Find Kerala State Quota NEET counselling information such as Counselling Procedure, Cut off, Seat Matrix, Tuition Fees, Eligibility, etc here.
MBBS Admission Counselling for Kerala State Quota is conducted by Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Thiruvanthapuram which comes under Government of Kerala. 85% of MBBS seats in all government colleges located in the state of Kerala are allotted to students who are native to the state. Apart from government colleges, management quota seats as well as NRI Quota seats in private medical colleges are allotted by CEE, Kerala.
Table of Contents
1. Quick Summary
2. Counselling Procedure
3. Counselling Registration
4. Centralized Allotment Process
5. Eligibility – State Counselling
6. Domicile Rules
7. Seat Reservation
8. Seat Matrix
9. Required Documents
10. NEET Cut off
| Mode of Counselling | Online |
| Conducting Authority | Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala |
| Total Medical College Participating | 12 Govt Colleges, 19 Self-Financing Colleges |
| Total MBBS Seats Govt | 1755 |
| Total MBBS Seats Private | 2600 |
| Tuition Fees | Govt Quota – Rs 27,580/Year, Mgmt Quota – Rs 7,65,000 to 20,70,000/Year , NRI – USD 46,000/Year |
| Registration Date | 1st Week of March |
| Registration Fees | Rs 500 (For SC – Rs 200 and for ST category – Free) |
| Registration Website | www.cee.kerala.gov.in |
| Phone Helpline | 0471-2525300, 0471-2335523 (24 hours) |
| Email Helpline | ceekinfo.cee@kerala.gov.in |
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Kerala State Quota Counselling conducted by Commissioner for Entrance Examinations-Kerala includes MBBS Seats in government and private medical colleges located in the state of Kerala. 15% MBBS Management Quota Seats in self-financing college are open for students from any state of India.
For Private Medical Colleges which are affiliated to Deemed University such as Amrita Institute of Medical Science – Kochi, the counselling is conducted by Medical Counselling Committee.
There are 5 steps in online MBBS Admission application submission. Candidates should complete all the five steps before the registration end date which generally falls in the last week of February. Kerala is the only state in India which starts registration for counselling much before the NEET Exam is conducted. So you need to visit Kerala counselling website regularly if you are interested to apply for Open Management quota in private medical colleges from some other state.
Merit Rank List : Rank list for MBBS/BDS will be prepared on the basis of rank obtained in NEET-UG examination by all the applicants. CEE releases state rank as well as community Ranks for all students who applied for the MBBS admission counselling. Candidates should verify whether they appear in the respective merit list for their reservation category published by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations. If there is any discrepancy, complaint should be sent within the time period specified during the rank list publication. CEE will publish revised rank list after considering all complaints filed by the students.
The CAP allows students to select college and course choices based on their preference. If you do not have computer and internet access, you can approach the facilitation centers to select your college preference. The allotments are strictly based on the selected options, state/community rank obtained and availability of seats. So students are advised to enter as many options as possible. If students is allotted seat based on the preference, the seat should be taken by the candidate. If student does not pick that seat, he/she will not be able to participate in further rounds of counselling.
After the NEET results are announced by NTA, you will get your All India Rank and NEET Score. After state merit list is released by Kerala state counselling authority CEE, you will get your State Rank as well as your State Category Rank. Using these ranks, you can predict which Kerala medical college you have chance to get using college predictor facility available in MBBSCouncil Android app. You can install this app from google play store or by clicking link below.
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Buy E-Book(₹299) >>After installing the app, you can enter your all India rank / Kerala state rank / Kerala state category rank in the college predictor tool to find out the list of medical colleges, you have chance to get based on previous year cut off trend of all Kerala medical colleges. Using All India Rank gives better prediction compared to NEET score cutoff. Similarly using State Rank gives better prediction than All India Rank and category rank provides best prediction compared to State Rank.
You can predict your chances to get a particular Kerala medical college in 2nd round or 3rd round based on the previous year trends using MBBSCouncil app and by knowing the seat vacancy matrix of the respective round in Kerala State Counselling.
The CEE will conduct Trial Allotment before the Ist phase of allotment to give an idea about the allotment of seat based on selected choice of the candidate. Kindly note that, trial allotment do not guarantee seat during the actual Ist Phase allotment.
After the choice selection period ends, seats are allotted to candidates based on their community rank/state rank. After allotment, student can download the allotment memo which will contain the allotted college and the fees to be paid to confirm the allotment.
The tuition fees specified in the allotment memo should be either paid online of through specified post offices in Kerala.
Fees receipt given by Post office/generated online should be taken along with all the other original documents while reporting to the medical college for joining formalities.
