IIT Kharagpur Becomes First IIT to Offer Postgraduate Medical Programmes via NEET PG
With this step, IIT Kharagpur has made itself part of the new era in the country’s medical education by becoming the first Indian Institute of Technology to launch PG medical programmes, which are going to be approved by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
These programmes will begin in the year 2026-27 with 12 seats for MD programmes in six different specializations via the NEET-PG counseling process. The programs will be run from Dr. B. C. Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre, making it possible to blend clinical medicine with engineering and artificial intelligence (AI).
Six MD Specialisations with 12 Seats
IIT Kharagpur will offer two seats in each of the following postgraduate medical disciplines:
- General Medicine – 2 seats
- Radiology – 2 seats
- Physiology – 2 seats
- Pathology – 2 seats
- Community Medicine – 2 seats
- Biochemistry – 2 seats
The institute’s entry into postgraduate medical education comes in its 75th year. The programmes have received NMC permission for the 2026–27 academic session.
How to Apply Through NEET-PG 2026?
Those eligible MBBS students who cleared NEET-PG 2026 can apply through the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) online counseling.
It has been informed by the institute that its new MD courses would be available in Round 2 of NEET-PG 2026 counseling.
Candidates should follow these steps:
- Visit the official MCC counselling portal.
- Log in using their NEET-PG counselling credentials.
- Check the available postgraduate medical seat matrix.
- Search for Dr. B. C. Roy Multi-Speciality Medical Research Centre, Kharagpur.
- Select the preferred MD specialisation and complete choice filling.
- Lock the choices within the prescribed counselling deadline.
Candidates should check the MCC portal for updated eligibility requirements, seat availability and allotment schedules.
Connecting Medical Science with AI and Engineering
These new programmes intend to provide an interdisciplinary way for the medical students. These students shall get an opportunity to participate in research projects that use artificial intelligence in decision-making, high-quality imaging, computation pathology, biomedical devices, and molecular diagnostics.
Artificial Intelligence, Micro-fluidics, Bio-Engineering, and computational sciences would be used from IIT Kharagpur’s current expertise in this research-oriented environment.
There is an intention to train doctors in combination with clinical knowledge, science, and technology.
Why This Development Matters for Medical Education
This is indicative of a new path for India’s technical colleges, integrating medicine closer with engineering and health care technology.
Given the fact that only twelve seats are available in the first batch of this course, it provides few chances for NEET-PG qualified students. But its interdisciplinary format may open new horizons for medical research, precision medicine and affordable health care.
Entry of IIT Kharagpur into postgraduate medical education is a significant step in India’s attempt at bridging technology with medical practice.
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