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Medical Colleges in Chennai 2026 — MBBS Fees, Quotas & Seats

23 medical colleges in and around Chennai admit MBBS through NEET-UG — Tamil Nadu's deepest cluster of seats. The deemed-to-be universities (Saveetha, Sri Ramachandra, SRM, Chettinad, Bharath, Dr MGR, MAHER and VISTAS) run MCC deemed counselling at their own fee; the self-financing colleges admit through the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee. Campuses across the metro belt (Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Thiruvallur, Maduranthagam, Melmaruvathur, Kancheepuram, Kattankulathur) are included and labelled.

The headline MBBS year-1 fee — the management/NRI tier at a self-financing college, or the institution fee at a deemed university — ranges from ₹15 L to ₹27.5 L across the colleges below, with government-quota seats at self-financing colleges notified far lower. Every figure links back to a sourced college page — nothing here is an estimate.

Chennai's government medical colleges — Madras Medical College, Stanley and Kilpauk — admit through the same Selection Committee's government counselling and are out of scope here. This page covers the private and deemed colleges we have sourced pages for.

Colleges compared
23
Management / deemed MBBS fee (year 1)
₹15 L–₹27.5 L
notified figures across 16 colleges
Sanctioned MBBS intake
4,050
seats per year, combined

MBBS Colleges in Chennai — Fees by Quota

Notable institutions first, then alphabetical. The fee shown is the notified MBBS year-1 figure from each sourced college page — the management/NRI tier at a self-financing college, or the institution fee at a deemed university. Where a self-financing college's government-quota fee is notified, it is shown below the headline.

On the deemed route? Chennai holds one of India's densest deemed-medical clusters — Saveetha, Sri Ramachandra, SRM, Chettinad, Bharath (BIHER), Dr MGR, MAHER and VISTAS — all admitting MBBS through MCC's all-India deemed-quota counselling at institution-notified fees. They are compared side by side, with the counselling mechanics, on the deemed medical colleges hub.

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How medical seats & fees actually work in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu runs MBBS on two separate tracks

Deemed-to-be universities — Saveetha, Sri Ramachandra, SRM, Chettinad, Bharath (BIHER), Dr MGR, MAHER and VISTAS — admit MBBS through the Medical Counselling Committee's (MCC) all-India deemed-quota counselling, each at its own institution-notified fee. Self-financing (non-government) colleges fill their state-surrendered seats through the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee, run by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME), on NEET-UG merit. The degree and the NEET requirement are identical across both — only the route, the counselling body and the fee change. Each college page states the route that college actually uses.

Government, management & NRI at a self-financing college

At a Tamil Nadu self-financing college the same MBBS seat is notified under three fee tiers — government, management and NRI. The government-quota seats are surrendered to the state and allotted by the TN Selection Committee at the government-fixed (lower) fee on NEET merit; the management and NRI tiers carry higher, separately notified fees for the college's own pool. That is the Tamil Nadu quirk: a low-fee 'government' seat exists inside a private self-financing college, well below its management tier. Deemed universities have no government tier — every seat is at the institution fee, on MCC counselling.

Same brand, different campuses — check the code

Several Chennai brands run more than one MBBS college. Bharath (BIHER) is behind both Sree Balaji (Chromepet) and Bhaarat (Selaiyur, Tambaram); Dr MGR Educational & Research Institute runs Sri Lalithambigai (Maduravoyal) and ACS (Velappanchavadi). Each is a legally distinct college with its own fees, seats and counselling route. Confirm you are reading the right campus — the college page carries the NMC status, the route and the locality.

Beyond Chennai

Vellore (Christian Medical College), Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli and the rest of Tamil Nadu — deemed and self-financing colleges alike — are compared in full, route by route and fee tier by fee tier, on the Tamil Nadu medical colleges hub. For every state, start at the national medical colleges directory.

