TN loses 50 MBBS seats for '25 admission
On Friday, the seat matrix showed permission was granted for the admission of 1.15 lakh students in 766 colleges in India. This includes 12,000 seats in 77 colleges –– AIIMS-Madurai, ESIC, govt and private colleges –– in Tamil Nadu. While there were no changes in the number of seats in 76 medical colleges, PSP Medical College and Research Institute in Kancheepuram, which had permission to admit 150 MBBS candidates in 2024, was granted permission to appoint only 100 students this year.
The selection committee in the Directorate of Medical Education, in charge of admissions in Tamil Nadu, said admissions will be done for the seats approved by the council. "Seats that are not approved will be removed from the seat matrix by the TN Dr MGR Medical University," a senior official said.
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Seats in at least nine colleges – one each in AP, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and UP – were brought down to zero.
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