Kerala: NEET UG counselling, from the data
Everything below is rendered from official documents we hold — nothing is copied from coaching sites, and every number says which year and source it comes from.
Who conducts the 85% quota
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala (CEE Kerala)
Counsels: MBBS · BDS · BAMS · BHMS — quotas: State, Management, NRI. Domicile applies.
Window: typically July–August · MCC alignment: state Round-1 windows run 13 Aug–29 Aug per the 2026 schedule.
Domicile & documents
Kerala requires a SEPARATE state application (KEAM) in addition to NEET — the most consequential procedural trap in the country.
- • Kerala nativity is required for the state quota.
- • A separate KEAM application must be submitted within the state's own window, independent of NEET registration.
Documents: Nativity certificate · Community certificate (state format) · Non-creamy-layer certificate · Income certificate for fee concessions
- ⚠ MISSING THE KEAM WINDOW FORFEITS THE KERALA STATE QUOTA ENTIRELY — regardless of NEET score. The window typically closes before NEET results are declared, so it must be treated as a pre-result task.
State-quota closing ranks · 2024official — the authority's own documents
| College | Type | GEN closing (AIR) | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Medical College, Kottayam | government | 6,408 | EWS SC ST |
| Government Medical College, Thrissur | government | 6,483 | EWS SC ST |
| T D Medical College, Alleppey (Allappuzha) | government | 8,446 | EWS SC ST |
| Govt. Medical College,Pariyaram, Kannur (Prev. Known as Academy of Med | government | 9,416 | EWS SC ST |
| Government Medical College, Manjeri, Malapuram Dist. | government | 9,429 | EWS SC ST |
| Government Medical College, Parippally, Kollam | government | 9,475 | EWS SC ST |
| Government Medical College, Ernakulam | government | 9,479 | EWS SC ST |
| Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute, Thrissur | private | 24,600 | SC ST |
| Karuna Medical College, Palakkad | private | 93,823 | SC |
| Al-Azhar Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Thodupuzha | private | 1,02,460 | SC ST |
All ranks are NEET All India Ranks, so they compare directly with the All India Quota. Deeper closings exist in later rounds; treat these as a floor for what became reachable.
Service bondprovisional
1-2 yr variable
AYUSH fallback (BAMS / BHMS / BUMS) · official 2025
Kerala runs AYUSH counselling on the same NEET score, after the MBBS rounds — a fallback worth holding open. 24 institutes with official closings are in the workspace options view, with sanctioned seats and regulator flags.
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