Kerala PG Medical 2026 Application Last Date 16 Oct: Fee, Steps

Online applications for Kerala PG Medical (Degree) admission 2026-27 close on Friday, 16 October 2026 at 4:00 PM, according to the CEE Kerala portal. Candidates must complete registration, the application form, fee payment, and document upload by then. In-service candidates have a second deadline of 5:00 PM the same day for their Head of Department.

This is the application stage only. Seat allotment has not begun.

Key dates

Event	Date and time
Application opened	12 October 2026
Online application, fee payment and document upload close	16 October 2026, 4:00 PM
In-service documents must reach the Head of Department	16 October 2026, 5:00 PM

Application fee

Category	Fee
General and service quota candidates	Rs.1,000
SC/ST candidates, and those eligible for SC/ST benefits under G.O.(Ms) No.25/2005/SCSTDD dated 20.06.2005	Rs.500
Service quota candidates who also apply for a General seat	Additional Rs.1,000

The fee is non-refundable once paid.

How to apply

The CEE portal lists five steps:

Register (email ID and mobile number are mandatory)
Fill in the application
Pay the application fee online
Upload images and certificates
Print the acknowledgement page

Do not send printouts or documents to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations. Documents are submitted through the portal upload.

In-service candidates

In-service candidates must send the printed acknowledgement page, supporting documents, and required service details to their Head of Department. These must reach the Head of Department before 5:00 PM on 16 October 2026. This is separate from the 4:00 PM online deadline.

Internship date corrected

A corrigendum dated 13 October 2026 revises the internship completion date given on the first page of the 12 October notification. It now reads 30 September 2026; the original read 30 April 2026 [VERIFY on the official PDF]. Candidates close to this cut-off should read the corrigendum before applying.

Who can apply

Candidates who qualified in NEET PG 2026, conducted by the National Board of Examinations.
An MBBS degree or provisional pass certificate recognised by NMC, with the prescribed internship completed. Admission requires registration with the Kerala State Medical Council.
Minimum NEET PG percentile: 50th for General/EWS, 40th for SC/ST/SEBC, and 45th for UR PwD/EWS-PwD.
No general upper age limit. For service quota, the limit is 49 years (Medical Education service) or 47 years (Health service and Insurance Medical service) as on 31 December 2026.
OCI cardholders are eligible for UR (General) and NRI seats but not for reservation.

Seats covered are State quota seats in Government Medical Colleges and the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram. They also cover all seats, including minority and NRI quota, in private self-financing medical colleges in Kerala.

Last-day checklist

Upload proofs early, because claims without proof are not accepted.
Read the prospectus and the 13 October corrigendum.
Save the acknowledgement page.
Do not expect to edit anything after the deadline. The notification bars adding information or documents after the last date.

What happens next

CEE Kerala will prepare a State rank list from NEET PG 2026 ranks. Seats, including service quota, will be allotted through a Centralized Allotment Process (CAP) as per Clause 10 of the prospectus. Eligible candidates will get a data sheet on a date to be notified later. Dates for rank list and allotment have not been announced in the notification [VERIFY].