Government Medical Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir: List, MBBS Seats and How Admission Works

If you live in Jammu and Kashmir and want a government MBBS seat, the realistic list is short and well defined: the government medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, SKIMS Medical College at Bemina, and AIIMS Jammu. This guide lists them, explains which counselling fills which seats, and gives the seat figures that the J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (JKBOPEE) itself has published. It deliberately does not quote college-wise cut-offs or fees that we could not verify from an official document.

List of government medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir

Each name below links to the XEAL college page, which has the admission steps and a free call option for that college.

Two government dental colleges sit alongside these for BDS: Government Dental College Srinagar and Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Jammu. JKBOPEE also lists ASCOMS, Jammu, a private medical college, in its MBBS counselling rounds, so it appears in the same choice list but at a private-college fee.

Note on newer colleges: JKBOPEE's counselling notices for 2025 and 2026 name GMC Anantnag, GMC Udhampur, GMC Handwara and GMC Doda alongside the older colleges, so all of them are taking MBBS students through counselling. Intake at newer colleges can change from one year to the next with National Medical Commission (NMC) approvals, so always read the current year's seat matrix before choice filling.

How many MBBS seats are there? What the official seat matrices show

JKBOPEE publishes a fresh seat matrix for every round. A few figures from its own documents give a fair picture of the size of the pool:

• 2025, first round: the operative seat matrix of NEET-UG (MBBS/BDS) 2025 for the UT of J&K shows a total of 967 government MBBS seats in the UT pool for that round.
• 2025, additional seats: JKBOPEE then ran online choice filling for 161 additional government MBBS seats in 5 government medical colleges (notice NEET-UG-2-NN-144 dated 01-10-2025).
• 2025, GMC Anantnag: a further 42 newly added MBBS seats at GMC Anantnag were brought into the 2025 counselling, and the last date of admission was extended because of them.
• 2026: JKBOPEE has run a first round, a second round, a third/mop-up round, a special mop-up round and a special stray round for MBBS/BDS 2026, each with its own operative seat matrix.

So the seat count is not one fixed number. It grows when the NMC approves extra intake, and the seats on offer shrink round by round as candidates join. The figure that matters to you is the one in the operative seat matrix for the round you are filling.

We could not open the full college-by-college tables (the PDFs could not be fetched for this article), so we are not quoting per-college intake here. Use the seat matrix on jkbopee.gov.in for that, or ask us to walk you through it.

Two routes into the same college: JKBOPEE and MCC

1. JKBOPEE counselling (UT quota)

Most seats in the J&K government colleges are filled by JKBOPEE for candidates of the UT of J&K and Ladakh who have qualified NEET-UG. You register with JKBOPEE separately after the NEET result; the NTA's NEET registration does not do it for you. Allotment is by NEET merit within your category. Our step-by-step JKBOPEE NEET UG counselling guide covers registration, documents and choice filling.

2. MCC counselling (15% all-India quota)

15% of MBBS seats in government medical colleges across India, including these, go to the All India Quota, filled by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) on mcc.nic.in. A J&K student can and usually should register for both. AIIMS Jammu is different: its MBBS seats are allotted only through MCC, so if you do not register with MCC you cannot get AIIMS Jammu.

Categories in the J&K seat matrix

The JKBOPEE seat matrices split every college's UT seats by category. The 2025 matrices show, among others, an OM (Open Merit) column at 40%, RBA (Resident of Backward Area) at 10%, OBC at 8% and an ALC/IB column, alongside the SC, ST and other categories. In practice this means your category certificate decides which column you compete in, and a valid certificate issued by the competent authority must be ready before counselling. If you are unsure which category you can claim, settle it before registration, not after allotment.

Fees at government medical colleges in J&K

Government MBBS fees in J&K are low compared with private and deemed colleges, but the exact annual tuition, hostel and other charges are set by the government and the colleges and can change. We have not verified current figures for this article, so we are not printing a number. Check the fee given in the JKBOPEE notification or the college's admission notice for your year. If you are comparing a government seat with a private, management-quota or abroad option, our guide to management quota MBBS fees and our MBBS abroad under 30 lakh guide show what the alternatives really cost.

Where your NEET score fits

Cut-offs move every year with seat numbers, paper difficulty and the number of candidates, so treat any "cut-off" you see on social media with care. A sensible way to plan:

• Strong score: register with both MCC and JKBOPEE. Put GMC Srinagar, GMC Jammu and SKIMS Bemina high, and keep newer GMCs as realistic options.
• Borderline score: JKBOPEE's later rounds (mop-up and stray) matter more for you than the first round. Keep your documents and fee ready so you can join quickly when a seat opens.
• Below the government range: look at BDS in the government dental colleges, the private college in the J&K list, management or NRI quota in other states, or an NMC-compliant university abroad. Decide this before the rounds finish, not after.

Common mistakes J&K students make

• Registering only with JKBOPEE and missing MCC (and so missing AIIMS Jammu and the 15% AIQ seats).
• Leaving out newer colleges such as GMC Handwara, GMC Doda or GMC Udhampur from the choice list.
• Having a category or domicile certificate in the wrong format or name.
• Not checking jkbopee.gov.in after every round for a revised seat matrix or added seats.

Next step

XEAL Education Works is an independent admission consultancy in Srinagar, not part of JKBOPEE, MCC or any college. Since 2011 we have helped J&K students plan JKBOPEE and MCC choice lists. Book a free counselling call and we will go through the current seat matrix with you. Still preparing for NEET? Take the NEET mock test for J&K students or the full NEET CBT mock test to see where you stand.