AIIMS Delhi MBBS admission overview
AIIMS Delhi is a central Institute of National Importance admitting 132 MBBS students per year (125 Indian nationals + 7 Foreign Nationals) entirely through NEET-UG and MCC central counselling, with no state quota and no separate AIIMS entrance exam since 2020. AIIMS's own official Academic Section rules document (2021) states a near-nominal total course fee of ₹1,628 -- consistent with AIIMS's well-known status as a fully government-funded institute -- though this figure needs reconfirmation for the current admission cycle. The course runs 5.5 years (4.5 academic + 1 year compulsory internship, available only to AIIMS's own MBBS graduates). NEET closing rank is not sourced on this page but is publicly known to be among the highest in India.
- Admission is 100% via NEET-UG plus MCC counselling -- no separate AIIMS exam since 2020, no state quota.
- The ₹1,628 total-course fee figure comes from AIIMS's own document but is dated (2021) -- confirm before relying on it.
- AIIMS Delhi's own hostel-fee sources disagree with each other -- flagged honestly rather than picked arbitrarily.
- AIIMS Delhi pays merit scholarships and book prizes to top-ranking MBBS students -- a genuine differentiator most sources omit.
Evidence note: Sourced primarily from AIIMS's own official Academic Section 'Rules and Procedures' document (compiled from various sources, updated July 2021) and AIIMS's official website, named throughout this page.
1. Key facts at a glance
- Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi — established as an Institution of National Importance by Act of Parliament, 1956.
- Programme: MBBS, 5.5 years total (4.5 academic years across three phases + 1 year compulsory rotating internship).
- Seats: 132 per year (125 for Indian nationals + 7 reserved for Foreign Nationals), effective from the 2020 admission cycle.
- Total course fee: ₹1,628, per AIIMS's own Academic Section rules document (dated 2021 — needs current-cycle reconfirmation).
- Admission route: NEET-UG plus MCC central counselling only — no separate AIIMS entrance exam since 2020, no state quota.
- Reservation: SC 15%, ST 7.5%, OBC 27%, EWS 10%, PWD 5% horizontal — all central-category, no state domicile component.
2. Fee structure
In one line: AIIMS's own 2021 Academic Section document states a total MBBS course fee of just ₹1,628 — genuinely near-nominal, consistent with AIIMS's fully government-funded status, but the figure needs reconfirmation for the current admission cycle.
| Component | Amount (₹) |
|---|---|
| Registration Fee | 25 |
| Caution Money | 100 |
| Tuition Fee | 1,350 |
| Laboratory Fee | 90 |
| Students' Union Fee | 63 |
| Total (for the duration of the MBBS course) | 1,628 |
Official source: AIIMS, New Delhi Academic Section, "Rules and Procedures 2021" (compiled from various documents, updated July 2021), Fees section under Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). The document itself states this is "the following fee and other charges for the duration of MBBS Course" — i.e. a one-time course total, not an annual figure — "subject to the condition that these may change from time to time."
We searched specifically for a more current fee notification before publishing this page and could not locate one on AIIMS's official website. Multiple aggregator sites quote conflicting figures (₹5,856, ₹6,080 and ₹7,326 "for the entire course," none of which agree with each other) — we have deliberately not used any of these, since aggregators are inadmissible as sources under our editorial policy and their own numbers contradict one another. Confirm the exact current figure directly with AIIMS's Academic Section before budgeting.
3. Hostel
In one line: we found two different AIIMS-official figures for hostel-related charges that do not reconcile with each other — both are presented here rather than silently picking one.
| Component (Academic Section document) | Amount (₹) |
|---|---|
| Hostel Rent | 990 |
| Gymkhana Fees | 220 |
| Pot Fund | 1,320 |
| Electricity Charges | 198 |
| Mess Security (Refundable) | 500 |
| Hostel Security (Refundable) | 1,000 |
| Total | 4,228 |
Official source: AIIMS Academic Section "Rules and Procedures 2021," same Fees section as above.
Separately, AIIMS's own official hostel fees webpage lists a different combined figure structured as monthly rather than course-total charges for MBBS (5½ years) students. We have not been able to reconcile the two official AIIMS sources — see section 12. Confirm the current hostel cost directly with AIIMS's Hostel Section before budgeting.
