INI-CET — eligibility, marking, institutional preference & fees

INI-CET is held by the Examination Section of AIIMS New Delhi for the January 2027 session of MD, MS, DM (6 years), M.Ch. (6 years), MDS and MD (Hospital Administration) at the participating Institutes of National Importance. [2]

• 19 AIIMS — New Delhi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Rishikesh, Bibinagar, Bathinda, Deoghar, Mangalagiri, Raebareli, Kalyani, Bilaspur, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Rajkot and Jammu.
• JIPMER Puducherry, NIMHANS Bengaluru, PGIMER Chandigarh and SCTIMST Thiruvananthapuram. [2]

INI-CET January 2027 calendar [1]

• MBBS for MD, MS, DM (6 yrs), M.Ch. (6 yrs) and MD (Hospital Administration); BDS for MDS — from a university recognised by the NMC / MCI or the Dental Council of India.
• The 12-month compulsory rotating internship must be complete on or before 31 January 2027; anyone finishing later cannot register. [2]

Minimum aggregate of all professional MBBS / BDS exams [2]

• Enter the aggregate of all professional exams, not just one year's marks.
• Indian nationals who graduated abroad: FMGE marks are used in place of the MBBS aggregate.
• Sponsored candidates must have worked 3 years for the sponsor — by 31 Jan 2027 (AIIMS, SCTIMST, NIMHANS) or 31 Dec 2026 (JIPMER, PGIMER). [2]

Each INI can add its own admission conditions in its Part B prospectus, so a candidate may be eligible for some INIs and not others. [2]

• Computer-based, 3 hours (180 minutes), 200 questions.
• Objective questions of varying types, including single-correct and multiple-correct choice.
• Four parts of 50 questions and 45 minutes each, shown one at a time; a part locks when its 45 minutes end. [2]

INI-CET January 2027 marking [2]

Minimum percentile for admission [2]

Ties are broken by fewer negative marks, then a higher percentage in the qualifying degree, then age (older first), then name in alphabetical order. [2]

Seats are allotted online in at least two rounds and an open round, in merit order and by each INI's own policies on institutional preference, community reservation and PwBD, through Institute-wise Synchronised Allocation of Seats (InSAS). [2]

Reservation at the AIIMS (Part B, January 2027) [3]

• AIIMS New Delhi graduates get institutional preference for open general seats equal to 50% of AIIMS's total MBBS seats, with no discipline-wise preference (Supreme Court, Saurabh Chaudhary v. Union of India, 2004).
• Graduates of other AIIMS get preferential allotment at their own AIIMS only.
• Any preferential or reserved seat left vacant goes to open general candidates in merit order.
• Reservation does not apply to sponsored and foreign national seats. [3]

JIPMER, NIMHANS, PGIMER and SCTIMST publish their own Part B prospectus with their own seat and preference rules. [2]

INI-CET January 2027 application fee [2]

• Apply only online at aiimsexams.ac.in: basic information, qualification details, images, then the fee by debit card, credit card or net banking.
• Bank transaction charges are extra; the fee is not refunded under any circumstances.
• Applications without the fee are rejected. [2]

• MD / MS / MDS students at AIIMS are Junior Residents (clinical) or Junior Demonstrators (basic subjects) on a 3-year contract.
• Pay: entry pay ₹56,100 a month plus NPA and allowances in the first year (pay scale ₹15,600 + ₹5,400 grade pay, 7th CPC).
• Leaving the course: ₹3,00,000 within six months of joining, ₹5,00,000 after six months; original certificates stay with AIIMS unless ₹3,00,000 is deposited. [3]

1. AIIMS New Delhi — Admission Notice No. 148/2026, INI-CET January 2027 (2 Sep 2026) (opens in a new tab) courses, participating INIs, registration and exam dates · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
2. AIIMS New Delhi — INI-CET January 2027 Prospectus Part A (opens in a new tab) participating institutes, eligibility, minimum aggregate, sponsored rules, fees, CBT scheme, marking, percentile cut-offs, tie rules, seat allocation · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
3. AIIMS New Delhi — INI-CET January 2027 Prospectus Part B (AIIMS) (opens in a new tab) AIIMS reservation, PwBD, institutional preference, contract, bond amounts, Junior Resident pay · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
4. AIIMS examination portal — INI-CET sessions and Part B prospectus list (opens in a new tab) INI-CET notices for the January and July sessions · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Spotted something out of date? Email margdarshan07support10@gmail.com with the official link and we will update it.

More national exams

• JEE Main Engineering
• JEE Advanced Engineering
• NEET UG Medical
• UPSC ESE UPSC
• UPSC CMS UPSC
• CLAT UG Law
• CUET UG University
• NATA Architecture
• NIFT Design
• JEECUP Polytechnic
• JEXPO (WB Polytechnic) Polytechnic
• JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Arch / B.Plan) Architecture
• BITSAT Engineering
• VITEEE Engineering
• WBJEE (West Bengal) Engineering
• GUJCET (Gujarat) Engineering
• COMEDK UGET (Karnataka) Engineering
• NEST (NISER & CEBS) Pure Science
• IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) Pure Science
• CMI B.S. (Hons) entrance Pure Science
• ISI B.Stat / B.Math Pure Science
• NEET PG Medical
• FMGE Medical
• AIIMS NORCET Nursing
• GPAT Pharmacy
• NIPER JEE Pharmacy
• IPMAT Indore Management
• JIPMAT Management
• CLAT PG Law
• AILET Law
• UCEED Design
• CEED Design
• NID DAT Design
• NCHM JEE Hospitality
• Government exams Recruitment