The NEET PG Closing Cutoff represents the final All India Rank (AIR) at which an aspirant secured admission into a specific postgraduate medical specialty (MD, MS, DNB, or Diploma) in a particular medical college during the official counselling rounds.
Final closing cutoffs only show the absolute last seat allotted, hiding the competition of prior rounds. Do not base your initial choice-filling solely on this final number; always evaluate round-wise closing ranks to get a clear and accurate picture of the trends.
The final closing rank for each specialization depends on several dynamic variables:
The closing rank is the exact All India Rank (AIR) of the last candidate allotted a seat in a specific branch, category, and college in the final or respective counselling round. No candidate with a lower rank (higher numerical AIR) was admitted to that particular seat in that round.
Yes. Closing cutoffs generally decrease (higher rank numbers get admitted) in subsequent rounds—such as Round 2, Round 3 (Mop-Up), and Stray Vacancy rounds—as seats are vacated, upgraded, or newly added.
Yes. DNB (Diplomate of National Board) closing ranks are tracked separately from MD/MS seats. While top clinical DNB programs in premier hospitals close at competitive ranks comparable to government MD/MS seats, the overall seat allocation matrix follows dedicated NBEMS counselling protocols.
Aspirants should analyze the past 2–3 years' closing ranks to classify colleges and branches into three tiers: Dream Choices (closing just above your rank), Realistic Choices (closing near your exact rank), and Safe Choices (closing comfortably below your rank).