Aligarh Muslim University

What are the cutoffs for Aligarh Muslim University in 2026?

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) admits students through different entrance exams depending on the programme: NEET UG for MBBS and BDS at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) and Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, CUET-UG for arts, science and commerce honours degrees, and AMU's own AMUEEE plus university-conducted tests for B.Tech and professional PG courses. The headline figures aspirants track are the medical cutoffs: in NEET UG 2024, MBBS at JNMC closed at an All India Quota (AIQ) General rank of 3304 and an AMU internal-quota General rank of 12951, while BDS closed at an AIQ General rank of 29688 and an internal-quota General rank of 46896.

For NEET-based seats, AMU operates a 50% All India Quota filled through MCC counselling and a 50% internal quota reserved for candidates who completed their last three years of schooling at AMU institutions. The internal quota consistently closes at a higher (numerically larger) rank than AIQ, which is the single most important fact for an aspirant judging their realistic chance here. CUET-UG admissions to AMU are merit-list driven with no single published rank, with the general-category qualifying band sitting around the 50th percentile in recent years.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

The table below tracks AMU's NEET UG closing ranks for its two medical programmes (MBBS at JNMC and BDS at Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College) across the All India Quota and the AMU internal quota. It answers the core question every applicant asks: what was the last rank at which a General-category seat was filled. Read each row as the closing (worst admitted) rank for that course, category and quota in the stated year; lower numbers mean stiffer competition. The 2024 figures are the verified final-round closing ranks; 2025 figures reflect the latest reported counselling round and 2026 entries await the fresh NEET cycle.

The clear takeaway is that MBBS is far more competitive than BDS at AMU: a General candidate needed a sub-3500 AIQ rank for MBBS in 2024 but could secure BDS at roughly 29688. The gap between AIQ (3304 for MBBS) and the internal quota (12951 for MBBS) shows that AMU-school candidates effectively get a much wider rank window, which is why non-AMU aspirants should target the sharper AIQ closing rank. The 2025 round figures appear numerically higher mainly because they reflect later, mop-up counselling rounds rather than first-round closings.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Aligarh Muslim University

AMU's most rank-sensitive admissions are its two NEET-based health-science courses, so the table below breaks the 2024 cutoff down course by course and quota by quota, alongside the seat intake. It answers the question of which programme matches your rank and how many seats compete for it: JNMC offers about 150 MBBS seats and Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College about 50 BDS seats, each split across AIQ, internal and NRI categories. Read the closing-rank column as the last General-category rank admitted in that quota during NEET UG 2024.

For perspective, MBBS at JNMC absorbed General candidates only down to rank 3304 in the AIQ pool, making it AMU's toughest seat, whereas the dental college's BDS seats stayed open to ranks beyond 29000. Candidates who qualify under the AMU internal quota enjoy a noticeably softer cutoff in both courses (12951 for MBBS and 46896 for BDS in 2024). Category reservation (OBC, EWS, SC, ST) applies primarily to the 15% All India Quota seats routed through MCC, so SC/ST and OBC closing ranks for those seats run higher than the General ranks shown above.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

AMU's MBBS cutoff has stayed extremely tight at the top: the AIQ General closing rank sat at 3304 in NEET UG 2024, in the same band as the 2893 closing rank reported a year earlier, confirming that the JNMC MBBS seat remains one of the most sought-after central-university medical seats in Uttar Pradesh. The slight year-on-year movement is driven less by a change in demand and more by NEET's rising candidate volume and the round in which counselling closes; first-round closings hover near 3000-3700 for AIQ General, while later mop-up rounds push the visible number upward (the 2025 round-4 figure of roughly 12762 is a mop-up closing, not a first-round one).

Realistically, a General-category aspirant should target an All India NEET rank under roughly 3500 to be confident of MBBS at JNMC through AIQ, and under about 13000 if eligible for the AMU internal quota. For BDS, a General rank up to the high-20,000s (closing 29688 in 2024 AIQ) is competitive, with the internal quota stretching admission chances to around 46896. Because OBC/EWS/SC/ST reservation operates mainly on the 15% AIQ pool, reserved-category candidates should track MCC's AMU-specific round-wise lists rather than the General ranks, as their closing ranks will be more relaxed than the General figures.