INI CET 2025: Check Exam Date (OUT), Application Process, Eligibility, Exam Pattern, Syllabus

INI CET 2025: According to the INI CET exam calendar, the INI CET 2025 July session exam is scheduled for May 18, 2025. Candidates can easily check the INI CET 2025 exam calendar on its official website at aiimsexams.ac.in. The INI CET registration process 2025 is expected to begin in March 2025. 

INI CET stands for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test. This exam is conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for admissions to postgraduate courses, including Master of Surgery (MS), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Dental Surgery (MDS), Doctorate of Medicine (DM), and Master of Chirurgiae (MCh).

The INI CET scores are accepted for admissions to 19 AIIMS, JIPMER Puducherry, PGI Chandigarh, NIMHANS Bengaluru, and SCTIMST Trivandrum. Since 2021, these institutions have unified their admission process for PG courses, replacing their entrance exams with the INI CET 2025. The exam is held twice yearly, in the January and July sessions. Read further to know more about the INI CET exam 2025. 

INI CET 2025 Highlights

Candidates can refer to the table below for quick highlights of the INI CET 2025 exam: 

INI CET 2025 Exam Dates 

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of the INI CET 2025 exam.

INI CET 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must meet the INI CET 2025 eligibility criteria to become eligible for the exam. The requirements that a candidate must fulfil to be eligible for the entrance exam are given in the table below:

INI CET 2025 Application Process

The INI CET 2025 application process for various postgraduate courses for July begins with exam registration. Once candidates complete the introductory and final registration process, they are issued admit cards. After this, candidates have to appear for the examination conducted online at various test centres in India. Those who qualify for the stipulated cut-off become eligible for admission to various masters-level programmes such as MS, MD, MDS, DM, and MCh.

Steps to Fill the INI CET 2025 Application Form?

Step 1: Generation of Registration ID

• Go to aiimsexams.org or enter mdmsmch.aiimsexams.ac.in/Login#!
• Click on ‘Academic courses’
• Select ‘MD/ MS/ MCh (6years)/ DM (6years)/ MDS’
• Click on ‘Proceed’
• The applicant is redirected to the PAAR Basic registration page
• In the new basic registration zone, select ‘Click here for new basic registration’
• Read the instructions carefully and click on ‘Proceed’
• The basic Registration form will open on the screen
• Fill in the details in the relevant boxes
• Check the details carefully, as these cannot be changed past this stage
• Tick the checkbox after reading the declaration
• Click on ‘Generate registration ID and password’
• System-generated registration ID will be displayed on the screen
• Note down this INI CET registration ID
• Click ‘Ok’ to proceed to step 2

Applicants will receive the registration ID and password on their registered mobile number and email ID. Therefore, they must provide correct details during the basic registration process.

Step 2: Uploading Images

• Applicants will be redirected to the PAAR Basic registration page
• They will have to use the applicant login zone and enter the registration ID and password
• A pre-filled form appeared on the screen
• Click on ‘Proceed’ to continue
• To edit the details, candidates had to click on ‘Edit’, make the desired corrections and select ‘Proceed’
• Upload the photograph and tick the checkboxes before clicking ‘I agree’
• Repeat the same process for signature and thumb impression
• Read the declaration carefully and click on ‘Submit’
• The registration form will open on the screen
• Save and take a printout of this page for future reference

INI CET 2025 Exam Pattern

AIIMS Delhi will release the INI CET 2025 exam pattern and the official information brochure. Per the INI CET pattern, the exam is computer-based, and candidates get three hours to answer the exam paper. Details of INI CET pattern 2025 are as follows: 

INI CET 2025 Syllabus

AIIMS Delhi will release the INI CET 2025 syllabus and information brochure on the official website. The question paper is based on the choice of the institute and selected course while filling out the application form. Though the subject/topics and question papers differ based on the choice, the core syllabus is based on the curriculum taught during the MBBS course. Check out the below table for INI CET 2025 syllabus.

INI CET 2025 Preparation Tips

As INI CET is a PG-level exam, candidates must not leave any stone unturned to score well in the upcoming exam. They should pay attention to the following tips.

• Candidates need to keep themselves updated as per the latest INI CET pattern
• Prepare a plan to cover the whole INI CET syllabus in a strategic manner
• As the syllabus is of UG level, candidates are advised to pay attention to all subjects of the MBBS course
• Candidates must know that superficial reading won’t help. In-depth knowledge of a subject is a must
• Make a time-table to allocate dedicated hours to each subject
• Devote more time to a subject and topic where you feel less confident
• Practising from past papers on a regular interval is key
• Do a reality check of yourself through mock test papers
• Focus more on the clinical section as candidates could be tested for their clinical skill set in the examination

INI CET 2025 Admit Card

The INI CET 2025 Admit Card for the July session exam will be released online. Candidates can download their INI CET admit card from the official website. With the use of login credentials, one can download the INI CET admit card. The admit card is an important document which must be carried to the exam centre on the INI CET exam day. Check out the steps below to download the admit card for INI CET 2025. 

