Retain the existing 2026 records by their actual fields
The supplied installed profile already contains separately labelled MCC 2026 Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 MBBS observations. Their quota, allotted category, rank label, row counts and source-page references are preserved. These are calculated observed rank ranges within stated publications, not official predictions or a complete final series across every authority and round. A current KEA state-category cutoff must not be filled using an All India row or by transferring a value from the similarly named Chikkaballapura institution.
One additional stray-round example has a narrower meaning
The official final 2026 MCC stray list contains a Chikkamagaluru MBBS record with All India quota, allotted category Open, candidate category OBC and source Rank 27,643. The exact college address continues with Teguru, Chikkamagaluru. This is one observed allotment, not a declaration that 27,643 is the final closing value for every Open or OBC process. The candidate-category field is kept distinct from the allotted category. The original tables retain their documented rank scope; this extra example keeps the source label explicit.
MBBS rank evidence for CIMS Chikkamagaluru
The tables below summarise published 2026 MCC current-round MBBS allotment rows for this exact institution. Each group uses its allotted quota and allotted category. The lowest and highest observed NEET All India Ranks are a calculation from those rows, not a predicted admission threshold or a KEA state-rank table.
MCC 2026 · Round 1
CIMS Chikkamagaluru · MBBS · 2026 Round 1 · NEET All India Rank
Quota
Allotted category
Lowest observed AIR
Highest observed AIR
Published rows
All India
EWS
20,056
24,349
2
All India
EWS PwD
792,565
792,565
1
All India
OBC
17,321
18,222
6
All India
Open
12,802
16,971
9
All India
SC
86,020
88,153
3
All India
ST
88,441
88,441
1
MCC 2026 · Round 2
CIMS Chikkamagaluru · MBBS · 2026 Round 2 · NEET All India Rank
Quota
Allotted category
Lowest observed AIR
Highest observed AIR
Published rows
All India
EWS
26,618
27,118
2
All India
OBC
22,769
23,197
6
All India
Open
21,627
22,660
9
All India
SC
91,475
111,868
3
All India
ST
88,441
88,441
1
MCC 2026 · Round 3
CIMS Chikkamagaluru · MBBS · 2026 Round 3 · NEET All India Rank
Quota
Allotted category
Lowest observed AIR
Highest observed AIR
Published rows
All India
EWS
28,609
28,641
2
All India
OBC
24,303
24,739
5
All India
Open
21,532
24,247
9
All India
SC
115,724
116,024
3
All India
ST
131,277
131,277
1
Read the result columns correctly
For Rounds 2 and 3, the result PDF also contains earlier-round institutions. This profile uses the current round’s institution, course, quota and allotted-category cells. A candidate who upgraded away from CIMS Chikkamagaluru is not counted here merely because the college appears in a previous-round column. Explicit retained entries are included where the current-round cells identify the same institution and category.
When a current-round cell contains a dash, an earlier category is not silently carried forward. Consequently these observations are not an audited count of everyone ultimately admitted, all seats filled or all historical closing ranks. A candidate category is different from the category of the seat allotted.
KEA and admission forecasting
A college-specific KEA rank table with independently inspected category headings was not obtained in this review. No MCC value is relabelled as a Karnataka state-quota cutoff. The KEA gap remains separate from the MCC evidence.
Ranks vary with year, round, quota, category, choices and available seats. Do not compare a reserved-category seat with an Open allotted-category row, convert the AIR to marks, or treat the highest observed rank as a promise about a future allotment.
Additional observed record
Quota
Allotted category
Candidate category
Source Rank
2026 MCC stray
All India
Open
OBC
27,643
Related study and comparison context
Cutoffs: learning and regional college comparisons
These adapted medical-education explanations are related context, not additional official college facts. The actual catalogue above defines this college’s programme scope. Related subjects do not add an unverified degree; other later-study examples need their own recognised programme.
Use a broader academic shortlist
A historical rank can help define an admission record, but it does not explain the entire educational choice. A student can compare the exact course, the campus setting, residence and affordability while maintaining the separate category and eligibility evidence needed for counselling. General Medicine or a surgical postgraduate subject also requires a different comparison from MBBS. An internal course card is therefore useful alongside a cutoff table even when a current final figure is unavailable. The aim is an informed set of options, with programme interest and practical fit visible, rather than a promise that an older rank guarantees admission.
Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences offers a separate regional profile for a broader medical-college comparison. For cutoffs, use that institution’s own dated programme and supporting records rather than transferring CIMS Chikkamagaluru’s information to it. The colleges remain separate even where a city label or a common subject makes them appear similar. This is a research pathway, not a nearest-distance claim or a statement that an applicant has an available place. No peer fee, rank, residential vacancy, stipend, scholarship or graduate salary is invented. Open the internal profile to compare the same qualification and identify which current institution-specific questions still require an answer.
Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences offers a separate regional profile for a broader medical-college comparison. For cutoffs, use that institution’s own dated programme and supporting records rather than transferring CIMS Chikkamagaluru’s information to it. The colleges remain separate even where a city label or a common subject makes them appear similar. This is a research pathway, not a nearest-distance claim or a statement that an applicant has an available place. No peer fee, rank, residential vacancy, stipend, scholarship or graduate salary is invented. Open the internal profile to compare the same qualification and identify which current institution-specific questions still require an answer.
The retained Chikkamagaluru catalogue identifies MBBS and MD Biochemistry, MD General Medicine and MD Anatomy. Each course keeps its dated intake reference, and those named subjects provide specific academic directions to research. A different hospital department or a regional college’s degree is not automatically another programme at this institution. Current vacancies, teaching allocations, charges and outcomes still need their own records. This distinction keeps subject exploration useful without turning an undergraduate place into a guaranteed postgraduate place, a fee concession or an employment promise.
A category row is more useful than one college number
An institutional allotment record needs an exact allotted category, not just a general college name. That is why a reader should begin with the row relevant to the particular comparison rather than ask for a single cutoff for the entire college. Different rows are not contradictory simply because the numbers differ. They describe different categories in a defined publication. Preserve the code exactly until its eligibility meaning has been checked in the applicable authority's own instructions. A larger closing-rank number in another row does not create a choice of category for an applicant who does not satisfy that category's requirements.
Round 2 is not the same as the last round
A published allotment record belongs to its stated round; missing college rows remain missing. Later processes can have different available seats, participants, reporting outcomes and rules. A Round 2 publication should therefore remain labelled Round 2 even if it is the latest document available in a particular research session. It should not acquire the word final merely because a website wants a complete-looking table. Keeping the round visible helps a reader compare two historical records on their actual terms, and prevents an earlier value from being mistaken for a prediction of how a later admission cycle must end.
Keep the rank scale attached to the number
A rank is a position in a defined list, not a free-standing measure that can be compared with every other list. A source’s own rank definition should remain visible; where no definition has been independently checked, that gap stays explicit. This profile does not resolve that uncertainty by choosing the more familiar label. When the defining document is available, it can be attached to the row. Until then, the numbers are useful as accurately labelled historical entries, but they should not be converted into a different merit scale or presented as examination marks.
Qualifying an examination and obtaining a place differ
An examination's eligibility or qualifying condition answers a different question from an institution's allotment outcome. Meeting the former does not, on its own, establish that an applicant will receive a particular CIMS Chikkamagaluru place. The latter depends on the applicable process and the student's own valid options and category. This distinction is useful when reading online discussions that use the word cutoff for several different things. The current page deals with documented institutional allotment references. It does not turn a historical college row into a national qualifying score or an assurance that a future candidate will be admitted.
Do not turn ranks into marks without evidence
The relationship between a score and a rank belongs to an examination year and its own results. An old rank value cannot simply be translated into the same mark in another year. This matters when a family wants a quick target but the available source contains only rank rows. A clearer approach is to retain the field the source actually supplies and leave unsupported conversions out of the table. The same care applies to opening and closing values: a single closing entry does not establish an opening rank unless a document provides that separate measure.
Undergraduate and postgraduate ranks need separate tables
An undergraduate allotment record is not a branch-wise postgraduate cutoff. A reader considering MD General Medicine or MS Orthopaedics must research the appropriate qualification and admission publication instead of applying an undergraduate number to a specialist programme. The retained college record is MBBS plus the three dated MD entries described above, while later postgraduate research needs a separately recognised programme elsewhere. The programme name is the first filter in this comparison. A general statement about a college's popularity cannot supply a missing postgraduate rank, and a hospital service does not establish that a degree seat was allotted.
Intake does not measure the difficulty of a particular round
A dated sanctioned intake and a closing rank describe different things. Intake is a capacity reference for a programme, while an allotment row records an outcome under a particular process. The number of remaining places in a later round can differ from that intake. It is therefore misleading to derive an admission chance simply by placing a candidate's rank beside the programme's total seats. The useful comparison retains all relevant fields and acknowledges which ones are missing. This profile does not calculate an admission probability from capacity alone or present an unverified vacancy as available.
Read a future update as a new dated record
When a reliable current table becomes available, it should be added with its own year and round rather than silently overwriting the historical evidence. That makes it possible to see what was actually compared and avoids turning revisions into apparent contradictions. A meaningful trend needs consistent definitions across the records being compared. It should also distinguish a change in the data from a change in category, authority or programme. The current page provides the accurately labelled starting records and related course context; it does not claim that missing final ranks have already been verified.