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DME Assam NEET UG counselling, college cutoffs (38-code granular encoding), seat matrix, fees, and teaching hospital data for the 2025 to 2026 cycle.

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DME Assam · dme.assam.gov.in · oldest medical college in Northeast (1947)

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Assam NEET UG counselling.

Assam NEET UG counselling is conducted by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Assam through dme.assam.gov.in. The counselling allocates 85% State Quota seats in 14 State Government Medical Colleges plus ESIC Beltola Guwahati. AIIMS Guwahati admits 100% via MCC AIQ counselling (statutory autonomous). Assam has the MOST GRANULAR cutoff encoding in India with 38 distinct quota codes including 6 OBC sub-castes specific to Assamese communities (Chutia, Koch Rajbongshi, Moran, Motak, Tai Ahom, Tea Garden Labour).

Counselling highlights

factor	particular
Counselling Name	Assam NEET UG Counselling
Conducting Body	Directorate of Medical Education (DME), Assam
NEET Counselling Type	NEET UG
Courses Offered	MBBS, BDS
Official Website	dme.assam.gov.in
Application Fee	Rs. 1,000 (UR/OBC) / Rs. 500 (SC/ST/PwD)
Mode	Online application; offline document verification at allotted college
Cutoff Type	Opening and closing AIR + Score per round per quota; seats count tracked
Quota Structure	85% State + 15% AIQ for state govts; AIIMS = 100% AIQ; ESIC = AIQ + IP quota

About the rounds

DME Assam runs an online counselling cycle over 4-7 rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 5 Revised (special revisions), Stray Round, Extended Stray Round, and Special Stray Round if seats remain. Each round publishes opening and closing AIR per college per category per quota with seats count. The cutoff data has 1,000 rows in the database with this granular detail.

Assam reservation policy

category	%	notes
Open Competition / Unreserved (UR)	Approximately 35%	Open competition
Other Backward Classes (OBC) Composite	15%	Includes sub-castes Chutia, Koch Rajbongshi, Moran, Motak, Tai Ahom, Tea Garden Labour (TGL)
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	10%	General category economically weaker
Scheduled Caste (SC)	7%	SC certificate from Assam authority
Scheduled Tribe Plain (ST(P))	10%	Bodo, Mising, Deori, Tiwa, Sonowal Kachari and other plain tribes
Scheduled Tribe Hill (ST(H))	5%	Karbi, Dimasa, Garo, Hmar, Khasi-Jaintia and other hill tribes
Char Area Reservation	3-4% horizontal	Riverine/island communities along Brahmaputra basin (UNIQUE to Assam)
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)	5% horizontal	Applied across all categories

Assam has the MOST GRANULAR reservation system among Indian states with 38 distinct quota codes in the cutoffs database. OBC is further sub-divided into community-specific sub-castes (Chutia/Koch-Rajbongshi/Moran/Motak/Tai-Ahom/TGL Tea Garden Labour with TGL-Barak and TGL-Brahmaputra Valley variants). 2-tier ST reservation distinguishes Hill (Karbi/Garo/Dimasa) from Plain (Bodo/Mising/Deori) tribes with different cutoffs. Char Area reservation is unique to Assam for marginalized communities living on river islands and riverbanks along the Brahmaputra and tributaries. Additional Special quotas: Sports, Freedom Fighter, Ex-Serviceman, Martyr, and Extremist Violence Affected.

Assam quota structure

State Government 85% State Quota

Filled by DME Assam through online counselling. Assam reservation roster applied (UR/OBC sub-castes/EWS/SC/ST Hill/ST Plain plus Char Area).

State Government 15% AIQ

Filled by MCC at All India level.

AIIMS Guwahati

100 seats. AIQ-only via MCC. Statutory Autonomous - does NOT participate in DME Assam counselling. First AIIMS in Northeast India (established 2020).

ESIC Beltola Guwahati

50 seats. AIQ + ESIC IP quota via MCC. New 2025 entrant - first ESIC medical college in Northeast.

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed MC Barpeta

UNIQUE management: State Govt-Society (not pure State Govt). Same 85% State Quota + 15% AIQ allocation.

Char Area Sub-Quota

Horizontal reservation applied across UR/OBC/EWS/ST(P) for riverine communities. Distinct cutoff codes: UR-CHAR-AREA, EWS-CHAR-AREA, OBC-GI-CHAR-AREA, ST(P)-CHAR-AREA.

