Tirunelveli Tirunelveli NEET Cutoff 2026

About this college

Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli is a government college in Tamil Nadu offering MBBS. NMC approved 250 MBBS seats for 2026–27. In MCC’s 2026 counselling, All-India Quota Open-category seats closed at All-India Rank 6,237 in round 1, 15,185 in round 3 and 27,711 in the stray vacancy round. By round 1 Open closing rank it was #123 in demand among MBBS colleges in MCC’s 2026 counselling (a measure of demand, not quality).

Type: Government
State: Tamil Nadu
MBBS seats 2026–27 (NMC): 250
All-India Quota (15%) (MCC): 37
MCC college code: 200265

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Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli: NEET cutoff trend 2024–2026

Round 1 closing rank by year

All-India Quota (15%). A smaller closing rank means fewer ranks got in: the college got harder to enter.
Category	2024	2025	2026	2025→2026
Open	6,812	5,527	6,237	Got easier
EWS	18,774	20,871	21,165	About the same
OBC	8,152	6,468	7,279	Got easier
SC	66,247	31,919	40,338	Got easier
ST	1,23,215	1,19,888	1,16,844	About the same
Open PwD	–	6,82,069	4,86,628	Got harder

Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli: All-India Quota (15%) closing ranks

37 seats in round 1

NEET 2026 closing rank: the highest All-India Rank allotted a seat in that round. A dash means no seat in that category in that round.
Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Stray
Open	6,237	15,227	15,185	27,711
EWS	21,165	26,389	28,706	31,419
OBC	7,279	16,162	16,695	–
SC	40,338	80,626	61,488	–
ST	1,16,844	1,21,020	1,27,279	–
Open PwD	4,86,628	7,71,526	8,38,454	–
EWS PwD	10,09,564	–	–	–
SC PwD	5,66,472	9,25,273	–	–

Tamil Nadu state counselling · TN Selection Committee

Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli: Tamil Nadu (TN Selection Committee) cut-off marks

Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Tamil Nadu, 2026 · NEET marks (out of 720)

High demand · Top 10 in Tamil Nadu#7 of 33 MBBS colleges in Tamil Nadu by round 1 OC (open competition) cut-off mark (demand, not quality)

Government quota

Government colleges and the government-quota seats of self-financing colleges, filled by community (Tamil Nadu candidates). The cut-off for a community is the lowest NEET mark among its students allotted a seat, open-competition seats included.

Tamil Nadu cut-off: the lowest NEET mark among students allotted a seat in that round (for a community, its own students, open-competition seats included) (the 7.5% list of round 1 has no college column, so 7.5% starts from round 2). A dash means no seat in that category in that round.
Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
OC (open competition)	598	577	577
BC	575	566	561
BC (Muslim)	571	571	559
MBC & DNC	563	561	557
SC	509	508	475
SC (Arunthathiyar)	465	465	465
ST	470	453	441

1 more categories (special and minority seats)

Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Persons with disability	–	204	204

7.5% government-school

The 7.5% of government-quota seats reserved for students who studied in Tamil Nadu government schools from class 6 to 12.

Tamil Nadu cut-off: the lowest NEET mark among students allotted a seat in that round (for a community, its own students, open-competition seats included) (the 7.5% list of round 1 has no college column, so 7.5% starts from round 2). A dash means no seat in that category in that round.
Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
BC	–	507	507
BC (Muslim)	–	511	511
MBC & DNC	–	513	513
SC	–	479	479
SC (Arunthathiyar)	–	491	491

Who can apply: government-quota and 7.5% seats are for Tamil Nadu candidates (nativity and schooling rules in the Selection Committee’s prospectus); management, minority and NRI seats follow their own rules. Cut-offs are NEET marks out of 720; for a community, the lowest mark among its students allotted a seat. TN publishes no tuition table as text, so no fees are copied here; confirm with the Selection Committee and the college.

Reading the rankings

How to read these rankings

Your NEET All-India Rank: Your own rank in the NEET exam across India (from NTA). Smaller is better. Use it for every category.
Closing rank (Round 1, 2, 3, Stray): The highest All-India Rank that still got a seat at that college in 2026, for one quota, category and round, from MCC’s official results. The stray vacancy round is the last round. If your rank is equal or smaller, it got in that year.
★ NIRF 2025 #: The government’s quality ranking of institutions (Ministry of Education): teaching, research, graduate outcomes, outreach and reputation. It says nothing about cut-offs. Some ranks are for the university a college belongs to.
High demand · Top 10 / Top 50: Where the college stands among all MBBS (or BDS) colleges by its round 1 Open closing rank in 2026: how early toppers chose it. It measures demand, not quality.

What students ask

What was the NEET cutoff for Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli in 2026?

In MCC’s 2026 counselling, the Open-category closing rank was 6,237 in round 1, 15,227 in round 2, 15,185 in round 3 and 27,711 in the stray vacancy round (NEET All-India Rank). Category-wise closing ranks are in the tables above.

How many MBBS seats does Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli have?

NMC approved 250 MBBS seats for 2026–27. In MCC’s round 1 seat matrix, 37 were All-India Quota (15%).

Is it getting harder to get into Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli?

Its Open-category round 1 closing rank was 6,812 in 2024, 5,527 in 2025, 6,237 in 2026 (MCC All-India counselling). From 2025 to 2026 it got easier. A smaller closing rank means fewer ranks got a seat.

How do I get admission to Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli through NEET?

Qualify NEET (UG), register for MCC’s counselling, include this college in your choices and lock them before the deadline. The other 85% of seats go through Tamil Nadu’s state counselling.