By Divyani Paul

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Kerala- The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) Kerala is inviting applications from those candidates who have qualified in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test-Postgraduate (NEET PG) exam for the academic year 2025.The applications have been invited for admission to Post Graduate Medical (Degree) Courses, 2025 in the State Quota seats in Government Medical Colleges and Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram and to all the entire seats, including Minority Quota and NRI Quota seats available in Private Self Financing Medical Colleges in Kerala.In this regard, CEE Kerala has released a notification detailing the eligibility, age, qualifying criteria, cut-off, etc. As per the notification, all candidates seeking admission to the PG Medical Degree Courses 2025 can apply online till 22 September 2025, 04:00 PM through the official website of CEE Kerala and remit the required fee by way of Online Payment.Also Read: CEE Kerala invites options for NEET MDS stray vacancy round, detailsAfter remitting the required application fee, all necessary certificates/documents as proof for various claims shall also be uploaded within the stipulated time as per clause 8 of the Prospectus. Defective and incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. No correspondence will be undertaken in this regard. Also, the claims without necessary proof will not be accepted. Below are the details-ACADEMICApplicants should be in possession of an MBBS degree or a provisional MBBS pass certificate recognised by NMC (MCI) with an MBBS qualification registered permanently or provisionally with NMC (MCI) or State Medical Council and who have completed one year of internship on or before 31.07.2025. Admission to such candidates will be given only after they have obtained registration with the Kerala State Medical Council/ erstwhile Travancore-Cochin Medical Council (TC Medical Council). NATIVITYApplicants should have satisfied any of the following conditions-1 Applicant should be an Indian Citizen of Kerala origin. 2 Only Indian citizens are eligible for admission to Professional courses unless otherwise notified. However, keeping in view the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the OCI cardholders will now be eligible for the rights which were provided to them earlier. They will be treated at par with Indian citizens and will be eligible for UR (General) category seats as well as NRI seats for the purpose of counselling. PIO/OCI candidates will not be eligible for any kind of reservation. 3 Candidates who are sons/daughters of Non-Keralite parents, who have obtained an MBBS Degree from any of the Medical Colleges in the State of Kerala. But they will not be eligible for Communal/Special/Persons with Disability reservation benefits. 4 As per the judgment, the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala has ordered that the Nativity clause, to the extent it disqualifies the petitioner or other Medical Officers from applying under the service quota of the Act, is invalid and unconstitutional and, therefore, declared null and void. Hence, non-Keralite service doctors are eligible to apply under the service quota. AGEThere is no Upper age limit for admission to PG Medical courses 2025, with the following exceptions-1 For Medical Education service quota candidates, the upper age limit will be 49 years as on 31st December of the year of issue of notification of CEE by assuring a minimum of 10 years of service after completion of the course as stipulated in the Service Quota Rules (Including the candidates from IIMS, Palakkad). 2 For Health service quota and Insurance Medical service quota candidates, the upper age limit will be 47 years as on 31st December of the year of issue of notification of CEE by assuring a minimum of 10 years of service after completion of the course as stipulated in the Service Quota Rules.QUALIFYING CRITERIAAll candidates seeking admission to Post Graduate Medical Degree courses in the State of Kerala for the academic year 2025-26 shall have to qualify the NEET PG 2025 conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE), New Delhi. To be eligible for admission in any Post Graduate Medical courses in 2025-26, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain a minimum of marks as given in the table below-S.NOCATEGORYMINIMUM QUALIFYING/ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA1General/EWS 50th Percentile2SC/ST/SEBC (Including PwD of SC/ST/SEBC) 40th Percentile3UR PwD/EWS-PwD 45th PercentileAPPLICATION FEEThe fee for General Candidates and Service Quota candidates is Rs 1000/- and in the case of SC/ST candidates and those eligible for SC/ST is Rs 500/-. Service quota candidates will have to pay an additional amount of Rs 1000/- if they apply for a General seat also. The application fee, once remitted, will not be refunded. MODE OF SELECTIONThe selection of the candidates shall be made from the rank list prepared by the CEE, Kerala, on the basis of the NEET PG 2025 rank list, subject to satisfying the eligibility conditions. …