MGM Medical College Aurangabad: MBBS Admission, Fees, and Cutoff

Established in 1989, MGM Medical College Aurangabad is a constituent unit of MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai — a recognised Deemed-to-be University. Over three decades, the college has built a strong reputation for massive clinical infrastructure, experienced faculty and rigorous academic environment.

Why MGM Aurangabad?

MGM Hospital is a sprawling 1,000+ bed tertiary care hospital with massive daily patient footfall from Marathwada. Advanced ICUs, modular OTs, 24/7 trauma centre and full-functional blood banks. MBBS students benefit from the on-campus PG (MD/MS) and super-specialty (DM/MCh) programs in Cardiology, Nephrology, Urology and Plastic Surgery — meaning UG students see rare pathologies and advanced procedures during clinical postings and internship.

Modern anatomy halls, NABL-accredited pathology and microbiology labs, and a central library with 50,000+ medical textbooks and international digital journal access.

Location: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad)

MGM Medical College sits in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the administrative and commercial hub of the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Students searching for this college online will find it listed under both names — "MGM Aurangabad" and "MGM Sambhajinagar" — because the city was officially renamed, but the college's admission brochures, older certificates and much of its public-facing material still carry the earlier "Aurangabad" name. When you fill your MCC choice list or verify documents, expect to see both names used interchangeably; they refer to the same institution and the same campus. The city itself is a major rail and road junction connecting to Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad, and hosts a domestic airport, which matters for outstation students planning travel for reporting, semester breaks and family visits.

Because Marathwada is a large, historically underserved region for tertiary healthcare, MGM's hospital draws patients from a wide catchment area covering multiple districts. For an MBBS student, that translates into a broader and often more advanced case-mix during clinical postings than a similarly sized hospital would see in a city with several competing large hospitals.

Academic and Clinical Environment in Detail

A few structural features are worth understanding before you commit four-and-a-half years and a significant sum of money to any medical college:

• Vertical integration with PG and super-specialty programs: Because MGM Aurangabad runs its own MD/MS seats and select DM/MCh super-specialty programs on the same campus, undergraduate students are taught and supervised not only by professors but also by resident doctors pursuing their own postgraduate training. This layered teaching structure — a common feature of large teaching hospitals — generally means more hands-on bedside teaching per student than a hospital that only runs an undergraduate program.
• Volume of clinical material: A 1,000+ bed hospital serving a wide regional catchment sees a large and varied volume of patients across general medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynaecology, paediatrics and the major specialties. For MBBS training, exposure to volume and variety of real cases — not just textbook descriptions — is what builds clinical judgment before internship.
• Research and academic infrastructure: A central library stocked with tens of thousands of volumes and digital journal access supports both undergraduate study and the research components increasingly expected under the NMC's competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum, including mandatory research projects and electives.
• Accreditation status: MGM Institute of Health Sciences is recognised by the National Medical Commission (NMC) as a Deemed-to-be University, which is what allows it to admit students through the MCC Deemed University counselling stream described below. For the exact current accreditation grade, ranking or any recent inspection outcome, verify directly on the NMC and MGM Institute of Health Sciences websites, since these are periodically reviewed and can change between academic sessions.

Seat Matrix

Annual intake: 200 seats. Because MGM is a Deemed University, 100% of counselling is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), New Delhi. No state quota. The same all-India process applies to every MBBS deemed university admission through MCC.

• Management / Deemed Paid Quota: 170 seats (85%)
• NRI Quota: 30 seats (15%)

Unfilled NRI seats are typically converted to Management Quota in Mop-Up / Stray Vacancy rounds.

Who Should Choose MGM Aurangabad?

Not every NEET-qualified candidate is a good financial or academic fit for every Deemed university. Here is an honest breakdown of the kind of applicant for whom MGM Aurangabad tends to make sense, and the kind of applicant who should think harder before locking it as a top choice.

