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Admission Trends
Year over year, Thoothukudi Medical College has settled into a predictable cutoff band around AIR 2,190. Reserved category students have a wider window — ST closed at AIR 15,806, roughly 6.8× the OPEN cutoff of AIR 2,330. This is one of the most competitive colleges under Tamil Nadu counselling. Only top-ranked candidates should list it as a realistic target.
How Thoothukudi Medical College, Thoothukudi measures up across the five scored dimensions.
MBBS Intake
150
100% filled (2023-24)
Hospital Beds
983
30 emergency
Govt Quota Fee
₹13,610
2024-25
OPEN category State Rank bands from the latest year — sign up free for the full 2023–2025 analysis
High Chance
< 1,864
Qualified every year
Moderate Chance
1,864–2,097
Qualified some years
Low Chance
2,097–2,330
Did not qualify in any year
Beds per MBBS student
6.6
Excellent (NMC min: 3)
OPD cases per student / month
57
Clinical exposure metric
IPD cases per student / month
20
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
The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University,Chennai
Clinical
Digital
Compliance
HMIS vendor: OASYS cybernatics
Blood bank valid until: 2025-12-31 (expired)
OPD / month
8,538
IPD / month
3,018
X-Ray / month
2,136
CT Scan / month
496
MRI / month
151
Ultrasound / month
866
Culture & Sensitivity / month
1,647
Births & Deaths (2023)
Births / month
483
Deaths / month
196
Total births
5,795
Total deaths
2,158
| Year | Intake | Admitted | Fill Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 150 | 150 | 100% |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 150 | 100% |
| 2021-22 | 150 | 150 | 100% |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 150 | 100% |
| 2019-20 | 150 | 150 | 100% |
2024-25(government)
| Quota | Tuition | Development | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| government | 13,610 | — | 13,610 |
Thoothukudi Medical College.
After the course: service bond
5 years of rural service, callable by the government within 2 years of registering as a practitioner \u2014 ₹5 lakh to break it.
Leaving the seat: ₹10 lakh
Discontinuing after joining (distinct from the service bond)
Separate from the service bond \u2014 it applies if you drop the seat.
Government intern stipend in Tamil Nadu is about \u20b927,000/month.
Source: TN prospectus 2025-26 (G.O.601/602) Annexures IX & III — bond covers govt + management/minority/NRI seats identically. ⚠ 2026 drafts (G.O.667/695) omit the bond annexure (working reading — confirm from the latest official brochure)
Infrastructure, clinical load, and admission data sourced from NMC MSMER (updated Mar 2026)
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