How many PG medical seats available this year? Check out NMC's updated seat matrix
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) released the updated seat matrix for PG medical courses offered in medical colleges nationwide this year.
As per the seat matrix, around 49316 seats are available in MD, MS, and Diploma specialities. Out of the total seats, the maximum number of seats are available in the MD general medicine with 5349 seats followed by MS General Surgery 4905 and MD Anesthesiology with 4786 seats.
For Diploma specialities, the maximum seats are available in the speciality of anaesthesia with 104 seats as per the NMC notice; followed by Diploma In obstetrics & Gynaecology with 81 seats and ophthalmology with 73 seats.
Below are the MD, MS seats details:
| Speciality | Total Seats |
| MD General Medicine | 5349 |
| MS General surgery | 4905 |
| MD Anaesthesiology | 4786 |
| MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 4049 |
| MD Paediatrics | 3402 |
| MS Orthopaedics | 2934 |
| MD Pathology | 2870 |
| MD Radio Diagnosis/Radiology | 2663 |
| MD/MS - Ophthalmology | 2008 |
| MD Social & PreventiveMedicine /Community Medicine | 1787 |
| MS Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) | 1614 |
| MD Microbiology | 1560 |
| MD Dermatology, Veneronology & Leprosy | 1418 |
| MD Pharmacology | 1314 |
| MD Psychiatry | 1269 |
| MD/MS - Anatomy | 1223 |
| MD Physiology | 1187 |
| MD Bio-Chermistry | 1098 |
| MD Tubercurosis & Respiratory Diseases/ Pulmonary Medicine | 885 |
| MD Forensic Medicine /Forensic Medicine & Toxicology | 732 |
| MD Emergency Medicine | 470 |
| MD Radiotherapy/ Radiation Oncology | 424 |
| MD Respiratory Medicine | 221 |
| MD Immuno Haematology & Blood Transfusion | 164 |
| MD physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 87 |
| MD Geriatric | 56 |
| MD Hospital Administration | 42 |
| MD Nuclear Medicine | 26 |
| MD Palliative Medicine | 25 |
| MD Sports Medicine | 21 |
| MD Family MEDICINE | 20 |
| MD- Aviation Medicine/Aerospace Medicine | 17 |
| MD TRANSFUSION MEDICINE | 12 |
| MD Tropical Medicine | 11 |
| MS-TRAUMATOLOGY & SURGERY | 8 |
| MD Lab Medicine | 5 |
| MD Radiation Oncology | 5 |
| MD Bio Physics | 1 |
| Total Seats | 48668 |
Below are the Diploma seats details:
| speciality | seats |
| Diploma in Anaesthesia | 104 |
| Diploma In obstetrics & Gynaecology | 81 |
| Diploma in Ophthalmology | 73 |
| Diploma in Chad Health | 71 |
| Diploma In Radio Diagnosis | 39 |
| Diploma in Orthopaedics | 37 |
| Diploma In Oto-Rhino-laryngology | 37 |
| Diploma in Dermatology venerealogy and Leprosy | 32 |
| Diploma In Psychological Medicine | 30 |
| Diploma in Clinical Pathology | 24 |
| Diploma in Health Education | 20 |
| Diploma in Tuberclosis & Chest Diseases | 18 |
| Diploma in Public Health | 14 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Genetic Counselling | 10 |
| Diploma in Community Medicine | 7 |
| Diploma in Health Administration | 6 |
| Diploma in Hospital Adminsiration | 6 |
| Diploma In Radiation Medicine | 6 |
| Diploma In Sports Medicine | 6 |
| Diploma in Forensic Medicine | 5 |
| Diploma in RadioTherapy | 5 |
| Diploma in Diabetology | 4 |
| Diploma in Microbiology | 4 |
| Diploma ( Marine Medicine ) | 2 |
| diploma in immuno haematology and blood transfusion | 2 |
| Diploma In Physical Medicine & Raehabitation | 2 |
| Diploma in public Health | 2 |
| Diploma in Industrial Health | 1 |
| Grand Total | 648 |
To view the NMC notice, click on the link below:
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