India, July 17 -- The National Medical Commission (NMC has released the seat matrix for the academic year 2026-27 for the UG course (MBBS). The country will have 1,36,939 MBBS seats this academic year, including those from new medical colleges.

The number of seats has increased this year from 127028 approved in the previous session to 136939.

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The seat matrix includes the approvals granted by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) for the establishment of new Medical (MBBS) Colleges as well as the increase in intake capacity of existing Medical (MBBS) Colleges.

As per the official notice, all private medical colleges have been gran...