NEET BDS OPEN-PWD (General/Open - PWD) Cutoff in All India Quota
Colleges
22
Most Competitive
7,02,132
Least Competitive
12,20,394
Years
2023-2025
What is OPEN-PWD (General/Open - PWD)?
The OPEN (unreserved) category under All India Quota is available to all candidates regardless of caste, religion, or domicile. Approximately 50% of AIQ seats fall under this category after reserved quotas are filled. Any candidate from any state can compete for OPEN seats on NEET All India Rank merit, including OBC candidates whose families fall within the creamy layer. No caste or domicile certificate is required. OPEN is the most competitive AIQ category, with the lowest closing ranks at top government colleges.
PwD (Persons with Benchmark Disability) sub-quota: 5% of seats within each category are reserved horizontally for candidates with at least 40% benchmark disability (in most disability categories) as defined under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Candidates must obtain a disability certificate from a designated government medical board.
The OPEN-PWD (General/Open - PWD) category has cutoff data available across 22 dental colleges in All India Quota. This data covers 3 years of counselling from 2023 to 2025. Closing ranks for this category range from 7,02,132 (most competitive) to 12,20,394 (least competitive).
The most competitive colleges for OPEN-PWD (General/Open - PWD) in All India Quota are: Faculty of Dentistry (average closing rank 7,02,132), IMS BHU Dental (average closing rank 7,49,341), Government DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSP., NAGPUR (average closing rank 9,03,910), Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (average closing rank 9,21,198), FACULTY OF Dental Sciences (average closing rank 9,22,118). These colleges consistently attract candidates with the lowest NEET All India Ranks in this category.
Closing ranks do not move the same way across rounds at every college. Of the 7 OPEN-PWD (General/Open - PWD) colleges with multi-round data, 7 extended to lower ranks in later rounds. Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry moved the most, widening from 6,13,729 in Round 1 to 11,12,674 by the final round.
For OPEN-PWD (General/Open - PWD) candidates targeting All India Quota: cutoffs have remained relatively stable. Candidates with ranks between 7,02,132 and 12,20,394 had options across these 22 colleges in previous counselling cycles.