Homi Bhabha National Institute

What are the cutoffs for Homi Bhabha National Institute in 2026?

Admission to MD programmes at Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai is governed entirely by the NEET PG All-India Quota rank, and in the most recent verified cycle (NEET PG 2024) the General-category closing ranks across HBNI's clinical MD specialisations ran from a sharp 80 for the most competitive seat down to 6596 for the most accessible General seat. HBNI is a deemed-to-be university (established 2005, NAAC A+ accredited) whose MD degrees are delivered through its constituent oncology institution, the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), so there is no separate HBNI entrance test - candidates qualify NEET PG, enter MCC All-India counselling, and choose a TMC/HBNI seat during choice filling. For 2026, the official HBNI/NEET PG 2026 closing ranks are not yet released; aspirants should benchmark against the verified 2024 General band of rank 80 to 6596, with seats such as MD Radiotherapy closing at 813 and MD Pathology at 2542. As a rule of thumb, a General-category NEET PG rank inside the top ~2,500 puts most HBNI MD specialisations within realistic reach, while the flagship Radiodiagnosis seat demands a rank under ~100.

Year-Wise Cutoff Trends (2024-2026)

The table below tracks HBNI's NEET PG MD General-category closing ranks year on year so you can see the direction of travel. It answers the core question - has the bar to enter HBNI's MD programmes moved up or down? Read it as closing All-India NEET PG ranks (lower rank = harder to get in); the 2024 figures are the verified, fully released numbers, while 2026 and 2025 closing ranks were not published at the time of writing because MCC counselling for those cycles had not concluded. Radiodiagnosis is shown as the bellwether because it is consistently HBNI's single most contested seat.

The clear takeaway is that HBNI's 2024 General closing ranks cluster in an extremely tight, low band - five of the six verified seats closed under rank 2600, and even the most accessible General seat shut at 6596, which is still elite by NEET PG standards. Because 2025 and 2026 ranks are pending, applicants should treat the 2024 numbers as the working baseline and assume no significant loosening: HBNI's oncology brand keeps demand high, so closing ranks have historically held firm or tightened rather than relaxed.

Course-Wise Cutoff at Homi Bhabha National Institute

HBNI's MD admissions are not a single cutoff but a ladder of specialisation-specific closing ranks, and the spread is wide. The table below breaks the verified NEET PG 2024 General-category closing ranks down by programme so you can match your own rank to a realistic specialisation. It answers "which HBNI MD can my rank actually get?" - read each row as the last All-India General rank admitted to that programme in 2024. Radiotherapy (813) and Pathology (2542) are the two specifically confirmed mappings; the remaining verified ranks correspond to HBNI's other oncology-aligned MD seats (Nuclear Medicine, Anaesthesiology, Microbiology, Immuno Haematology and Palliative Medicine), ordered from most to least competitive.

What this shows in practice is a steep competitiveness gradient inside the same institute: the gap between HBNI's hardest General seat (rank 80) and its easiest (rank 6596) is roughly 80-fold. Imaging and radiation-oncology aligned branches sit at the top of the ladder, while branches such as Microbiology, Immuno Haematology and Palliative Medicine offer the more attainable General entry points. If your General rank is in the low thousands, anchoring your choice list around the 1600-2600 band (rather than chasing the sub-100 Radiodiagnosis seat) is the pragmatic strategy.

Cutoff Trend Analysis

HBNI's NEET PG MD cutoffs are best described as consistently tight and trending stable-to-stronger, not falling. The verified 2024 General band of rank 80 to 6596 reflects sustained, oversized demand for a small number of oncology-focused seats delivered under the Tata Memorial Centre name - a globally recognised cancer-care brand - which keeps the closing ranks compressed at the low (harder) end. Three structural forces explain why the bar stays high: HBNI/TMC offers very few MD seats relative to applicant volume; the institution's research and clinical reputation (HBNI ranked 20th overall and 12th among universities in NIRF 2025) draws top NEET PG scorers; and the financial proposition is unusually strong, with a low three-year MD fee of about INR 5,27,000 offset by a resident stipend of roughly INR 72,000 to 76,000 per month, plus PG median salaries reported around INR 13.5-25 lakh in NIRF 2025. Realistically, a candidate should target a General NEET PG rank under ~2,500 to be competitive across most HBNI MD specialisations, under ~100 for Radiodiagnosis, and can stretch toward ~6,500 only for the least-subscribed branches. Reserved-category aspirants typically clear at more relaxed ranks than the General figures above, but exact OBC/SC/ST closing ranks vary seat to seat and are confirmed only through MCC counselling rounds. Until the 2025 and 2026 ranks publish, plan against the 2024 baseline and assume the cutoff will not soften.