4. Seats and reservation
In one line: 132 MBBS seats per year, 125 for Indian nationals via NEET-UG and 7 reserved for Foreign Nationals, with central (not state) category reservation.
| Category | Reservation |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC, non-creamy layer) | 27% |
| Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) | 10% |
| Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWBD) | 5%, horizontal across all seats |
| Foreign Nationals | 7 seats (of the 132 total) |
Official source: AIIMS Academic Section "Rules and Procedures 2021," MBBS Reservation of Seats section. If a reserved category has no suitable candidates, AIIMS's own rules state the seat cascades SC↔ST first, then to general category — not to any other reserved category.
5. Who gets in — eligibility and admission route
In one line: Indian citizen, age 17 by 31 December of the admission year, 60% aggregate (50% SC/ST) in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology at 10+2, admitted purely through NEET-UG and MCC counselling.
Until 2019, AIIMS conducted its own separate entrance examination. With the promulgation of the NMC Act 2019, AIIMS Delhi's MBBS admission has run entirely through NEET-UG (conducted by the National Testing Agency) since the 2020 admission cycle, with seats allotted via MCC's central counselling process — the same process governing every other central and deemed-university medical college. There is no state-domicile quota. Foreign national candidates competing for the 7 reserved seats are also required to appear for NEET-UG and are admitted on the basis of their score/rank, with a minimum 60% aggregate in the same four subjects at the Intermediate Science level or equivalent.
6. Course structure and duration
In one line: 5.5 years total — three academic phases over 4.5 years, then 1 year of compulsory rotating internship available only to AIIMS's own MBBS graduates.
- Phase I — Pre-clinical (1 year, August to July): Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology.
- Phase II — Para-clinical (1.5 years): Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology.
- Phase III — Clinical (2 years): Medicine (incl. Psychiatry, Dermatology), Surgery (incl. Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology, Casualty, Dental Surgery), Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Community Medicine.
- Internship (1 year, January to December): Medicine (1.5 months), Surgery (1.5 months), Rural posting (3 months), Paediatrics (1 month), Obstetrics & Gynaecology (1 month), Casualty (1 month), Anaesthesiology (15 days), Ophthalmology (15 days), Elective (2 months, may be taken abroad at a recognised medical university). Internship must be completed within 12-13 months.
Per AIIMS's own rules, internship at AIIMS Delhi is not available to students who did not complete their full MBBS course at AIIMS, New Delhi — a rule worth knowing if you are weighing a transfer or comparing AIIMS to other institutes. Interns are entitled to a stipend of ₹23,500 per month "or more as per orders of the Government of India from time to time," per the 2021 document — confirm the current rate, since this figure is explicitly designed to track central pay revisions.
7. Admission process and joining
Selection is entirely by NEET-UG merit and MCC counselling. Admitted candidates must join classes by 1 August; per a Supreme Court judgment cited in AIIMS's own rules (Ashish Ranjan & Ors., Writ Petition (Civil) No. 76 of 2015), no candidate — Indian or foreign national — is admitted beyond 31 August of the admission year under any circumstances. Candidates who fail to join by their stipulated date automatically forfeit the seat, which is then offered to the next candidate on the waiting list in the same category. Selected candidates undergo a medical fitness examination by an AIIMS Medical Board before final admission; a candidate found unfit is not admitted, and the Board's decision is final.
8. Documents checklist
Per AIIMS's own Academic Section rules, the following original certificates must be deposited and are retained by AIIMS's Academic Section until the candidate completes or leaves the course:
- 10th certificate
- 10+2 marksheet
- 10+2 passing certificate
- Caste certificate (where applicable)
- Migration certificate (may be deposited after taking admission)
In addition, the standard MCC-counselling documents apply: MCC allotment letter, NEET-UG admit card and result/rank letter (NTA), category certificate (if applicable), medical fitness certificate, passport-size photographs, and Aadhaar/passport for identity verification. Confirm the complete current-cycle list on mcc.nic.in and AIIMS's own admission portal.
9. Merit scholarships and prizes
In one line: AIIMS pays merit scholarships and book prizes to top-ranking MBBS students directly — a genuine detail most sources on this college omit entirely.
- Merit Scholarship: ₹7,500/₹5,000/₹3,000 per month for students ranking 1st/2nd/3rd respectively in each Professional MBBS examination, paid for 1.5 years / 2 years / 1 year corresponding to the 1st/2nd/3rd Professional phases.
- Book Prizes: ₹20,000 each for students with the highest marks in Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (for 2nd Professional books), and separately for Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine & Toxicology (for 3rd Professional books).
- Summer Fellowships: 30 fellowships of ₹3,000 per month, 16 May to 15 August, for MBBS students who complete a research project in a department of their choice.
