39,500 from state clear NEET UG, to vie for 12,700 seats

39,500 from state clear NEET UG, to vie for 12,700 seats

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Ahmedabad:19.11.2021

Of the 68,000 candidates who took the NEET UG 2021 exam from Gujarat, 39,570 have qualified.

They will now compete for the 12,707 seats at medical, dental, ayurveda and homeopathy colleges in the state.

“In the general category, 9,521 candidates qualified while 7,303 have cleared from the EWS category. In the OBC category, 15,706 candidates cleared NEET UG while 4,043 qualified in the SC category 4,043 and 3,096 in the ST category,” said a source in the admission committee.

Tha admission committee has started online registration for medical, dental, homeopathy and ayurveda seats from November 17.

There are 30 medical colleges in the state with 5,550 MBBS seats,12 dental colleges with 1,255 seats, 2,242 seats at 33 ayurveda colleges and 36 homeopathy colleges having a total capacity of 3,710 seats.

In all there are 12,707 seats for which the Admission Committee for Professional Under Graduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC) will conduct admissions this year.