• Good fit — a family that can commit ₹23.5 L/year without financing stress: Because Deemed University fees are collected on a fixed annual schedule backed by post-dated cheques (see the PDC box below), the single biggest risk at any Deemed college is a family that stretches to afford Year 1 and then struggles from Year 2 onward. If your family can commit the full amount for all 4.5 years without needing to rely on uncertain future income, MGM Aurangabad's fee structure is transparent and predictable — there are no hidden surprise hikes on top of what is disclosed at admission.
• Good fit — a candidate who values clinical volume over metro-city location: Students prioritising hands-on exposure to a high patient load, and who are comfortable studying in a Tier-2 city rather than Mumbai or Pune, often get more out of a large regional referral hospital like MGM Aurangabad than out of a metro college with more competition for the same bedside teaching time.
• Good fit — NEET scorers around the 2025 cutoff band (see cutoff section below) who did not clear state-quota government college cutoffs: For candidates whose scores fall short of Maharashtra state-quota government or semi-government MBBS cutoffs but who can arrange the Deemed-University fee, MGM Aurangabad via MCC counselling is a realistic and legitimate route into MBBS.
• Think harder — if your budget genuinely caps out around ₹10–15 L/year total: At that budget level, a Maharashtra state-quota seat (through the state CET Cell, not MCC) or a lower-fee college elsewhere may be a better starting search; compare fee bands across colleges in our Maharashtra private MBBS guide and our statewide lowest MBBS fees guide before you finalise choices.
• Think harder — if you have a live NRI sponsor and are choosing purely on cost: The NRI quota at MGM Aurangabad is USD-denominated and, once converted, is typically a larger rupee outlay than the Management/Deemed quota. If your NRI sponsorship is genuinely optional (i.e., you could alternatively compete on merit), run the actual currency-converted numbers against the Management-quota fee before deciding which quota to pursue.

How MGM Aurangabad Compares to Similar Options

Because MGM Aurangabad is one campus within MGM Institute of Health Sciences, the most direct comparison is with its own sister campus. MGM Navi Mumbai runs the same 85%/15% Management-NRI split and a similar Management-quota tuition figure, but sits inside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region rather than Marathwada — meaning a materially different cost of living, hostel pricing and clinical catchment. Full details, including its own fee tables and cutoffs, are on our MGM Navi Mumbai MBBS admission page.

More broadly within Maharashtra's Deemed-University landscape, candidates comparing MGM Aurangabad often also shortlist DMIHER Wardha, DY Patil's various campuses (Pune, Kolhapur, Navi Mumbai, Talegaon), Bharati Vidyapeeth's Pune and Sangli campuses, KIMS Karad, Symbiosis Pune and Pravara Loni — all Deemed universities filled through the same MCC process, each with its own fee band, seat count and clinical strengths. See the Maharashtra private MBBS guide for a side-by-side view, or the Deemed University MBBS guide to understand how the MCC Deemed stream works as a category across all states, not just Maharashtra.

Exact 2026-27 Fee Structure

Fees payable for 4.5 years (not 5).

Management / Deemed Paid Quota

Component	Amount (INR)	Frequency
Tuition Fee	₹ 23,50,000	Per Year (4.5 yrs)
Library Fee	₹ 25,000	One Time
Laboratory Fee	₹ 25,000	One Time
Gymkhana Fee	₹ 10,000	One Time
Security Deposit	₹ 1,00,000	One Time (Refundable)
University Eligibility Fee	₹ 1,17,500	One Time
Total Year 1 Commitment	₹ 26,27,500

NRI Quota

Component	Amount	Frequency
Tuition Fee	$ 60,000	Per Year (4.5 yrs)
Library Fee	₹ 25,000	One Time
Laboratory Fee	₹ 25,000	One Time
Gymkhana Fee	₹ 10,000	One Time
Security Deposit	₹ 1,00,000	One Time (Refundable)
University Eligibility Fee	₹ 1,17,500	One Time

NRI tuition must be paid via DD in INR; exact amount calculated at the day's USD–INR rate.

MGM Sambhajinagar MBBS Fees — Quick Comparison Table

The table below restructures the figures already listed above so you can compare MGM Aurangabad (Sambhajinagar) MBBS fees across both quotas at a glance. For full deemed-quota context, see our Management & NRI quota MBBS guide.

Fee Component	Management / Deemed Paid Quota	NRI Quota	Frequency
Tuition Fee	₹ 23,50,000	$ 60,000	Per Year (4.5 yrs)
Library Fee	₹ 25,000	₹ 25,000	One Time
Laboratory Fee	₹ 25,000	₹ 25,000	One Time
Gymkhana Fee	₹ 10,000	₹ 10,000	One Time
Security Deposit	₹ 1,00,000	₹ 1,00,000	One Time (Refundable)
University Eligibility Fee	₹ 1,17,500	₹ 1,17,500	One Time
Total Year-1 Commitment	₹ 26,27,500	Tuition in USD + one-time charges

Budgeting for the Full 4.5-Year Course — A Planning Framework

Families evaluating MGM Aurangabad make their biggest financial mistake by looking only at the Year-1 figure. The tuition commitment is a multi-year obligation enforced through post-dated cheques, so the right way to plan is to model the full course, not just the first payment. Use the framework below, built strictly from the figures already listed on this page.

