Medical Education: Maharashtra Adds Over 400 MD/MS Seats, Many in Private and Deemed Universities
Mumbai/Pune, 13th December 2025: Postgraduate medical aspirants in Maharashtra have a reason to celebrate, as over 400 MD/MS seats have been added across the state this year, with many openings in highly sought-after clinical specialities. However, the majority of these newly approved seats by the National Medical Commission (NMC) are in private and deemed universities, while government colleges have seen only a modest increase.
For the first time, the Government Medical College in Nandurbar, Symbiosis Medical College for Women in Pune, and Tasgaonkar College in Karjat have received approval to start postgraduate courses. Symbiosis, which previously admitted only female students at the undergraduate level, will now open its PG courses to male students as well.
In a series of recent notifications, the NMC has added several thousand PG seats nationwide, with over 400 allocated to Maharashtra. Nearly half of these are at deemed universities and will feature in the second round of all-India NEET-PG counselling, while the remaining seats in private colleges will be part of the state counselling conducted by the CET Cell.
Among government institutions, the Nandurbar medical college will launch its postgraduate section with 15 clinical seats. Symbiosis Medical College for Women has received approval to offer almost all MD/MS courses except ophthalmology. Of the 61 seats at Symbiosis, nine are reserved under the NRI quota.
Several institutions have also secured approval to increase their intake. Among them are Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Pune and Sangli campuses and Datta Meghe Institute in Nagpur, which has alone added 50 seats. Private colleges such as Ulhas Patil Medical College, BKL Walawalkar, SMBT Nashik, and KJ Somaiya Medical College in Mumbai have all received permission to expand their capacity.
With the addition of these seats, Maharashtra’s PG medical aspirants will have more opportunities in both government and private institutions, reflecting a growing focus on expanding postgraduate medical education in the state.