⌖ MaduraiAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, MaduraiMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ SalemAnnapoorna Medical College & HospitalMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹13.5 L (notified)College profile →⌖ TiruvannamalaiArunai Medical College and HospitalMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ VelloreChristian Medical College, VelloreMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹56,330 (notified)College profile →⌖ PerambalurDhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Medical Sciences and HospitalMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ PerambalurDhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and HospitalMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹13.5 L (notified)College profile →⌖ VillupuramJR Medical College and HospitalMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ KanyakumariKanyakumari Medical Mission Research CentreMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹16.2 L (notified)College profile →⌖ CoimbatoreKarpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences and ResearchMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ CoimbatoreKMCH Institute of Health Sciences and ResearchMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ ErodeNandha Medical College and HospitalMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ CoimbatorePSG Institute of Medical SciencesMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ KanyakumariSree Mookambika Institute of Medical SciencesMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ TrichySrinivasan Medical College and HospitalMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ HosurSt. Peter's Medical College Hospital & Research InstituteMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ NamakkalSwamy Vivekanandha Medical College Hospital And Research InstituteMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹13.5 L (notified)College profile →⌖ VillupuramTakshashila Medical College, VillupuramMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹16.2 L (notified)College profile →⌖ TrichyTrichy SRM Medical College Hospital & Research CentreMBBS year 1 (headline): ₹15 L (notified)College profile →⌖ MaduraiVelammal Medical College Hospital and Research InstituteMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →⌖ SalemVinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical CollegeMBBS fee details on the college pageCollege profile →
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Sources & verification

Every fee figure on this page is surfaced from a sourced college page on CollegeAndFees, which links its verified sources — the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee / DME fee notifications for self-financing colleges, and each deemed university's published fee structure or the MCC fee notice — and shows when each figure was last verified. The official portals for Chennai (Tamil Nadu) MBBS admissions:

Frequently Asked Questions — Medical Colleges Chennai

NEET, quotas and fee tiers — the questions students and parents ask most.

Do I need NEET-UG for MBBS admission in Chennai medical colleges?
Yes. Every MBBS seat in every Chennai medical college — government, management and NRI quota at self-financing colleges, and every seat at the deemed universities — requires a qualifying NEET-UG score. Seats are allotted through the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee (self-financing colleges) or MCC's all-India deemed-quota counselling (deemed universities). No college on this page can admit an MBBS student who has not qualified NEET-UG.
What do management quota and NRI mean for MBBS in Chennai?
At a Tamil Nadu self-financing college the same MBBS seat is notified under three tiers — government, management and NRI. Government-quota seats are surrendered to the state and allotted by the TN Selection Committee at the government-fixed fee on NEET merit; the management and NRI tiers are the college's own pool at higher, separately notified fees. The deemed universities — Saveetha, Sri Ramachandra, SRM, Chettinad and the rest — have no government tier: every seat is filled through MCC at the institution fee. Each college page lists the exact tiers with the official source.
How much do MBBS fees cost in Chennai medical colleges?
Across the 16 colleges on this page with a notified fee, the headline MBBS year-1 figure — the management/NRI tier at a self-financing college, or the institution fee at a deemed university — ranges from ₹15 L to ₹27.5 L. Government-quota seats at self-financing colleges are surrendered to the state and notified far lower. Each college card above shows its own figure, and the college page links the official source.
How are deemed universities different from self-financing colleges here?
Deemed-to-be universities — Saveetha, Sri Ramachandra, SRM, Chettinad, Bharath (BIHER), Dr MGR (Sri Lalithambigai, ACS), MAHER (Meenakshi) and VISTAS (VELS) — admit MBBS through MCC's all-India deemed-quota counselling, with fees set by the institution rather than a state matrix, and have no government tier. Self-financing colleges affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University fill their state-surrendered government seats through the TN Medical Selection Committee, plus their own management and NRI seats. Both routes require NEET-UG and award the same NMC-registered MBBS degree; each college page states the route that college actually uses.
Which route admits to a Chennai college — MCC or the TN Selection Committee?
The deemed-to-be universities admit through MCC's all-India deemed-quota counselling. The self-financing colleges fill their government-quota seats through the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee (tnmedicalselection.net, under DME), and their management/NRI seats per the same framework. The route a college actually uses is stated on its page — check it before option entry, because the counselling authority, the fee and the seat pool all follow from it.
Does this page list every medical college in Chennai?
Not every one. It compares the 23 private and deemed medical colleges in the Chennai metropolitan region with fully sourced pages on CollegeAndFees, and grows as more pages are sourced and published. Chennai's government medical colleges — Madras Medical College, Stanley Medical College, Kilpauk Medical College and Government Chengalpattu Medical College — admit through the TN Selection Committee's government counselling and are not covered here; this page is the private and deemed cluster. For the complete official lists, see the TN Medical Selection Committee and the NMC.
Are the fee figures on this page official?
Each figure is taken from the college's own page on CollegeAndFees, where it is cited to the official source — the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee / DME fee notifications for self-financing colleges, and each deemed university's published fee structure or the MCC fee notice. Fees are revised every academic year, so confirm the latest notification on the college page before making any payment.

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