• Step 1 — Total tuition outlay: ₹23,50,000 per year × 4.5 years = ₹1,05,75,000 for the Management/Deemed Paid Quota over the full course (this matches the PDC schedule above: three full-year cheques of ₹23,50,000 plus one final half-year cheque of ₹11,75,000).
• Step 2 — Add the one-time Year-1 charges: Library, Laboratory, Gymkhana, Security Deposit and University Eligibility Fee together add ₹2,77,500 in Year 1 only (the Security Deposit of ₹1,00,000 is refundable, so treat it as a temporary hold on cash rather than a sunk cost).
• Step 3 — Add hostel and mess costs across the course: At ₹72,000–₹2,55,000 per year depending on room type, budget roughly ₹3.2 L to ₹11.5 L across 4.5 years for accommodation and food, separate from tuition.
• Step 4 — Add the MCC counselling deposit: A refundable security deposit is collected at MCC registration (verify the current amount on mcc.nic.in each year, since MCC revises this periodically) — plan for it as a temporary block on funds during the counselling window, returned after you either join or exit the process per MCC rules.
• Step 5 — Add a contingency line: Books, dissection kits, stethoscopes and other instruments, uniform/lab coats, university examination fees and local transport are recurring costs every medical student incurs; even a modest annual contingency adds up meaningfully over 4.5 years and internship.
• Step 6 — Sequence your cash flow, not just your total: Because each PDC is dated a year apart, the real planning question is not "can I afford ₹1.05 Crore" but "will I have ₹23.5 L in liquid, bankable funds on each of the four PDC dates, on time, every time." A bounced PDC has serious consequences for your seat — treat each due date as a hard deadline in your family's financial calendar.

For NRI-quota families, the same six-step logic applies, but replace the INR tuition figure with $60,000/year converted at the prevailing DD rate on each payment date — because the fee is USD-denominated, rupee depreciation directly inflates your INR outlay every year, which is worth discussing with your bank or forex advisor before you commit. To compare this cost structure against other Deemed and management-quota colleges before finalising your MCC choice list, see our MBBS fees and bond comparison guide.

2025 NEET Cutoffs

Cutoffs dropped slightly in 2025 due to fee structure shifts and overall rank dynamics in MCC.

Management Quota — Round 1

• NEET Score: 401 marks
• All India Rank: ~2,08,996

NRI Quota — Round 1

• NEET Score: 253 marks

Counselling tip: Round 1 cutoffs are just the start. Many students seat-block, causing big rank shifts in Round 2 and Mop-Up. Scores between 300–380 should hold their ground through subsequent rounds.

Admission Procedure — Step-by-Step MCC Deemed University Counselling

Because 100% of MGM Aurangabad's seats are filled through MCC Deemed University counselling, understanding the actual mechanics of this process — not just the headline steps — is what prevents costly mistakes like a forfeited security deposit or a missed reporting deadline. Here is the detailed walkthrough.

