Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Warangal, Telangana, is the governing body for conducting the counseling process within Telangana. Within the state, 15% of All India Quota counseling is conducted by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), whereas the rest 85% is conducted by the state governing body KNRUHS. After the declaration of NEET score, the governing body conducts the counseling for the eligible students.

There are around 3200 MBBS seats and 1600 BDS seats in the state of Telangana. The counseling is conducted in the medical colleges on the basis of the scores secured in NEET UG examination. There are two rounds of counseling in the state of Telangana. After two rounds of counseling, the governing body conducts a mop up round to fill up the vacant seats of the colleges.

NEET cut-off 2020

College Name	General Rank	General Score	EWS Rank	EWS Score	OBC(BCB) Rank	OBC(BCB) Score	ST Rank	ST Score	SC Rank	SC Score
Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Hyderabad	28349	583	31647	577	46537	553	99909	484	101888	482
Ayaan Institute of Medical Sciences, Moinabad	116150
Bhaskar Medical College and General Hospital, Moinabad	62896	530	75890	513	83998	503	121703	460	157030	425
Chalmeda Ananda Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar	64565	528	76920	512	76801	512	119798	462	147744	434
Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad	65143
Dr Patnam Mahender Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Chevella	82093	505			92585	493	126516	455	165743	417
ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad	20383	599	26819	586	33009	575	66147	526	84573	502
Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Secunderabad	8932	629	21852	596	14539	612	57079	538	59228	535
Government Medical College, Mahabubnagar	38633	566	55200	541	53044	544	92960	492	109723	473
Government Medical College, Nalgonda	57635	537	67258	524	64313	528	104164	479	131507	450
Government Medical College, Nizamabad	34763	572	52929	544	44795	556	79482	509	94628	490
Government Medical College, Siddipet	43268	558	58632	536	57236	538	96298	488	118022	464
Government Medical College, Suryapet	57961	537	68803	522	69423	521	103866	480	133389	448
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal	25775	588	37648	567	33570	574	75158	514	86374	500
Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad	32848	575	50055	548	50290	548	102606	481	122650	460
Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally	59099	535	73076	517	71991	518	109012	474	142626	439
Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, Vikarabad	82203	505			93758	491	123903	458	163636	419
Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital, Patancheru	81268	506			97164	487	124804	457	163572	419
Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad	56634	539			75631	513	113215	469	148669	433
Mamata Academy of Medical Sciences, Bachupally	54130	542	61270	532	70294	520	111478	471	137837	444
Mamata Medical College, Khammam	60869	533	67423	524	74081	515	111467	471	136494	445
MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Medchal	68169	523			82942	504	119826	462	151853	430
MNR Medical College and Hospital, Sangareddy	74562	515			86679	500	124604	457	160208	422
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad	16727	607	23523	592	22684	594	63955	529	71754	518
Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar	71653	519	77239	511	83740	503	111353	471	152906	429
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad	47759	552	63546	529	59339	535	97900	487	120768	461
RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Siddipet	78934	509			92303	493	124728	457	162578	420
Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital and Research Centre, Ranga Reddy	89490
SVS Medical College, Mahboobnagar	61455	532	75706	513	74312	515	108752	474	146915	435
TRR Institute of Medical Sciences, Patancheru	80206	508			98023	486	127824	454	165884	417

Table of content

• NEET admission Highlights
• Important dates
• Admission Procedures
• Eligibility criteria
• Application Form
• NEET cut-off 2020 for Telangaa
• Merit List
• NEET counseling 2021
• Counseling process
• Documents required for counseling
• Seat Matrix
• FAQs

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NEET admission Highlights

State	Telangana
Official Website	https://tsmedadm.tsche.in
Counseling Body	KNRUHS Telangana
Courses offered	MBBS/BDS
Results accepted	NEET
Eligibility	NEET Qualified
Participating colleges	Government and private colleges
Seats available	85% government and 100% private
No of counseling rounds	Round 1, Round 2, and Mop-up
Types of seats	Government, Govt. Aided, Private & NRI
Categories	General, SC, ST, BC, EWS
No. of colleges	Government: 10 Private: 23 AIIMS: 1
Recognized colleges	Government: 5 Private: 15 AIIMS: 0
Permitted colleges	Government: 5 Private: 8 AIIMS: 1

Important Dates

Serial Number	Events	Dates	Tentative Dates for 2019
1.	Release of Online Application Form
2.	Last date of submission of online application
3.	Declaration of Provisional State merit List
4.	Verification of Documents
5.	First round of Counseling
6.	Last date to report to the allotted college
7.	Second round of Counseling
8.	Last date to report to the allotted college
9.	Counseling for Mop up round
10.	Last day to report to the allotted college