Official source: AIIMS Academic Section "Rules and Procedures 2021," Awards and Medals / Summer Fellowships sections. Amounts are dated 2021 and may have been revised — confirm current figures with AIIMS.
10. Common mistakes
| What people assume | What the official documents actually say |
|---|---|
| The ₹1,628 fee is per year | AIIMS's own document frames it as the total for "the duration of MBBS Course" — a one-time course total, not annual, though this needs current-cycle reconfirmation. |
| You can transfer to AIIMS Delhi for internship after MBBS elsewhere | AIIMS's own rules explicitly bar this — internship is only for AIIMS Delhi's own MBBS graduates. |
| There is a Delhi-domicile or state quota | 100% MCC-counselled via NEET-UG rank on a central-category basis — no state-domicile route this page has found any official document describing. |
| Joining a few days late is fine if you have a valid reason | AIIMS's own rules, citing a Supreme Court judgment, state no candidate is admitted beyond 31 August under any circumstances. |
11. Is it worth it?
On pure cost, AIIMS Delhi is close to unbeatable — a total course fee in the low thousands of rupees, against private deemed-university fees in the ₹65-100 lakh range documented elsewhere on this site. The real constraint is not affordability but competitiveness: AIIMS Delhi's NEET closing rank is publicly known to be among the very highest in the country, and this page has not yet sourced an exact current-cycle figure (section 12). The honest framing is that "worth it" is not really the question for AIIMS Delhi — the question is whether your NEET-UG rank realistically clears its cutoff. If it does, the fee math resolves itself; if it doesn't, no amount of financial planning changes that.
12. What we could not verify
- Current-cycle fee figure. Our only source is AIIMS's own 2021 Academic Section document; we actively searched for a newer official fee notification and could not locate one. The ₹1,628 figure needs direct reconfirmation with AIIMS before you rely on it.
- Hostel fee reconciliation. AIIMS's own Academic Section document (₹4,228 total) and AIIMS's own separate hostel fees webpage (a different, monthly-structured figure) do not agree with each other, and we have not been able to determine which is current.
- NEET-UG closing rank. We have not found an official MCC round-wise allotment result identifying AIIMS Delhi's specific closing rank for a recent cycle.
- Current merit scholarship and stipend amounts. The 2021 document's figures are explicitly tied to Government of India pay orders that revise periodically.
13. Who should NOT choose this college
Choose AIIMS Delhi if your NEET-UG rank genuinely clears its historically very high cutoff and you want India's most resourced, lowest-cost public medical education. Do not count on it if any of the following apply:
- You do not have a confirmed, realistic NEET-UG rank estimate for AIIMS Delhi specifically — this page has not sourced a current closing-rank figure; confirm on mcc.nic.in before assuming eligibility.
- You are budgeting around the exact ₹1,628 figure without reconfirming it — it is dated 2021 and the source itself flags it as subject to revision.
- You are planning to transfer here for internship after completing MBBS elsewhere — AIIMS's own rules do not permit this.
Frequently asked questions
What is the MBBS fee at AIIMS Delhi?
AIIMS's own official Academic Section "Rules and Procedures" document (updated July 2021) lists a total academic fee of just ₹1,628 for the entire 5.5-year MBBS course — Registration ₹25, Caution Money ₹100, Tuition Fee ₹1,350, Laboratory Fee ₹90, Students' Union Fee ₹63. This is a genuinely near-nominal, government-subsidised fee, consistent with AIIMS Delhi's well-known status as a fully centrally-funded institute. However, this figure is from a 2021 document and the source itself states fees are "subject to the condition that these may change from time to time" — confirm the current figure with AIIMS's Academic Section before relying on it for budgeting. We deliberately did not use the conflicting ₹5,856-₹7,326/course figures found on aggregator sites, since those numbers are inconsistent with each other and inconsistent with AIIMS's own document.
How many MBBS seats does AIIMS Delhi have?
AIIMS's own document states 132 seats per year from 2020 onwards, including 7 seats reserved for Foreign Nationals — so 125 seats for Indian nationals through NEET-UG.
What is the admission process for AIIMS Delhi MBBS?
Purely NEET-UG plus MCC counselling. AIIMS conducted its own separate entrance examination until 2019; with the NMC Act 2019, admission has been entirely through NEET-UG score/rank since the 2020 admission cycle, with seats allotted via MCC's central counselling process alongside every other medical college.
Is there a state quota at AIIMS Delhi?
