Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) is an undergraduate programme of about 5 years in the medical stream. It is offered by 64 colleges on this record, across 90 individual programmes.
Across those colleges, fees run from ₹1,000 to ₹1.35 crore for the full programme, the median reported salary is ₹9 LPA and colleges report about 16,363 seats between them.
The spread matters more than the midpoint. Half of the reported packages sit below ₹9 LPA, while the top tenth reach around ₹14.9 LPA. Plan against the median — the high figure belongs to a small number of colleges, and getting into one of them is the whole game.
Admission is usually through an entrance exam. The routes recorded for this course are NEET. Which one you need depends on the college, so confirm against your shortlist rather than assuming one exam covers all of them.
What to check before you commit
- The college, not just the course. Teaching, recruiters and fees differ sharply between the colleges that run it.
- The specialisation you will be admitted into. Most colleges now allot it at admission rather than in the second year.
- The entrance route and its calendar. Work backwards from the exam date, not forwards from the application deadline.
- The all-in cost. Tuition plus hostel and living, minus any waiver you qualify for.
- What the batch actually earns. Ask for the median and the placed percentage, not the highest offer.