Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

As of June 2026, admissions at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, are at two very different stages: the postgraduate (INI CET) counselling is in full swing, while the undergraduate B.Sc Nursing application window is in its final days. The single most urgent deadline right now is the INI CET July 2026 Round 1 seat acceptance, which closes at 5:00 PM on 30 June 2026. Below is the dated list of what has happened most recently and what an aspirant must act on immediately.

• INI CET July 2026 Round 1 seat allotment declared - 24 June 2026: AIIMS New Delhi published the INI CET July 2026 Round 1 seat allotment result on 24 June 2026 at aiimsexams.ac.in for MD, MS, DM, MCh and MDS programmes. PGIMER Chandigarh has 134 seats in the July 2026 session.
• Seat acceptance deadline - 30 June 2026 (5:00 PM): Candidates allotted a PGIMER seat in Round 1 must log in and accept or decline (freeze/float/upgrade as permitted) by 5:00 PM on 30 June 2026. Missing this window forfeits the allotted seat.
• B.Sc Nursing application window open - closes 30 June 2026: The PGIMER B.Sc Nursing 2026 application is open until 30 June 2026 on the official PGIMER portal; the entrance exam is scheduled for 24 July 2026.
• INI CET July 2026 result - declared 23 May 2026: The INI CET July 2026 result was released on 23 May 2026 at aiimsexams.ac.in, following the exam held on 16 May 2026.
• INI CET July 2026 Round 2: The Round 2 seat allotment is scheduled for 10 July 2026, with reporting and document verification from 11-16 July 2026.

The takeaway as of June 2026: if you already hold a PGIMER MD/MS/DM/MCh/MDS allotment, your only job before 30 June 2026 is to log in and lock your decision. If you are an undergraduate nursing aspirant, submit the B.Sc Nursing form before 30 June 2026 and prepare for the 24 July 2026 entrance exam. PGIMER is one of India's most competitive medical institutes - it has been ranked 2nd among medical colleges in the NIRF rankings for eight consecutive years, including NIRF 2025 and NIRF 2024 (score 80.83) - so deadlines here are unforgiving.

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility at PGIMER Chandigarh is strictly programme-specific, because the institute runs everything from a 4-year B.Sc Nursing to super-specialty DM/MCh degrees, each gated by a different entrance exam. The table below answers the most common question - "Am I eligible for this PGIMER course?" - by listing the qualifying degree, the minimum marks where they are formally fixed, and the exam that controls entry. This matters because a strong MBBS profile means nothing for a paramedical B.Sc seat, and vice versa; the right exam is as important as the right marks. Read each row as a gate: you must clear the qualifying-degree column, the marks column, and the entrance-exam column together. Where an exact minimum percentage is not separately published in our records, the cell is left to the qualifying-degree requirement only, so you should confirm the current cut against the official prospectus.

The key takeaways: PGIMER's clinical postgraduate and super-specialty seats (MD, MS, MDS, DM, MCh) are all routed exclusively through INI CET conducted by AIIMS New Delhi, while nursing, paramedical, M.Sc, MPH and PhD admissions run on PGIMER's own entrance tests. The only formal minimum-marks figures on record are 45% aggregate for B.Sc Nursing applicants from a 10+2 Science (PCB) background. For every programme, valid registration with the relevant council (medical, dental or nursing) is non-negotiable at the PG level. Before applying, confirm the exact qualifying-marks rule for your specific category and programme against the official PGIMER prospectus, as council registration timelines can affect provisional eligibility.

Course-Wise Admission Status

This section answers "Which PGIMER courses can I still apply to right now?" as of June 2026. Because PGIMER staggers its admissions across the year, some windows are already closed and into counselling while others are open. The table lists each programme's current application status, the seats on record where available, the admission mode, and the controlling exam. Use it to decide where to put your energy this week: an open status means you can still submit a form, while a closed/counselling status means the action has moved to seat allotment and reporting.

The note for June 2026: the clinical PG and super-specialty courses (MD, MS, MDS, DM, MCh) have shifted from application to centralised INI CET counselling, with PGIMER's 134 July-2026 seats now being filled through seat allotment. The one undergraduate window still open is B.Sc Nursing (93 seats), closing 30 June 2026. For M.Sc Nursing (31 seats), paramedical, M.Sc, MPH and PhD, the exact 2026 application windows should be confirmed directly from the latest PGIMER notification, as these tests run on the institute's own calendar rather than INI CET's.

Application Fees

At PGIMER there are two distinct money flows you must not confuse: the exam/application fee you pay to the conducting body to sit the entrance, and the institute's tuition/programme fee you pay only after you secure a seat. The table below isolates the application fee by programme and by category, with each category on its own row because SC/ST and PwD/PwBD fees are lower than the General/OBC fee. This answers the frequent question "How much does it cost just to apply?" Read the Programme/Exam column first, then find your category row for the exact figure and the year it applies to.

To keep the two costs separate, here is PGIMER's latest tuition/programme fee on record (no specific session attached, so treat these as the latest available figures and reconfirm the current-year fee officially): MD ₹12,410, MS ₹12,410, MDS ₹11,910 and B.Sc Nursing ₹10,500. The standout takeaway is how affordable PGIMER is as a government institute - the entire MD/MS programme fee on record is just ₹12,410, a fraction of private medical college fees. The application fee is the larger immediate outlay for INI CET aspirants (₹4,000 General/OBC, ₹3,200 SC/ST/EWS), while B.Sc Nursing applicants pay ₹1,500 (₹1,200 for SC/ST). Always pay through the official portal only, and verify the live fee before the deadline.

