

This may sound simple here but the process is quite complicated. To know more about PG in Germany after your MBBS in India,

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