1. NEET-UG result and eligibility check. Once NTA declares the NEET-UG result, confirm you meet the qualifying percentile for your category (50th percentile General/EWS, 40th SC/ST/OBC, 45th General-PwBD, as per NMC norms) and that your 10+2 subject combination and marks meet the eligibility floor. Without a qualifying NEET score, you cannot register for any MCC counselling stream, including Deemed University.
2. MCC registration on mcc.nic.in. Create your candidate login on the official MCC portal and specifically select the "UG Medical Counselling — Deemed/Central Universities" stream (as distinct from the "15% AIQ" stream, which is for government college all-India quota seats only). Fill in your personal, academic and category details exactly as they appear on your NEET admit card and certificates — mismatches here are a common cause of later document-verification delays.
3. Pay the registration and security deposit fees. MCC charges a non-refundable registration fee plus a refundable security deposit for the Deemed/Central stream; the exact amounts are published fresh each counselling cycle on mcc.nic.in, so verify the current figures before paying. Critical warning: if you are allotted a seat in Round 2 or later and choose not to join, MCC forfeits your security deposit under its published rules — this is a real financial consequence, not a formality, so only register once you are seriously prepared to join if allotted.
4. Choice filling and locking. From the full list of participating Deemed universities, search for and add "MGM Medical College, Aurangabad" (it may also appear under "MGM Institute of Health Sciences" or with "Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar" in the location field, depending on how MCC lists it that year) along with your intended quota (Management/Deemed Paid or NRI). Arrange your full choice list in genuine order of preference across all colleges you are willing to join — MCC allots strictly by your rank and choice order, so placing a college too low can mean missing it even if your rank would have qualified. Lock your choices before the deadline; unlocked lists are auto-locked by the system at cutoff time using whatever order was last saved.
5. Seat allotment result. MCC publishes round-wise results on the portal. If allotted MGM Aurangabad, download your Provisional Allotment Letter immediately — this is the document that authorises you to report to the college.
6. Fee payment and physical reporting. Within the reporting window specified by MCC (typically a matter of days after allotment — always check the exact dates on your allotment letter, since MCC's published schedule governs, not general expectations), travel to the MGM Aurangabad campus with your original documents, the required Demand Drafts and the post-dated cheques described above. Late reporting beyond the MCC-specified window can result in the seat being treated as vacant and re-allotted.
7. Document verification and medical fitness test. The college verifies every original certificate against your MCC registration data, checks your category/domicile/migration paperwork (if applicable) and conducts a basic medical fitness check on campus before finalising your admission.
8. Subsequent rounds — if applicable. If you are not allotted in Round 1, or wish to try for a better option, you remain in the pool for Round 2, and — for any seats still vacant — the Mop-Up and Stray Vacancy rounds that follow. Each round has its own choice-filling window, so keep checking the MCC schedule rather than assuming your Round 1 preferences automatically carry forward unchanged.

Because rules on registration fees, deposit amounts, and reporting timelines are set fresh by MCC each year, always cross-check the live schedule and fee notification on mcc.nic.in at the time you actually counsel — treat the sequence above as the roadmap and the official portal as the source of exact numbers and dates.

Essential Documents — Complete NEET-UG Counselling Checklist

Document verification is where many otherwise-qualified candidates lose time or, in the worst case, a seat — usually because of a missing original, a name mismatch across certificates, or an expired affidavit. Carry originals plus at least two self-attested photocopies of everything below to your reporting at MGM Aurangabad.

Identity, Exam and Academic Documents

• NEET UG Admit Card and Scorecard / Rank Letter
• MCC Provisional Allotment Letter (for the specific round you are reporting against)
• Class 10 Marksheet & Passing Certificate (serves as your date-of-birth proof)
• Class 12 Marksheet & Passing Certificate
• School Leaving / Transfer Certificate (TC) from your last attended institution
• Migration Certificate issued by your 12th-standard board
• Character/Conduct Certificate from your previous institution

Category, Domicile and Special-Circumstance Documents (where applicable)

• Caste/Category Certificate (SC/ST/OBC/EWS) issued by a competent authority, if claiming a reserved category
• Non-Creamy Layer Certificate for OBC candidates, valid for the current academic year
• PwBD (disability) certificate from an authorised medical board, if applicable
• Gap Certificate — a notarised affidavit (commonly on ₹100 stamp paper) explaining any break in your academic timeline, if you took a drop year
• Domicile Certificate, if your category or state-linked eligibility requires proof of residence

Identity, Photographs and Fitness

• Aadhaar Card and PAN Card — for both the student and the fee-paying parent/guardian
• Medical Fitness Certificate (final certification is typically completed on campus at MGM as part of reporting)
• 8–10 recent passport-size photographs (identical, plain background, as specified in your allotment letter)

Financial Documents

• Demand Drafts for Year-1 tuition and one-time fees, drawn exactly as specified in the college's fee notice (see the PDC box above for MGM Aurangabad's specific DD instructions)
• Post-dated cheques (PDCs) covering the remaining fee schedule, as detailed above
• Proof of payment for the MCC counselling registration and security deposit

NRI Candidates — Additional Documents

• Valid passport and visa of the NRI sponsor
• Embassy / Consulate Certificate confirming NRI status
• Sponsorship Affidavit from the NRI relative, notarised as per MCC/college format
• Notarised Family Tree document proving the relationship between the candidate and the NRI sponsor
• Proof of the sponsor's overseas address, employment or residency status (as specified by the college's NRI verification checklist)

Because exact document formats, notarisation requirements and category-certificate validity windows are prescribed by MCC and revised periodically, always cross-check the live checklist published on mcc.nic.in and MGM Institute of Health Sciences' official admission notice for the current session before you travel for reporting.

Hostel & Campus Life

Outstation students must reside in campus hostels (at least initially). Hostel fees: ₹ 72,000 – ₹ 2,55,000/yr depending on AC vs Non-AC, single vs twin sharing. Mess fees billed separately. Wi-Fi available; rooms well-ventilated. Basketball, indoor badminton, cricket ground, annual fests and sports weeks.

Final Verdict

An MBBS seat at MGM Aurangabad needs both a qualifying NEET score and substantial financial readiness. The ₹23.5 L/yr tuition is significant, but the return — clinical exposure at a 1000+ bed hospital, super-specialty teaching, MGM brand — is strong. Start arranging finances and tracking the MCC Deemed schedule right after NEET results. If you are comparing campuses within the same university, also review the sister-college fees at MGM Navi Mumbai MBBS admission.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the MGM Aurangabad MBBS fees?

For the Management/Deemed Paid Quota at MGM Medical College Aurangabad (Sambhajinagar), the tuition fee is ₹23,50,000 per year, payable over 4.5 years, with a total Year-1 commitment of ₹26,27,500 including one-time charges. NRI Quota tuition is USD 60,000 per year plus the same one-time charges. Across the full course, Management-quota tuition totals ₹1,05,75,000 (₹23.5 L × 4.5 years), before hostel, mess and miscellaneous costs — see the budgeting framework above for the full picture.

What are the MGM Sambhajinagar MBBS fees, and is it the same as MGM Aurangabad?

Yes — MGM Sambhajinagar and MGM Aurangabad refer to the exact same college. The city of Aurangabad was officially renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and both names are still used interchangeably in admission material, online searches and even official documents. The fee structure is identical regardless of which name you search: ₹23,50,000 per year (Management/Deemed Paid Quota) or USD 60,000 per year (NRI Quota), as detailed in the fee tables above.

What was the MGM Aurangabad MBBS cutoff?

In 2025, the Management Quota Round 1 cutoff closed at 401 marks (All India Rank ~2,08,996) and the NRI Quota Round 1 cutoff at 253 marks. Round 1 figures are only a starting point — scores between 300–380 should hold their ground through Round 2 and Mop-Up rounds. Because cutoffs move round to round and year to year depending on how many candidates seat-block and vacate, always treat the 2025 figures as a directional benchmark for 2026 planning, not a guarantee, and track the live MCC round-wise cutoff data as counselling progresses.

How are MGM Aurangabad MBBS seats filled?

All 200 seats are filled exclusively through Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) Deemed University counselling at mcc.nic.in; there is no state quota. To plan your finances, see our MBBS fees and bond comparison.

Is MGM Aurangabad the same as MGM Navi Mumbai?

No — they are two separate constituent campuses under the same parent institution, MGM Institute of Health Sciences. MGM Aurangabad (Sambhajinagar) is located in Marathwada, Maharashtra, while MGM Navi Mumbai sits inside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Kamothe. Both run a similar 85% Management / 15% NRI seat split and are counselled entirely through MCC, but they have their own separate fee notifications, cutoffs and campus infrastructure. If you are deciding between the two, compare this page against our dedicated MGM Navi Mumbai MBBS admission guide.

What documents are required for MGM Aurangabad admission?

You need your NEET UG admit card and scorecard, MCC provisional allotment letter, Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets and passing certificates, migration certificate, transfer certificate, category/domicile certificates if applicable, Aadhaar and PAN, passport photographs, and the required Demand Drafts and post-dated cheques as per the fee schedule. NRI candidates need additional sponsorship and embassy documentation. See the complete checklist above for the full list organised by category.

Can I get an MGM Aurangabad seat without appearing in Round 1?

Yes. Seats not filled or vacated in Round 1 flow into Round 2, and any seats still vacant after that go into Mop-Up and Stray Vacancy rounds, all conducted by MCC. Cutoffs in later rounds can move up or down depending on how many earlier allottees vacate their seats to join elsewhere, so it is worth staying registered and tracking every round rather than assuming your only chance is Round 1.