TN govt announces MBBS/BDS rank list; check details here

CHENNAI: The Directorate of Medical Education and Research has published the rank list of students who want to pursue undergraduate degree in medicine, dental and other medical-related courses for 2025-2026.

In the government quota, Soorya Narayan S from Tirunelveli scored 665 and holds the first rank, followed by Abhineet Nagaraj of Salem with 655 in the second rank, and Hruthik Viajay Raja KS from Tirupur in the third place with a score of 653.

Among the State government, school students Thirumurthy V of Kallakurichi scored 572 and Sathish Kumar M from Krishnagiri scored 563 marks holding first and second ranks, and Madhumitha M from Kallakurichi scored 551 to take the third rank. In the management quota, Samir V Murthy with 641 marks and Saravanakumar N with 630 marks scored first and second ranks.

Total number of MBBS seats and BDS seats are 6,600 and 1,583 respectively in government colleges and government-allotted self-financed colleges. Around 42,315 applications were received for these seats, of which 39,853 were eligible (13,998 male and 25,855 female students).

This year, 72,473 applications were received for admission in medical and other allied health care colleges. This is 29,680 applications more than last year. A total of 477 applications were received for the sports category, 642 in ex-servicemen and 148 in the differently abled categories. Around 25 students who had submitted fake certificates were disqualified.

There are 495 MBBS seats and 119 BDS seats in government medical colleges and self-financing medical colleges under the government quota for 7.5% reservation for government school students. Around 4,281 applications were received for these seats, of which 4,062 are eligible (1,136 from male and 2,926 from female students).

For the management quota for self-financing medical and dental colleges, there are 1,144 MBBS seats and 515 BDS seats. There are 592 MBBS seats and 15 BDS seats under the NRI quota. Around 33,692 applications were received, of which 30,428 are eligible (9,737 from male and 18,542 from female students).

In the allied healthcare courses, seat allocation was announced for 19 types of degree courses like BSc Nursing, B Pharm, Pharm D and Nursing diploma. For these, there are 3,256 seats in government colleges and 20,026 government quota seats in self-financing colleges, for which 61,735 applications were received.

There are 723 seats for Pharm D, a six-year course in self-financing colleges, and 61 seats for Pharm D, a 3-year degree course. Around 12,192 applications were received for both courses. There are 2,080 seats available in government colleges for the nursing diploma course and 16,746 applications were received.