IInd Phase Counselling
Students who do not join the allotted college in Ist round of counselling can participate in second Phase Counselling. Second counselling will be conducted by CEE for unfilled seats in first round and for newly added MBBS seats. Students are allowed to rearrange their choices during the second round counselling but they cannot add new colleges to the choice list. After choice filling, seats are allotted based on their preference.
Mopup Round Counselling:
Unfilled MBBS Seats that may arise in various Government/Self Financing Medical Colleges after the second phase of allotment will be filled through a mop up counselling. This is offline counselling. Candidates should visit the counselling venue physically to participate in mopup counselling. Because of Covid-19, last yer Mop up Counselling was conducted in online mode. Candidates who are included in the Kerala State Medical Rank List are only eligible for Mopup round. Candidates can register fresh options during mopup round. Those candidates who have been admitted to MBBS/BDS courses through All India counselling are not eligible to participate in the Mop Up Counselling.
Stray Round Counselling:
If any seats not filled until mop up round end it will be allotted to the registered candidates from previous rounds through stray round. The stray round will continue until the all seats filled.
Penalty: If any candidate admitted under Government Quota Seats in the Government/Self financing Medical college allotted by the CEE for MBBS course discontinues after the last round of counselling to join any other college, the candidate is liable to pay penalty charges of Rupees 10 Lakhs and debarred from participating in Admission counselling for next two years.
Admission to MBBS, BDS, and allied Courses will be based on NEET-UG 2023. All candidates who want to participate in Kerala State Counselling for the seat allotment in Medical & Allied Courses in Kerala State should qualify NEET-UG examination.
Candidates who have studied Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English under Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala or recognized equivalent such as CBSE and secured a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology / Biotechnology are eligible to apply.
As on 31-Dec-2023, candidates should have completed 17 years of age.
For candidates who belong to SEBC/SC/ST, the minimum marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-Technology taken together is reduced to 40% instead of 50%. For PWD Quota, the minimum marks is reduced to 45%.
Candidates seeking admission to Medical courses are categorized as Keralite, Non-Keralite Category I (NK I) and Non-Keralite Category II (NK II). Kerala conducts counselling for Government Quota seats in Government colleges as well as Management Quota seats in Self-financing Medical Colleges.
(A) Keralite Category : A candidate of Kerala origin as well as Children of All India Service (AIS) officers from any state origin but allotted to Kerala come under Keralite Category. Candidate of Kerala origin are only eligible for Communal/Special reservation or any fee concession.
(B) Non-Keralite Category I (NK I): A candidate who fulfills anyone of the following conditions will be categorized as ‘Non-Keralite Category I'(NK I). There is no community/special reservation/fee concession for this category students.
(C) Non-Keralite Category II [NK II]:
Candidates who do not belong to above two categories namely ‘Keralite’ or ‘Non-Keralite
Category I’ come under this category ‘Non-Keralite Category II’. Candidates under this category are not eligible for admission to Medical courses in Government colleges. Students from this category are eligible to apply for the open quota management seats in self financing private medical colleges in Kerala. 15% of Management Seats of private medical colleges are allotted to student irrespective of the domicile of the student.
Kerala has various kind of reservation for Keralite and Non Keralite I & II candidates, for Govt and Private colleges seats are reserved to the specific category and quotas.
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Kerala State has 12 medical colleges run by state government and 19 self-financed private medical colleges. Kerala has one deemed university which contains 100 MBBS seats.
During Medical College Selection or Online Choice Filling, parent as well as candidate need to know… how to find the quality of medical college so that he/she can get the best medical college based on their NEET score. Do you know that National Medical Commission inspects all medical college in India to find out whether the college has sufficient infrastructure, faculties, resident doctors, patient flow, bed occupancy, etc to conduct medical courses. It is difficult for parents to read the NMC assessment report of each and every medical college located in Kerala and access the quality of colleges. We have identified certain key parameters from the assessment report such as Average Patient Flow Per day, Total Outpatient Beds, Number of PG Courses – clinical, non-clinical, etc. You can rank Kerala medical colleges based on these parameters as well as tuition fees which will help you during choice filling.
As the counselling process is conducted online by CEE, Kerala, candidate needs to upload following documents during the registration process. Original Certificates along with attested photocopies are only verified as part of the joining formality after allotment.
Note: Candidates seeking reservation under Persons with Disabilities (PwD) need not upload the Disability Certificate during the registration. They should obtain Disability Certificate from the District Medical Board certifying the percentage of degree of disability, before the State Medical Board constituted by the State Government.
NRI sponsor can be any one of
NEET Score, All India Closing Rank, Kerala State Rank and Community rank of Kerala State Quota for Government as well as private Medical Colleges can be found by clicking Kerala NEET Cut off
If you want to know more information about NEET score cut off for any particular medical college in Kerala State Quota/Management Quota along with the Tuition Fees details, you can download the MBBSCouncil Android App.
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