Admission Procedures and Counseling body

• First fill up the NEET application form online
• Generation of admit card
• NEET entrance examination
• Declaration of Result
• College/State wise counseling
• Seat Allotment
• Admission

Top MBBS Colleges in India

Top Government Colleges in India	Top Private Colleges in India
Top Colleges in Karnataka	Top Colleges in Maharashtra
Top Colleges in Tamil Nadu	Top Colleges in Andhra Pradesh
Top Colleges in Uttar Pradesh	Top Colleges in Rajasthan
Top Colleges in West Bengal	Top Colleges in Kerala
Top Colleges in Madhya Pradesh	Top Colleges in Bihar

Eligibility Criteria

• Only the citizens of India or Person of Indian Origin or Overseas Citizen of India card holder are eligible for the counseling procedure.
• 17 years is the minimum age of the candidates to take the admission in the medical colleges in Telangana.
• Candidate must be a local/non-local resident of Telangana State.  85% state quota seats in Telangana state are further divided as 85% for the local candidates and 15% open seats for both local and non-local candidates.
• For attaining the local status, candidates must match the following criteria:-

1. Candidates who has studied or resided in a local area for a period of about 4 years or more, wherein the last year should have been in taking the qualifying examination.
2. Candidate who has studied or resided in two or more local areas for about seven years, wherein the last year should have been in taking the qualifying examination, then the area where he/she has stayed maximum number of years will be considered.
3. Candidate who has studied/resided in two areas for equal number of years out of seven consecutive years then in which area he/she had stayed last will be considered.

• Non-local candidate: Candidate who has been a resident of Telengana state for a period of 10 years will be regarded as a non-local.

• Apart from this the candidates should pass class 12 examinations with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English from a recognized board of education. To be eligible for the examination, the unreserved category candidate must secure 50% marks while that of PH category candidates must have secured 40%. And 40% for reserved category including BC/SC/ST. Candidates should also secure the minimum qualifying percentile in the NEET UG Exam as per the qualifying criteria mentioned in the table below.

NEET Cutoff 2020

NEET 2020 Cut-off Maharashtra	NEET 2020 Cut-off Tamil Nadu
NEET 2020 Cut-off Andhra Pradesh	NEET 2020 Cut-off Telangana
NEET 2020 Cut-off Rajasthan	NEET 2020 Cut-off Bihar
NEET 2020 Cut-off Karnataka	NEET 2020 Cut-off West Bengal
NEET 2020 Cut-off Kerala	NEET 2020 Cut-off Uttar Pradesh
NEET 2020 Cut-off Delhi	NEET 2020 Cut-off Odisha
NEET 2020 Cut-off Haryana	NEET 2020 Cut-off Punjab
NEET 2020 Cut-off Jharkhand	NEET 2020 Cut-off Madhya Pradesh
NEET 2020 Cut-off Chhattisgarh	NEET 2020 Cut-off Assam

Minimum qualifying criteria to take admissions in Telangana

Government Seats

Course(s)	Compulsory Qualifying Requirements	General Category	General PH Category	Reserved Category (SC/ST/OBC/PH)
MBBS/BDS	1	Higher Secondary or Equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry & Biology	50%	45%	40%
2	Qualifying Percentile in NEET in the academic year	50	45	40

Management Seats

Course(s)	Compulsory Qualifying Requirements	General Category	General PH Category	Reserved Category (SC/ST?OBC/PH)
MBBS/BDS	1	Higher Secondary or Equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry & Biology- Theory and Practical	50%	45%	40%
2	Qualifying Percentile in NEET in the academic year	50	45	40

NRI Seats

Examination	All Candidates
Higher Secondary or Equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry & Biology- Theory and Practical	50%
Qualifying Percentile in NEET in the academic year	50

Reservation Policy

• In Government or Government supported Medical or Dental colleges, the admission will be taken under two segregates- 15% All India Quota Seats and 85% State Quota Seats. DGHS will conduct the counseling process of 15% All India Quota seats while KNRUHS, the state governing body will conduct the counseling for the rest 85% of the seats on the basis of reservation.
• In Private medical or dental colleges, the seats will be divided homogenously into 50% for State Quota and 50% for Management quota. Within this 50% state quota seats, the admissions will be done following the reservation policy of the state.