Tea Garden Labour Sub-Quota

OBC-TGL with variants OBC-TGL-BARAK (Barak Valley) and OBC-TGL-BV (Brahmaputra Valley) reflecting regional Tea Garden Labour communities.

PwD (5% horizontal)

Persons with Disabilities, applied across all categories.

Domicile rules

To claim Assam state quota seats, candidates must satisfy Assam domicile clauses: (a) born in Assam with continuous residence + education, (b) parent is an Assam state government employee, (c) parent has been a permanent resident of Assam for 7+ years, (d) candidate studied in Assam for the qualifying years. Assam PRC (Permanent Resident Certificate) from competent revenue authority is required at verification. Sub-quota claims (OBC sub-castes, ST Hill vs Plain, Char Area, TGL) require additional community-specific certification from designated authority.

Documents required

NEET UG 2025 Admit Card and Scorecard / Rank Card
Class 10 (HSLC) and Class 12 (HSSLC) Mark Sheets and Certificates
Assam PRC (Permanent Resident Certificate) from Circle Officer
Assam Caste Certificate (OBC sub-caste / ST Hill / ST Plain / SC / EWS) issued by competent authority
OBC Sub-caste Specific Certificate (Chutia/Koch Rajbongshi/Moran/Motak/Tai Ahom/TGL) if applicable
Char Area Certificate (if claiming Char Area reservation)
Tea Garden Labour Certificate (if claiming OBC-TGL reservation)
Income Certificate for OBC NCL and EWS claims
PwD Certificate / UDID if applicable
Ex-Serviceman / Freedom Fighter / Martyr Certificate if applicable
Aadhaar Card and one additional Government Photo ID
Recent passport-size photographs
Application fee payment receipt (Rs. 1,000 UR/OBC, Rs. 500 SC/ST/PwD)

NEET UG qualifying cutoffs (2022 to 2025)

category	percentile	2022	2023	2024	2025
UR / EWS	50th	715 to 117	720 to 137	720 to 164	686 to 144
OBC / SC / ST	40th	116 to 93	136 to 107	163 to 129	143 to 113
UR / EWS & PwD	45th	116 to 105	136 to 121	163 to 146	143 to 127
OBC / SC / ST & PwD	40th	104 to 93	120 to 107	145 to 129	126 to 113

Important notes

Assam has NO Private Medical College and NO Deemed Medical College. All 16 MBBS colleges are Government (14 state + 1 ESIC + 1 AIIMS).
Assam Medical College Dibrugarh (1947, 250 seats) is the OLDEST medical college in Northeast India.
AIIMS Guwahati (2020, 100 seats) is the FIRST AIIMS in Northeast India. Admits ONLY via MCC AIQ counselling.
ESIC Medical College Beltola Guwahati (2025, 50 seats) is the FIRST ESIC medical college in Northeast India.
Assam has the MOST GRANULAR cutoff encoding in India with 38 distinct quota codes including 6 Assamese OBC sub-castes (Chutia, Koch Rajbongshi, Moran, Motak, Tai Ahom, Tea Garden Labour).
2-tier ST reservation: ST(H) Hill tribes (Karbi/Garo/Dimasa) and ST(P) Plain tribes (Bodo/Mising/Deori) have DIFFERENT cutoffs.
CHAR AREA reservation is UNIQUE to Assam: horizontal quota for marginalized communities living on river islands and riverbanks along the Brahmaputra basin.
TEA GARDEN LABOUR (TGL) is UNIQUE to Assam: OBC sub-quota for tea estate worker communities, further split into TGL-Barak (Barak Valley) and TGL-BV (Brahmaputra Valley).
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Barpeta (2012) has UNIQUE State Govt-Society management - not pure State Govt like the other 13.
Government MBBS tuition is very low: Rs. 4,228/year at AIIMS Guwahati to Rs. 28,000/year at Gauhati MC. Among the most affordable in India.
Cutoff database tracks seats_count per row (unique to Assam) - shows how many seats were allotted at that specific cutoff.
Assam 2020-2025 expansion wave nearly doubled MBBS govt seats: 6 new colleges in 5 years (Diphu/AIIMS 2020, Lakhimpur 2021, Dhubri 2022, Nalbari/Nagaon/Kokrajhar 2023, Tinsukia 2024, Pragjyotishpur/ESIC 2025).

Contact

DME Assam portal

dme.assam.gov.in

address

Directorate of Medical Education, 4th Floor, Swahid Smaran Bhawan, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam