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Admission Trends
Kasturba Medical College’s cutoff history is erratic — AIR 79,454 in 2023, AIR 53,956 in 2024, AIR 60,798 in 2025. Budget for uncertainty when listing this college. Reserved category students have a wider window — SC closed at AIR 2,11,691, roughly 3.5× the OPEN cutoff of AIR 60,798. This college has filled seats in later rounds, so it belongs on your list even as a backup pick.
How Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru (Mangalore) measures up across the five scored dimensions.
MBBS Intake
250
100% filled (2023-24)
Hospital Beds
660
14 emergency
Govt Quota Fee
₹1,53,571
2025-26
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High Chance
< 73,878
Qualified every year
Moderate Chance
73,878–92,347
Qualified some years
Low Chance
92,347–1,06,199
Did not qualify in any year
Beds per MBBS student
2.6
Below NMC minimum (NMC min: 3)
OPD cases per student / month
54
Clinical exposure metric
IPD cases per student / month
4
Inpatient exposure
Higher ratios mean more hands-on clinical exposure per student during MBBS training. NMC requires a minimum of 3 hospital beds per MBBS student.
University
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University), Manipal
Faculty
61 members
NMC Status
Recognized
Clinical
Digital
Compliance
HMIS vendor: NIC
Blood bank valid until: 2027-11-23
OPD / month
13,406
IPD / month
1,003
X-Ray / month
2,490
CT Scan / month
265
MRI / month
182
Ultrasound / month
1,386
Culture & Sensitivity / month
742
Births & Deaths (2023)
Births / month
563
Deaths / month
236
Total births
6,752
Total deaths
2,594
| Year | Intake | Admitted | Fill Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 250 | 250 | 100% |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 250 | 100% |
| 2021-22 | 250 | 250 | 100% |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 250 | 100% |
| 2019-20 | 250 | 250 | 100% |
| Department | Prof | Assoc Prof | Asst Prof | Tutors | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities & Management | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Obstetrics | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Media Studies | 56 | — | — | — | 56 |
2025-26(Unknown)
| Quota | Tuition | Development | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| government | — | — | 1,53,571 |
2024-25(Deemed-University)
| Quota | Tuition | Development | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| government | — | — | 1,54,321 |
After the course: service bond
1 year of rural service (PHC/PHU) under the Compulsory Service Act 2012; only temporary KMC registration until served — ₹15 lakh to break it.
Government intern stipend in Karnataka is about ₹30,000/month.
Source: KEA UGNEET-2025 guidelines cl.11 + Annexure 9; Act 26 of 2015; Rs. 15L per HFW 363 HSH 2021 Amendment (concordant reporting) (working reading — confirm from the latest official brochure)
Infrastructure, clinical load, and admission data sourced from NMC MSMER (updated Mar 2026)
It operates as part of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University), Manipal, a deemed university. Founded in 1955, it has over 70 years in medical education. It is ranked 35th in the NIRF 2025 Medical Rankings with a score of 56.45.
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Also known as: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore