West Bengal · WBMCC · checked 1 October 2026
West Bengal NEET PG state counselling
WBMCC runs three rounds plus an online stray round, with mandatory physical document verification before choice filling. Missing the verification slot, or lacking a WB-issued caste or domicile document, commonly costs a round.
- ~580 government state-quota seats
- 18 government colleges
- Official documents, cited
Where 2026 counselling stands
No 2026 schedule published as of 1 October 2026; the WBMCC PG Medical page still carries 2025-session notices, the latest dated February 2026.
How many government seats the state fills
No state publishes this number, so here is how it is built. NMC’s register records the sanctioned PG intake of each government college; MCC’s results record how many of those seats went through the All India Quota. What is left is the state quota — what WBMCC itself allots.
- 18
- government colleges matched
- 1,267
- sanctioned PG intake
- 752
- All India Quota, 2025
- 580
- left as state quota
Who can apply
- State quota (Open category): MBBS passed from West Bengal, or permanent residence in West Bengal backed by a domicile certificate in the prescribed format.
- Private management quota: any Indian national who qualified NEET PG 2025, regardless of MBBS state; no category reservation.
- NRI quota: NRI, PIO or OCI candidates under MCC criteria; choosing NRI rules out state and management quota.
- In-service category: WBHS/WBMES/WBPHAS doctors with 3+ years of regular service in rural, remote or difficult areas by 31-03-2025.
- Reserved-category candidates from other states compete as Unreserved for state-quota seats.
- The 2025 bulletin does not refer to the Tanvi Behl ruling; residence remains one route to state-quota eligibility.
| Seat type | How it works |
|---|---|
| State quota, government colleges | Seats left after the All India Quota; 40% of degree and 50% of diploma seats reserved for in-service doctors. |
| State quota, private colleges | Filled through the same WBMCC counselling and state-quota merit. |
| Private management quota | Open to NEET PG qualifiers from any state; ranked by combined merit. |
| NRI quota | NRI/PIO/OCI candidates; documents verified at admission; vacant NRI seats can convert to management quota after the stray round. |
| State-sponsored DNB | 100% of DNB degree/diploma seats reserved for in-service candidates. |
Reservation, service and fees
- Reservation
- State quota follows the WB Higher Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act 2013: SC and ST, OBC-A 10%, OBC-B 7%, EWS for WB domiciles, and 5% for benchmark PwD. Only WB-issued certificates count.
- In-service candidates
- 40% of state-quota degree and 50% of diploma seats for WBHS/WBMES/WBPHAS doctors with 3+ years of rural/remote/difficult service by 31-03-2025, age within 50; trainee-reserve rules apply.
- Service bond
- Open-category candidates serve the WB government 3 years after a degree or 2 years after a diploma, or pay a government-fixed penalty. Discontinuation costs Rs 5 lakh (degree) or Rs 2 lakh (diploma).
- Fees
- 2025 private colleges (Fee Fixation Committee): state quota about Rs 8.5-9 lakh per year for clinical MD/MS, management quota Rs 27 lakh per year; lower non-clinical rates at IQ City and ICARE. Government-college fees not found.
How the process runs
- Register online on wbmcc.nic.in and pay the one-time Rs 3,000 non-refundable counselling fee; download the candidate profile letter.
- Attend physical document verification at the assigned college (in-service at Swasthya Bhawan) on the slot shown.
- Only candidates on the published verified list can fill and lock choices.
- After allotment, pass a second document check at the allotted college, pay fees and get admitted; state willingness for the next round.
- Rounds 2 and 3 allow upgrades and fresh registration; Round 3 seats cannot be surrendered.
- Online stray vacancy round, with no upgrades and no surrender.
How the 2025 session actually ran, for a sense of the pace:
| Round | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Notice cum information bulletin published | 3 November 2025 |
| Round 1 | Result | 27 November 2025 |
| Round 2 | Result | 24 December 2025 |
| Round 3 | Result | 16 February 2026 |
| Online stray vacancy | Result | 24 February 2026 |
| Online stray vacancy | Result for non-reported seats | 27 February 2026 |
Keep ready: NEET PG 2025 admit card and rank card; Two of EPIC / Aadhaar / passport; Age proof; MBBS certificate and final MBBS mark sheet; Permanent registration (NMC / state council); WB domicile certificate and WB-issued ID of candidate or parent (MBBS from outside WB); WB caste certificate; OBC non-creamy-layer or EWS certificate issued on/after 01-04-2025; PwD certificate from IPGME&R Kolkata or an MCC-designated centre; Candidate profile letter; in-service service documents and declarations.
