6,349 MS Surgery seats as per NMC seat matrix 2026-27

New Delhi: MS General Surgery has 6,349 seats 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).

Among the states and Union Territories, Karnataka has the highest number of M.S. General Surgery seats with 789 seats, Tamil Nadu has 744 seats, and Maharashtra has 721 seats.

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 in PG Broad Speciality courses are available. The revised seat matrix includes the additional seats granted by MARB after processing the applications received for an increase in the intake capacity of the existing PG courses and commencement of new PG courses in the existing medical institutes.

As per the list, Uttar Pradesh has 651 seats, Andhra Pradesh has 432 seats, Gujarat has 378 seats, Telangana has 381 seats, Madhya Pradesh has 312 seats, West Bengal has 233 seats, Kerala has 186 seats, Bihar has 162 seats, Puducherry has 139 seats, Delhi has 118 seats and Haryana has 101 seats.

Meanwhile, Punjab has 100 MS General Surgery seats, followed by Rajasthan with 89, Assam with 85, Jammu and Kashmir with 79 and Chhattisgarh with 71 seats. Uttarakhand has 55 seats, while Himachal Pradesh has 51, Jharkhand 41 and Manipur 28 seats.

Among the states and Union Territories with lower intake, Odisha has 19 seats, Chandigarh and Goa have 15 seats each, Tripura has 11, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli has four seats. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram have two seats each.

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