Entrance Exam Requirements

The single most important thing to know about PGIMER admissions is that the institute does not run a generic merit list - each programme accepts one specific exam, and your rank in that exam decides everything. For clinical PG and super-specialty seats, that exam is INI CET (conducted by AIIMS New Delhi); for nursing and paramedical UG/PG, it is PGIMER's own entrance tests. The table below maps each exam to its programmes, the 2026 exam date where verified, and the kind of rank that is realistically competitive at PGIMER. Read it to confirm you are preparing for the correct test and to calibrate how sharp your rank must be, because PGIMER's closing ranks are among the tightest in the country.

The bottom line: an INI CET seat at PGIMER demands an exceptionally high rank - in 2025 the best General closing ranks were as sharp as All India Rank 21 (MD) and 28 (MS), so this is a test where only the top fraction of qualifiers convert. INI CET July 2026 was held on 16 May 2026 with results out on 23 May 2026, and counselling is now underway. B.Sc Nursing aspirants should target the 24 July 2026 paper, while paramedical, M.Sc, MPH and PhD candidates must watch the PGIMER website for their specific 2026 entrance dates, which are yet to be announced in our records.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

PGIMER's INI CET closing ranks are the clearest measure of how hard a seat is to win, and the figures on record are for the 2025 session, broken down by category for MD and MS. Because PGIMER offers many departments within MD and MS, closing ranks vary across specialties, so the table presents the verified range of 2025 closing ranks per category - the lowest (most competitive) and highest closing rank seen. This answers "What rank do I need at PGIMER?" with real numbers rather than estimates. Read each row as the spread within which different department seats closed for that category in 2025; the lower end reflects the most sought-after disciplines.

The trend you can read honestly from this data: PGIMER's 2025 General closing ranks are extraordinarily tight - MD seats closed as low as All India Rank 21 and MS as low as 28 - confirming that for the most popular clinical departments you need to be in the top tier of INI CET qualifiers. Reserved-category seats close at progressively wider ranks (OBC into the hundreds-to-thousands, SC into the low thousands, ST extending to roughly 4,500-9,700), reflecting category-wise reservation. We do not have separately verified 2024 or 2026 closing ranks on record, so a multi-year rising/falling trend cannot be asserted without inventing figures; the INI CET July 2026 PGIMER closing ranks will be confirmed once Round 1 and Round 2 allotments finalise after 24 June 2026. Use the 2025 spread above as your benchmark and treat it as a floor of competitiveness rather than a guarantee.

Counselling Process

For MD, MS, MDS, DM and MCh, PGIMER does not run its own counselling - admission is through the centralised INI CET online seat allocation conducted by AIIMS New Delhi. As of June 2026, the July-2026 session has reached the Round 1 seat allotment stage, with PGIMER offering 134 seats. The step-by-step flow is:

1. Qualify INI CET: Clear INI CET July 2026 (exam held 16 May 2026; result declared 23 May 2026) above the category qualifying percentile.
2. Register for counselling and pay the counselling fee: Eligible candidates register on aiimsexams.ac.in for the July 2026 seat allocation.
3. Mock round and choice filling: A mock round (choice filling 11-13 June 2026, result 15 June 2026) lets candidates gauge prospects before locking choices; Round 1 choice filling ran 16-17 June 2026.
4. Round 1 seat allotment - 24 June 2026: AIIMS declared the Round 1 seat allotment on 24 June 2026; PGIMER allotments appear in the published result PDF.
5. Accept / decline the seat by 30 June 2026 (5:00 PM): Allotted candidates log in and accept (freeze), or float/upgrade or decline as permitted, by 5:00 PM on 30 June 2026.
6. Document verification and reporting: Candidates report to PGIMER (or the allotted institute) for document verification and fee payment within the reporting window (25-30 June 2026 for Round 1).
7. Round 2 - 10 July 2026: Remaining seats are allotted in Round 2 on 10 July 2026, with reporting/verification 11-16 July 2026.

For B.Sc Nursing and the paramedical/PGIMER-entrance programmes, the flow is institute-run: apply online by the deadline (B.Sc Nursing closes 30 June 2026), sit the PGIMER entrance (B.Sc Nursing on 24 July 2026), and then attend PGIMER's own merit-based counselling and document verification as scheduled in the prospectus.

Important Dates (2026)

This master calendar consolidates every canonical milestone for PGIMER's main 2026 entry routes so you can see, at a glance, what has passed and what is still live. It centres on INI CET July 2026 (the route for MD/MS/MDS/DM/MCh) and notes the B.Sc Nursing track where verified. The Status column tells you whether each event is done, open, or upcoming as of June 2026. Use the Date column to set reminders, and treat any "to be announced" row as a prompt to check the official notification rather than an indication that the event will not happen.

The action items as of June 2026: the most pressing deadline is 30 June 2026 - both the INI CET Round 1 seat acceptance (5:00 PM) and the B.Sc Nursing application close that day. The INI CET July 2026 exam (16 May), result (23 May) and Round 1 allotment (24 June) are already behind us, so PG aspirants should focus on accepting/reporting and on Round 2 on 10 July 2026. Anyone watching paramedical, M.Sc, MPH or PhD entries should monitor pgimer.edu.in for those dates, which are yet to be announced. Always cross-check each date against the official AIIMS (aiimsexams.ac.in) and PGIMER (pgimer.edu.in) notifications before acting.