Application Form

The candidates who want to get into MBBS and BDS courses from government and private colleges in Telangana need to fill the NEET counseling form Telangana. You need to fill the counseling application form on the official website of the KNRUHS Telangana.

Step 1: Visit the official KNRUHS Telangana website https://tsmedadm.tsche.in

Step 2: Then go to the login or register page.

Step 3: If you register for the first time, you need to go to “Candidate Registration.” While completing the registration, you need to enter your NEET roll number, rank, date of birth, and mobile number. Once you have successfully registered, then you will receive a registration number and a security pin.

Step 4: If you have already registered, you need to do “candidate login.” You must enter your NEET 2021 roll number, the generated registration number, and the security PIN.

Step 5: Once you have logged in, you must enter your academic details like class 10 marks, 12 marks, NEET 2021 marks and ranks, your address for verification.

Step 6: After filling in all the details, go to “Save and Pay” and proceed to NEET 2021 counseling application fees payment.

Step 7: Make the payment by choosing your choice of online payment from the options mentioned on the screen.

Step 8: The filled application form will come on the screen. You need to download and save it for future use.

NEET cut-off 2020 for Telangana

Here is the Telangana NEET cut off 2021 qualifying percentage

General	701-134
General PH	133-120
SC/ST/OBC	133-107
SC/ST/OBC- PH	119-107

NEET Merit List: Telangana

KNRUHS will publish the merit list of the qualified candidates. The candidates who will register online for the counseling process are the only eligible one for 85% state quota counseling. As per the secured ranks, the governing body will conduct the counseling process of the candidates. After the declaration of NEET UG merit list, the candidates will be eligible to appear for the state quota seats and private seats in Telangana will be done through counseling sessions in which registered candidates will be called as per their ranks in the state merit list of Telangana. The state quota merit list will be available online it also includes the candidate’s name, father’s name, category, NEET roll number, NEET marks and State merit rank.

Steps to download NEET merit list 

• The candidates have to visit the official website of KNRUHS to check their names in the merit list.
• The updated merit list will be shown to the candidates after entering name or NEET roll number.
• The State Rank as derived from NEET scores is also mentioned in the merit list.
• The candidate has to take a print out of the merit list

After the merit list is being declared, the candidates whose name has successfully declared are then called in for the counseling process. KNRUHS publishes the allotment result in online platform of its official website.

Tie-Breaking Criteria:

If two or more candidates obtain equal marks in the NEET exam, various parameters are being used for breaking the tie which includes:-

• To break the tie, candidate with higher marks in Biology will be given preference
• If still the tie exist, candidate with higher marks in Chemistry will be given preference
• If tie persist, candidates with least number of negative marking will be given preference
• And finally, candidates who are older in age will be given a higher rank

Choice Filling for 2021 MCC counseling

Maharashtra	Tamil Nadu	Rajasthan
Bihar	Andhra Pradesh	Telangana
Kerala	Uttar Pradesh	Jharkhand
West Bengal	Odisha	Haryana
Punjab	Assam	Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh	Meghalaya	Madhya Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir	Tripura	Delhi

NEET counseling

The admissions to MBBS/BDS are made through the MCC counseling process based on the NEET UG score. Candidates who qualify for the NEET exam can also apply for NEET admission to medical colleges. The NEET-UG counseling process is based on the All India Quota, State Quota, and Deemed Universities.

Process of NEET counseling in Telangana

Online Registration: The interested candidates have to fill up the online application form and pay the non-refundable counseling fee, to take part in the counseling process to be conducted on the basis of candidate’s names in the merit list. While filling up the Online Registration Form, the candidates will fill in the required details regarding their personal and educational information. Incomplete forms submitted will be summarily rejected. Candidates will receive registration number on successful completion of the registration process.

Counseling Fee (All Categories)- INR 5000/-

Merit List declaration: The list of the eligible candidates selected for the first round of counseling including common merit lists, including names of registered candidates will be displayed online in the official website of KNRUHS.

Verification of Certificates/Documents: in the next step, the counseling authority will verify every document of the eligible candidate.  The counseling authority schedules date and time for the organizing of the document verification sessions. .

Selection of College: Complete list of medical and dental colleges in Telangana will be accessible to the candidates and they will have to pick the college/institutions as per their wish to join. They can make their selection of colleges/courses according to the order of preference which they can avail till those are exhausted. Candidates must lock their choices or else, the choices will be locked automatically. Candidates will have to fill in fresh choices for the subsequent round of counseling according to the seats available as the choices for the previous will not be considered.

