4,366 MS Orthopaedics seats, 624 in Karnataka: NMC seat matrix 2026

New Delhi: A total of 4,366 MS Orthopaedics seats are available across medical colleges in India for the academic year 2026-27, according to the latest updated postgraduate medical seat matrix released by the National Medical Commission (NMC).

Medical Dialogues had reported that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) released an updated Seat Matrix for Postgraduate (PG) Broad Speciality Courses for the Academic Year 2026–27. According to the data shared by the Commission, a total of 68305 MD, MS, Diploma, and MCh (6-year) seats are available in PG Broad Speciality courses. The revised seat matrix includes additional seats granted by MARB after processing applications for increased intake capacity in existing PG courses and the commencement of new PG courses in existing medical institutes.

According to the state-wise distribution of MS Orthopaedics seats, Karnataka has the highest number of seats at 624, followed by Maharashtra with 497 seats, Tamil Nadu with 459 seats, Uttar Pradesh with 460 seats, and Telangana with 295 seats.

Further, Gujarat has 252 MS Orthopaedics seats, Rajasthan has 237 seats, Madhya Pradesh has 206 seats, Kerala has 163 seats, West Bengal has 118 seats, Odisha has 106 seats, Bihar has 104 seats, Puducherry has 77 seats, and Delhi has 71 seats.

Meanwhile, Haryana and Punjab have 59 seats each, Chhattisgarh has 54 seats, Assam has 44 seats, Jammu and Kashmir has 42 seats, Himachal Pradesh has 41 seats, Uttarakhand has 37 seats, Jharkhand has 16 seats, Manipur has 11 seats, Chandigarh has nine seats, Tripura has five seats, Dadra and Nagar Haveli has four seats, Goa and Sikkim have three each, Meghalaya has two seats, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands has 308 seats.

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