How to Download INI CET 2025 Admit Card?

Candidates need to follow the steps given below to download the admit card:

• Go to the official website – aiimsexams.org
• Select “Academic Courses”
• Click on “INI CET (MD/MS/MCh(6yrs)/DM(6yrs))”
• Click on the applicant login zone for the INI CET login
• Enter the registration ID, password and captcha
• INI CET admit card opens on your screen
• Check the details mentioned on the admit card
• Download and print the admit card

INI CET 2025 Result

AIIMS Delhi will announce the INI CET 2025 result online on May 25, 2025. The INI CET result will be declared in a PDF format. The result of INI CET July session 2025 contains details like candidates’ name, roll number, category, AIR, category rank, and percentile. Moreover candidates can easily download their INI CET result 2025 online using their user ID and password. Check out the steps below for checking the INI CET 2025 results.

Steps to check INI CET 2025 Results

• Go to the official website, aiimsexams.org
• Click on “Academic courses”
• Select “Results"
• Select the following notification “Percentile Secured by the Candidates of INI CET COURSES [MD/MS/MCh (6YRS)/DM (6YRS)/MDS] January 2025 Session”
• Login using the registration ID and password
• Check the result of the INI CET
• Candidates who qualify for the examination can download their INI CET scorecard 2025.

INI CET 2025 Cutoff 

AIIMS will release the INI CET 2025 cut-off online. The cut-off is released on the official website for each category. The cut-off is the last rank for seat allocation in that particular category. A separate cutoff list is released for MD/MS/DM/MCh and MDS courses.

INI CET January 2024 Cutoff (Round-2 Counselling)

AIIMS released the last allocated rank of candidates along with the counselling result. The table given below comprises category-wise INI CET 2024 cut-off for MD/MS and MDS courses: 

INI CET 2024 Cutoff (Round-1 Counselling)

INI CET 2025 Counselling Process

INI CET counselling is conducted in four rounds: mock round, first round, second round and open round. All the rounds of counselling are conducted online. The seat allocation process comprises online registration, choice filling and locking, verification of documents, payment of counselling fee, and INI CET 2025 seat allotment. The admission process for postgraduate courses through INI CET begins with the registrations.

Online registration on the official website of AIIMS is mandatory to participate in the counselling rounds. They must submit their speciality and college preferences on the official portal. AIIMS Delhi then prepares the seat allotment list for INI CET 2025 counselling, taking into account various aspects like choices filled by the candidate, availability of seats, INI CET result, reservation criteria, etc. Candidates can refer to the details of the whole INI CET 2025 counselling process given below:

Step 1: Registration- The registration for INI CET counselling comprises steps as follows:

• Candidates have to register themselves on the official website, aiimsexams.org, to apply for the INI CET counselling 2025
• After the registration process, a new candidate Id and password will be generated

Step 2: Filling the preferences- In this step, candidates will have to log in to their registered account and follow these instructions:

• Click on “Make Choice”
• To add a choice, select the preferred AIIMS institute
• Now click on “Add Choice”
• To remove a choice, click on the “Delete” option next to the drop-down
• After filling in the preferences, click on “Save”
• Recheck your preferences and confirm the choices
• Choices, once submitted, cannot be changed

Step 3: Allotment result for the mock round of INI CET counselling 2025- Based on the preferences filled out by the registered candidates, the seat allotment list for the mock round of INI CET counselling has been prepared.

Step 4: Final submission of campus preference- The final submission can be done as follows: 

• This is the final chance for a candidate to edit or change the preferences before the final seat allotment list for INI CET is prepared
• Candidates who fail to fill in the preferences for a round of INI CET counselling 2025 will not be considered for the next round of counselling

Step 5: Seat allotment list for INI CET 2025- A final list of selected candidates will be prepared and displayed on the website.

Step 6: Accept or decline the allocated seat- Those who make it to the INI CET 2025 seat allocation list must decide whether to accept or reject the seat. Following their registration, users must select one of the following options:

• Option 1: Accept the allotted seat and give an accent that you are not interested in participating in further rounds.
• Option 2. Accept the seat and be willing to participate in the 2nd round.

If one chooses option 2, candidates must accept the seat allotted in the 2nd round. The seat allocated in the first round shall be considered vacated, and the same shall be automatically allocated to other candidates in order of merit. Failure to join the upgraded seat shall lead to impositions of the penalty of INR 3.00 Lakh.

There is no option to refuse the seat allotted to you. Candidates must select the options after logging in to their account on the official website. If someone fails to select an option, then it will lead to forfeiture of the allocated seat and render the candidate ineligible for further rounds except the open round of Seat Allocation.

Step 7: Reporting to the Institute for verification of the documents.- Candidates who accept the seat allocated to them have to report to the allotted institute for the verification of the documents. Those who fail to report to the institute will lose the seat allocated to them and will not be eligible to participate in the next round of counselling. However, candidates can participate in the open round of INI CET counselling.

INI CET 2025 FAQs