Reporting at the College:- After seats have been allotted to candidates in a particular round, they have to report within stipulated time and date, failing which the seat will be cancelled without any notice. Candidates will be called or various rounds of counseling based on their state merit rank. Candidates have to pay non-refundable Counseling Fee of INR 5000/- in form of crossed Demand Draft drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favor of ‘The Registrar, KNR University of Health Sciences’ payable at Warangal. 

Seat Allotment: Three rounds of counseling will be conducted, namely First round and Second round and Mop-up round. KNRUHS official website will release the result of every round of seat allotment. Thereafter admission of the candidates will be based on NEET UG score and choice filling done during the application form fill up.

Admission:  Candidates must clear their college fee and university fee at the time of counseling itself. If the candidate fails to pay the fee after choosing the seat, the seat will be automatically cancelled without any notice. No time extension is available for the candidate to clear the fee.

Documents required for counseling

• NEET UG admit card
• NEET UG rank/result/score card
• Pass certificate from Class 6 t 12
• Class 12 certificate and Mark Sheets
• SSC Certificate or Equivalent Examination showing the Date of Birth of the candidate
• Permanent caste certificate, if applicable
• Minority Certificate issued by the concerned authority
• Differently Abled (PH) Certificate, if applicable
• Aadhaar Card
• Income Status certificate
• Local Status certificate
• 10 years of resident certificate for the candidates who have studied outside of Telangana issued by MRO/Tahsildar
• Affidavit of INR 100/- by the candidates and their parents stating that the caste and area certificates are original and are responsible for the consequences if found otherwise
• Special category certificate, if applicable

For NRI candidates:

• NRI Status certificate of the financial supporter issued by embassy of respective country
• Copy of NRI Bank Account passbook of the financial supporter
• Copy of Passport of financial supporter
• Equivalence certificate issued by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi or form the Board of Intermediate Education of Telangana to the effect that the qualification possessed is equivalent to or higher than Intermediate examination conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education of Telangana at the time of admission into the college
• Other relevant documents, if applicable

Counseling procedure highlights

Find the table below with Seat Reservation in which the state quota seats have been divided:

Seat Matrix as per reservation policy

Serial No.	Category	Reservation
(Social Categories) Vertical Reservation	Scheduled Caste	15%
Scheduled Tribe	6%
Backward Class -A	7%
Backward Class -B	10%
Backward Class -C	1%
Backward Class -D	7%
Backward Class -E	4%
(Special Categories) Horizontal Reservation	Women	33%
CAP (Army)	1%
National Cadet Corps	1%
Police Martyrs Children (PMC)	0.25%
Physically Challenged	3%
Sports and games	0.5%

 State Medical Cutoffs:

The NEET 2018 ranks and marks secured by the last candidates to secure seats in the Medical Colleges of Telangana are given below based on the data available by State Counseling Authority, to be used for reference purpose only:

Cancellation and Fee Refund:

Candidates have to pay university fee on the day of selection/counseling and obtain the allotment letter. If he/she fails to pay the fee after choosing the seat that will be automatically cancelled without any notice.

Candidates have to pay tuition fee at the time of admission at respective colleges. If he/she fails to pay the fee at the concerned college within stipulated time, the admission will be automatically cancelled.

If after admission it is found that the candidate have submitted false information or sealed irrelevant information, such admission will be deemed cancelled.

In case the candidate after admission to a college wants to withdraw from the course, before commencement of second counseling then he/she must obtain a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the principal of the concerned college which would be submitted to the convenor, committee of admissions for cancellation of seats. Approval from the committee is absolutely necessary to withdraw from the course.

In case the candidate withdraws admission after closure of Admission of Management Quota Seats to a college, then he/she have to forfeit the tuition fee paid for that academic year and to pay the tuition fee for rest of the course, along with the discontinuation fees of INR 3,00,000 to the University.

FAQs

1. Is there any security deposit for Telangana NEET counseling?

No there is no need to pay any security deposit for any NEET counseling rounds.

2. What is the reservation for non-local candidates?

15% unreserved seats and 85% reserved seats are kept for local candidates.

3. Is there any limitation in the number of colleges that I need to fill in the choice filling?

No, you can enter any number of colleges you want. You need to make a careful choice because every college has different fees for the type of seats.

4. Can I rearrange my choice filled in round 1?

Yes, you need to do a fresh choice filling in every NEET counseling round.

5. Which one is the best MBBS  college in Telangana?

The top MBBS colleges in Telangana are Osmania Medical College, Gandhi Medical College, and Esic Medical College Hyderabad.