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Kerala Medical Colleges Seat Distribution & Fee Structures

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Kerala Medical Colleges Seat Distribution & Fee Structures

Learn about the MBBS seat distribution in Kerala Medical Colleges by College-type, Counselling, and Categories.


The 32 Kerala Medical colleges offer 4505 MBBS seats, which ranks it 10th among all states in India.

 

Of these, 12 are government colleges with 1755 seats, while the remaining 19 are private and offer 2600 seats. With 26 dental institutes, Kerala also has 1920 BDS seats. Candidates must complete CEE’s KEAM Kerala Counselling application form-filling process to be eligible for counselling rounds.

 

CEE’s Kerala Engineering, Architecture, and Medical (KEAM) is responsible for conducting counselling for the state quota seats in Kerala Medical colleges. In India, there are currently 703 medical colleges that offer 1,08,958 MBBS and 29,088 BDS seats.

 

 

Reading Hello Mentor’s analysis of Kerala Medical Colleges Seat Distribution & Fee Structures informs the reader in:

 

 

  • Kerala Medical Colleges' Seat Matrices by Institute-type

 

  • Kerala Medical Colleges: Counselling-wise Seat Distribution

 

  • Category and Minority Seat Breakdown for Private Colleges

 

  • Kerala Medical Colleges Seat Matrices and Fee Structures

 

 

Also Read - Breaking: Applications Started for KEAM Kerala Counselling

 



 

We can analyze the medical seat distribution in Kerala Medical colleges in two different aspects:

 

  • Seat Distribution by college type

 

  • Kerala Medical Colleges Seat Distribution by Counselling

 

Kerala Medical Colleges Seat Distribution by College-Type

 

 

12 government Kerala medical colleges offer admission to undergraduate medical courses. As of 2024, these colleges had 1755 seats. Government Medical College in Kozhikode and GMC in Thiruvananthapuram have the highest number of seats, 250 each.

 

 

A look at the reservations for different categories and quotas gives a clearer idea of government seat distribution in Kerala medical colleges. These include reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections, and physically disabled candidates. Additionally, there are quotas for students from outside Kerala, children of defense personnel, and sports quota candidates.

 

 

 

Seat distribution varies from college to college, and each has its own reservation policies and quotas. Minority-wise seat distribution can further clarify other quotas, which are detailed below.

 


Sl. No


Category/Quota


Reservation


A


State Merit (SM)


50%


B


Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)


10%


C


Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC)










30%

a) Ezhava (EZ)

9%

b ) Muslim (MU)

8%

c) Other Backward Hindu (BH) 

3%

d) Latin Catholic and Anglo-Indian (LA)

3%

e) Dheevara and related communities (DV)

2%

f) Viswakarma and related communities (VK) 

2%

g) Kusavan and related communities (KN) 

1%

h) Other Backward Christian (BX)

1%

i) Kudumbi (KU)

1%


D


Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes



10%

Scheduled Castes (SC)

8%

Scheduled Tribes (ST)

2%

 

 

State Merit covers the highest reservation, at 50%. The table below shows the distribution of government seats for Kerala medical colleges under the State Merit.

 

 


Name and Address of Medical College


State


State Quota


Government Medical College (Institute of Integrated Medical Sciences), Yakkara, Palakkad

 


Kerala


85


Government Medical College, Ernakulam

 


Kerala


94

 

Government Medical College, Idukki

 


Kerala


85

 

Government Medical College, Konni

 

 

Kerala

 

85

 

Government Medical College, Kottayam

 

 

Kerala

 

149

 

Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Calicut

 

 

Kerala

 

212

 

Government Medical College, Manjeri, Malappuram Dist.

 

 

Kerala

 

93

 

Government Medical College, Thrissur

 

 

Kerala

 

148

 

Govt. Medical College, Pariyaram, Kannur (Prev. Known as Academy of Medical Sciences)

 

 

Kerala

 

85

 

Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

 

 

Kerala

 

212

 

T D Medical College, Alleppey (Alappuzha)

 

 

Kerala

 

149


Total


1397

 

 

Amrita Deemed University in Kochi is the only Deemed university in Kerala with a capacity of 150 MBBS seats. Private medical colleges account for more than half the seats, 2600 in total (57.7%). The analysis below briefly illustrates the private seat distribution for Kerala medical colleges.