Sikkim NEET UG Counselling 2026: Cutoffs & State Quota
127
Total govt MBBS seats
127
State-quota seats
0
AIQ seats
Domicile requirements for Sikkim state quota
For SMIMS's Sikkim state-quota seats (allotted via HRDD Sikkim counselling), domicile is established through: Sikkim Subject Certificate or Certificate of Identification, birth certificate, and school certificates from Sikkim institutions. For SMIMS's North-East quota component, students from other NE states should check HRDD Sikkim's current eligibility criteria directly.
For SMIMS's AIQ seats (via MCC) and any Management Quota-style seats outside the state-quota/NE-quota allocation, no Sikkim domicile restriction applies.
Overview
Sikkim's only medical college is Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS) in Gangtok. There is no separate state-run government medical college, but SMIMS is not a purely private institution either — it operates as a Public-Private Partnership between the Government of Sikkim and the Manipal group, and this gives it an unusual seat structure for a deemed university: of its roughly 150 MBBS seats, about 127 (85%) are Sikkim state quota seats (including a North-East quota component) allotted through Sikkim's own HRDD counselling, not MCC — and about 23 (15%) are AIQ seats allotted through MCC. This is a real exception to the general rule that Deemed University seats are 100% MCC-counselled.
This means Sikkim domicile students do have a genuine state-quota MBBS pathway at SMIMS, run by the state's Human Resource Development Department (HRDD), alongside the national AIQ pool (for government colleges across India) and Management Quota at private colleges elsewhere. Students from other NE states should also check SMIMS's North-East quota component within the Sikkim state-quota share.
Sikkim's Scheduled Tribe communities additionally benefit from ST reservation in AIQ. Always verify SMIMS's current-year seat matrix and quota split on the official HRDD Sikkim portal, since PPP-model arrangements like this can be revised.
Government Medical Colleges
Sikkim NEET cutoffs — round-wise opening & closing ranks
We haven't published round-wise cutoff figures for Sikkim yet — we only publish ranks once they're verified against official Health Care, Human Services & Family Welfare Department, Sikkim and MCC counselling records. Check the official counselling authority for the latest round-wise data, or use the Pathway Explorer for a realistic estimate based on verified historical trends.
Counselling highlights
Conducted by: Health Care, Human Services & Family Welfare Department, Sikkim
No separate state-run government medical college, but SMIMS functions as a PPP with real state-quota seats
SMIMS Gangtok: ~150 MBBS seats — ~127 (85%) Sikkim state quota (incl. NE quota component) via HRDD Sikkim; ~23 (15%) AIQ via MCC
HRDD Sikkim (Human Resource Development Department) conducts the state-quota counselling, not MCC
Sikkim students also access MBBS through AIQ (national pool) or Management Quota at colleges in other states
ST category: Sikkim tribal communities eligible for ST reservation in AIQ
SMIMS's NE quota component is worth checking for students from other NE states, not just Sikkim
Relevant counselling routes
NE perspective
SMIMS's Sikkim state-quota seats give Sikkim domicile students a genuine, less-competitive home-state MBBS pathway, run by HRDD Sikkim rather than MCC. Its North-East quota component is also worth checking for students from other NE states — this is a distinctive feature not available at most other private/deemed institutions.
Sikkim students in ST categories (Bhutia, Lepcha, Limboo, etc.) additionally benefit from ST reservation in AIQ counselling — giving them access to reserved government MBBS seats at colleges across India at lower NEET cutoffs. Geographically, Sikkim students also have access to NEIGRIHMS Shillong and government colleges in West Bengal, which are closer than those in other NE states.