Punjab notifies MBBS and BDS 2026 admission rules: BFUHS counselling and a ₹20 lakh government bond
The Government of Punjab has notified the admission rules for MBBS and BDS seats in the state for 2026. The notification, issued by the Department of Medical Education and Research on 8 July 2026, covers government and private medical and dental colleges, including private universities and minority institutions, and it supersedes every earlier admission notification in the state.
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, will run the centralised counselling. Every seat, whether government quota, management quota, NRI or minority, is filled on NEET merit.
How the seats are filled
In government colleges, 15% of MBBS and BDS seats go to the All India Quota, filled by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the DGHS. The remaining 85% form the state quota, filled by BFUHS on NEET merit. After the NEET result, candidates apply to BFUHS on its prescribed form for all seats except the All India Quota. Left-over seats are filled by the same admission committee on the same merit, so individual colleges cannot call for separate applications.
Who qualifies for the Punjab state quota
A candidate must be an Indian citizen and meet one of these conditions: passed Class 11 and 12 from Punjab, or was born in Punjab, or is a permanent resident of the state. Permanent residence covers, among others, those who studied five years in Punjab (or the two years just before the qualifying exam), and the children of Punjab government employees, pensioners and long-settled residents. Wards of defence personnel posted in Punjab, NRI candidates and minority-community candidates competing for minority seats are also eligible.
A ₹20 lakh service bond for government MBBS seats
Students admitted to MBBS in Punjab’s government medical colleges must sign a service bond of ₹20 lakh. It commits them to two years of government service for a state-quota seat and one year for an All India Quota seat. Anyone who does not complete the bonded service pays the ₹20 lakh, on top of any other recovery. The bonded posting, duties and location are decided by the state government.
Punjab MBBS and BDS fees 2026: government and private college fee structure
The notification fixes the annual tuition for every college type and quota. Government seats are the cheapest, while private management-quota and NRI seats cost the most. The table below lists the annual tuition, in rupees, for each seat type.
| Seat type | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government colleges | |||||
| MBBS | ₹2,02,000 | ₹2,22,000 | ₹2,44,000 | ₹2,68,000 | ₹1,47,000 |
| BDS | ₹80,000 | ₹90,000 | ₹1,00,000 | ₹1,10,000 | — |
| Private colleges and universities | |||||
| MBBS, government quota (50%) | ₹4,69,000 | ₹5,16,000 | ₹5,68,000 | ₹6,25,000 | ₹3,44,000 |
| MBBS, management quota (35%) | ₹12,06,000 | ₹13,26,000 | ₹14,59,000 | ₹16,00,000 | ₹8,80,000 |
| BDS, government quota (50%) | ₹1,65,000 | ₹1,81,500 | ₹1,99,650 | ₹2,19,615 | — |
| BDS, management quota (35%) | ₹2,20,000 | ₹2,42,000 | ₹2,66,000 | ₹2,92,000 | — |
NRI seats are charged for the whole course rather than by year: US$1,10,000 for MBBS and US$44,000 for BDS. The minority colleges CMC and CDC, Ludhiana, charge ₹6.60 lakh a year for MBBS and ₹2.20 lakh a year for BDS, and SGRD University, Amritsar, charges ₹12,06,000 in the first MBBS year; all three raise fees 10% every year. Fees are payable every six months, and colleges cannot demand the full course fee in advance. Hostel charges are extra and are listed in the notification.
Reservation
Government colleges reserve 25% of state-quota seats for Scheduled Castes, 10% for Backward Classes, 10% for the Economically Weaker Section and 5% for persons with disability, along with smaller quotas for sports persons, wards of defence and Punjab Police personnel, descendants of freedom fighters, terrorist and riot-affected families, and border and backward-area candidates. Private colleges follow the same pattern and add a 1% quota for Jammu and Kashmir migrants. A reserved-category candidate who qualifies on general merit is counted against the general seats.
NRI seats
NRI seats cover 15% of the intake in every private college, at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, and at the Dr B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Mohali. Government colleges set aside a smaller number: 13 seats each at the Patiala and Amritsar government medical colleges, and 3 and 4 seats at the Amritsar and Patiala government dental colleges. NRI counselling is held before the other categories, and any unfilled NRI seat moves to the general pool.
A single-state affidavit
Every candidate, with a parent or guardian, must file a sworn affidavit that they are claiming Punjab state-quota eligibility only and have not sought state-quota admission in any other state or union territory for the same year. A false declaration cancels the admission at any stage. A student already admitted elsewhere can join afresh through this year’s counselling with a no-objection certificate, but leaving a government MBBS or BDS seat before completing two years attracts the full course fee and penalties.
What aspirants should do next
Punjab candidates should watch the BFUHS website for the counselling schedule, seat matrix and category-wise merit lists, which the university must display at least seven days before counselling. To judge where you stand, our Punjab NEET cutoffs page lists last year’s college-wise closing ranks, and the NEET rank predictor estimates which Punjab colleges your score can reach. Read the full notification for the exact criteria that apply to your case.
Read the official Punjab MBBS/BDS 2026 admission notification (BFUHS)