What costs candidates seats here
State quota closing ranks
WBMCC publishes round-wise seat allotment results listing NEET PG All India Rank, institute, course, quota and category per candidate, not a closing-rank table. Only the stray-round result was still linked; no examples extracted.
West Bengal's government colleges, seat by seat
Each college’s sanctioned PG intake, the share the All India Quota took, and what that leaves the state. The last column is the most competitive All India Quota Open closing rank in the college — a measure of how sought-after it is nationally, not a state cutoff.
| College | Sanctioned | AIQ | State quota | Toughest AIQ Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOLKATA | 193 | 122 | 71 | 809 |
| R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE | 170 | 84 | 86 | 1,192 |
| Burdwan Medical College, West Bengal | 138 | 72 | 66 | 1,886 |
| NIL RATAN SIRCAR MEDICAL COLLEGE | 136 | 66 | 70 | 738 |
| CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE | 132 | 67 | 65 | 1,556 |
| North Bengal Medical College | 92 | 48 | 44 | 2,372 |
| Bankura Sammilani Medical College | 88 | 42 | 46 | 2,851 |
| Midnapore Medical College and Hospital | 61 | 32 | 29 | 2,828 |
| College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital | 45 | 25 | 20 | 7,443 |
| IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital Kolkata | 38 | 103 | 0 | 201 |
| Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital | 38 | 18 | 20 | 11,074 |
| MALDA MEDICAL COLLEGE | 30 | 14 | 16 | 3,225 |
| Calcutta School Of Tropical Medicine | 23 | 12 | 11 | 15,303 |
| College of Medicine and JNM Hospital | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8,632 |
| All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health | 20 | 12 | 8 | 23,860 |
| Chittaranjan Seva Sadan Hospital | 18 | 9 | 9 | 8,535 |
| Dr. B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6,590 |
| Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1,127 |
The hardest All India Quota seats in West Bengal last year: MD General Medicine at IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital Kolkata (201); MD Radiodiagnosis at IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital Kolkata (309); MD Radiodiagnosis at NIL RATAN SIRCAR MEDICAL COLLEGE (738); MD General Medicine at MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOLKATA (809); MD Radiodiagnosis at MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOLKATA (922).
Frequently asked questions
Who conducts NEET PG state counselling in West Bengal?
West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Government of West Bengal runs the state quota counselling for MD, MS and diploma seats, on wbmcc.nic.in/pg-medical-counselling. All India Quota seats in the same colleges are counselled separately by MCC.
How many government state quota PG seats are there in West Bengal?
About 580 across 18 government colleges. NMC records 1,267 sanctioned PG seats in them, and MCC allotted 752 through the All India Quota in 2025; the rest is the state quota. WBMCC does not publish this figure itself.
What is the status of West Bengal NEET PG counselling 2026?
No 2026 schedule published as of 1 October 2026; the WBMCC PG Medical page still carries 2025-session notices, the latest dated February 2026.
Does West Bengal publish NEET PG state quota closing ranks?
WBMCC publishes round-wise seat allotment results listing NEET PG All India Rank, institute, course, quota and category per candidate, not a closing-rank table. Only the stray-round result was still linked; no examples extracted.
Is there a service bond for PG in West Bengal?
Open-category candidates serve the WB government 3 years after a degree or 2 years after a diploma, or pay a government-fixed penalty. Discontinuation costs Rs 5 lakh (degree) or Rs 2 lakh (diploma).
Sources
- DME West Bengal, Notice cum Information Bulletin, WB NEET PG Medical 2025 — 2025-11-03
- DME West Bengal, tentative schedule (revised 26-11-2025) — 2025-11-26
- DME West Bengal, tentative revised schedule (17-12-2025) — 2025-12-17
- DME West Bengal, tentative revised schedule (10-02-2026) — 2026-02-10
- MERT Branch, WB: fee structure of private PG medical colleges — 2025-12-03
- WBMCC, revised provisional seat allotment result, online stray vacancy round — 2026-02-27
- WBMCC PG Medical Counselling page — 2026-10-01
Rules are summarised from those documents in our own words; where a document did not settle a point, this page leaves it out rather than guessing. Seat figures are derived from NMC’s College and Course Search and MCC’s allotment reports — see the methodology. Spotted something out of date? The official notice always wins.