NEET 2026 · STATE
NEET in Telangana
73,084 registered for NEET 2026 in Telangana. The state has 10,250 MBBS seats, 4,400 of them government.
THE NUMBERS
NEET 2026 · TELANGANA
MBBS SEATS · 2026-27
10,250 seats in the state
- Government 4,400
- Private 5,850
From the August 2026 NMC seat matrix.
PER GOVERNMENT SEAT · 2026
17
registered candidates per government MBBS seat
State registrations ÷ state government MBBS seats, rounded. Government seats include the 15% All India Quota.
HOW MBBS SEATS ARE FILLED
15% of government seats, through the All India Quota. Counselling by MCC (mcc.nic.in).
85% of government seats and the private college seats, through Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) (www.knruhs.telangana.gov.in), under Telangana’s own rules on domicile and reservation.
Deemed universities and central institutions, through MCC (mcc.nic.in).
Rules and dates change each year: check the current year’s information bulletin on the official site.
EXAM LANGUAGE
NEET 2026 was offered in English, Hindi and 11 regional languages, Telugu among them. A Telugu paper comes as a bilingual booklet with English; choosing it means an exam city in Telangana.
ONLY IN TELANGANA
To count as a local candidate for Telangana’s state quota, a student must have studied in Telangana for four consecutive years up to Class 12 (Telangana MBBS and BDS admission rules, 2017, as amended in 2024).
The Supreme Court upheld this rule on 1 September 2025.
The NEET syllabus is the same NCERT Class 11 and 12 syllabus in every state. Pepy teaches it topic by topic.
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SOURCES · LAST CHECKED 8 OCT 2026
- Registered, appeared and qualified NTA figures, state-wise, as published by Careers360: “NEET 2026 State-Wise Qualified Candidates” · updated 20 Jul 2026 · checked 8 Oct 2026
- MBBS seats, government and private NMC seat matrix, as republished by Careers360: “NEET State-Wise Seat Matrix 2026” · updated 3 Aug 2026 · checked 8 Oct 2026
- State counselling authority Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), official site · checked 8 Oct 2026
- All India Quota, deemed and central seats Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), All India Quota counselling · checked 8 Oct 2026
- Exam languages NTA, NEET (UG) site; languages and exam-centre rule as summarised by Physics Wallah: “Medium of question paper in NEET UG 2026” · 8 Mar 2026 · neet.nta.nic.in · checked 8 Oct 2026
- State note LawBeat: Supreme Court upholds Telangana’s four-year study rule for state-quota medical seats (State of Telangana v. Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram) · 1 Sep 2025 · checked 8 Oct 2026