The Medical Counselling Committee runs the 15% All India Quota seats in every government medical college, plus 100% of AIIMS, JIPMER, and deemed university seats.
MCC counsels students purely on NEET AIR against a national pool — meaning a TN student's competitors here are from every state, unlike TN State Quota counselling.
| Quota / category | What it covers |
|---|---|
| 15% AIQ (govt medical) | 15% of MBBS/BDS seats in every state govt medical college |
| Central universities | All AIIMS campuses, JIPMER Puducherry & Karaikal, PGIMER Chandigarh — 100% seats |
| Deemed universities | All seats in every deemed medical university (Manipal, Amrita, SRM, Saveetha, etc.) |
| ESI & AFMC | ESI Medical Colleges (for insured workers' children); Armed Forces Medical College Pune |
| Round | What happens |
|---|---|
| Round 1 | AIIMS/JIPMER/Central Univ seats fill first, then AIQ govt seats; pay seat acceptance fee (₹10,000 Gen / ₹5,000 SC/ST) |
| Round 2 | Vacated + fresh seats allotted; those unhappy with R1 can float for a better choice |
| Mop-Up Round | Last chance — only candidates NOT currently holding an AIQ seat can participate |
| Stray Vacancy Round | Very rare — any seat still remaining after Mop-Up |
If you're allotted a seat in MCC and a better one in TN State counselling, you must formally withdraw from MCC before joining TN State — failing to do so can cancel both seats.
15% of every state government medical college's MBBS/BDS seats (except J&K, which opted out), plus 100% of seats at AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER, and all deemed universities. MCC also handles AYUSH AIQ seats. Any NEET UG qualifier from any state can compete for these — a TN student's AIQ competitors are from every state in the country.
Yes, strongly — fill every AIIMS campus you'd genuinely attend, even smaller ones like Patna, Gorakhpur, or Rae Bareli. Their closing ranks run considerably lower than AIIMS Delhi's, and they follow the same national AIIMS teaching standard.
A counsellor can help you sequence both without losing a seat.