No vacant MBBS seats, only 7 left in BDS as Maharashtra wraps up admissions

According to experts, MBBS has always been more in demand not only for social status but also for broader career prospects, whereas BDS is generally considered as a second option when a candidate misses an MBBS seat.

This year there were a total of 8,535 seats for MBBS admissions including 4,936 in government and 3,599 in private medical colleges.

According to the data available at the Maharashtra CET Cell, for MBBS in academic year 2024-25, there were a total of 7,324 seats whereas in academic year 2023-24 there were 8,141 seats – in both years all seats were filled.

For BDS, this year there were a total of 2718 seats including 318 in government and 2400 in private colleges. Out of these 2,711 were filled leaving only 7 vacant seats. Out of 318 seats in government dental college 312 were filled whereas in private dental college out of 2,400 seats 2,399 were filled.

The data further shows that in the academic year 2024-25, there were a total of 2,675 seats for BDS out of which 2646 were filled leaving 29 seats vacant. Whereas in academic year 2023-24, out of total 2,675 seats 2,672 were filled leaving only three seats vacant.

The Maharashtra CET Cell, which conducts admission to both these courses, has conducted three Centralised Admission Process (CAP) rounds and one stray round. While two more stray rounds were conducted by the CET Cell for admission to remaining government college seats, private colleges filled remaining seats through institutional level rounds.

An admission counsellor pointed out that at the end of stray round 1, which was conducted centrally by the CET Cell for government as well as private colleges combined, a total of 224 seats were vacant in private medical colleges for MBBS and 163 in BDS. Whereas in government colleges, only four in MBBS and 18 in BDS were available. However, in institution level rounds, almost all seats available under private colleges were filled.

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