No. AIIMS is a central Institute of National Importance — all seats are filled through MCC's central counselling on NEET-UG rank, not any state-level process. Reservation is by category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWD), not by state domicile.
How long is the MBBS course at AIIMS Delhi?
5.5 years total: 4.5 years of academic study across three phases (Pre-clinical, Para-clinical, Clinical) plus 1 year of compulsory rotating internship. Per AIIMS's own rules, internship at AIIMS Delhi is not available to students who did not complete their MBBS at AIIMS Delhi itself.
What does the hostel cost at AIIMS Delhi?
We found two different AIIMS-official figures that do not agree with each other. The Academic Section's 2021 rules document states a combined Hostel Rent + Gymkhana + Pot Fund + Electricity + Mess Security (refundable) + Hostel Security (refundable) total of ₹4,228 for the MBBS course. A separate official AIIMS hostel fees page states a different figure structured as a monthly rate. We have not been able to reconcile these two official sources — see section 3 and section 12.
What is the reservation structure at AIIMS Delhi?
SC 15%, ST 7.5%, OBC (non-creamy layer) 27%, EWS 10%, with 5% horizontal reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities across all categories — per AIIMS's own Academic Section rules. 7 of the 132 total seats are reserved for Foreign Nationals.
Does AIIMS Delhi give scholarships to MBBS students?
Yes — a detail most sources miss. Merit Scholarship of ₹7,500/₹5,000/₹3,000 per month is paid to students who rank 1st/2nd/3rd in each Professional MBBS examination, and Book Prizes of ₹20,000 are given to toppers in specific subject groups, per AIIMS's own Academic Section rules (2021 document — confirm current amounts, as these are also subject to revision).
Extended admission FAQs
What is the NEET-UG closing rank/score for AIIMS Delhi?
Not sourced on this page. AIIMS Delhi is consistently reported as having among the highest closing ranks of any medical college in India, but we have not sourced an official MCC round-wise allotment result for a recent cycle. Confirm the current cycle's closing rank directly on mcc.nic.in.
Can I do my internship at AIIMS Delhi if I did MBBS elsewhere?
No — per AIIMS's own Academic Section rules, internship at AIIMS Delhi is explicitly not permitted for any student who has not completed their full MBBS course at AIIMS, New Delhi itself.
What is the internship stipend at AIIMS Delhi?
AIIMS's own 2021 document states interns are entitled to a stipend of ₹23,500 per month "or more as per orders of the Government of India from time to time" — meaning this figure is explicitly designed to track central government stipend revisions and may be higher in the current cycle. Confirm the current rate before relying on it.
What documents does AIIMS Delhi require at admission, and are any retained by the college?
Per AIIMS's own rules, the following original certificates are deposited with the Academic Section and retained until the candidate completes or leaves the course: 10th certificate, 10+2 marksheet, 10+2 passing certificate, Caste Certificate (where applicable), and Migration Certificate (may be deposited after admission). This deposit-and-retain practice is specific to AIIMS and worth knowing before you arrive to join.
What happens if I miss the joining deadline at AIIMS Delhi?
Per AIIMS's own rules and a Supreme Court judgment cited in the document (Ashish Ranjan & Ors., Writ Petition Civil No. 76 of 2015), admitted candidates must join by 1 August, and under no circumstances will any candidate — Indian or foreign national — be admitted to the MBBS course beyond 31 August of the admission year. Seats of candidates who do not join by the stipulated date are offered to the next candidate on the waiting list.
Is there a summer research opportunity for MBBS students at AIIMS Delhi?
Yes. AIIMS's own rules describe 30 summer fellowships awarded to MBBS students, paying ₹3,000 per month from 16 May to 15 August, for a research project completed in a department of the student's choice — a genuine research-exposure opportunity most aggregator pages don't mention at all.
What is the minimum aggregate percentage required for AIIMS Delhi MBBS?
Per AIIMS's own eligibility rules: a minimum of 60% aggregate marks in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in the qualifying 10+2 examination for general/OBC/EWS candidates, and 50% for SC/ST candidates. Foreign national candidates require 60% aggregate in the same four subjects in their Intermediate Science or equivalent examination.
Is this page affiliated with AIIMS, New Delhi?
No. Future Career Guidance is an independent admission-counselling service. This page cites AIIMS's own official Academic Section "Rules and Procedures" document and its official website; it is not authorised by, and does not speak for, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Contact & address
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi — Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029. Web: www.aiims.edu. Academic Section: [email protected]. Read our editorial and sourcing policy for how figures on this page are verified.
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