# UP has 6,082 PG medical seats for 2026-27, highest in MD Medicine 2026-10-02T23:32:02+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has 6,082 MD, MS, Diploma, DM, and MCh seats for the academic year 2026-27, according to the seat matrix released by the National Medical Commission (NMC). MD General Medicine leads with 575 seats, followed by MS General Surgery (558) and MD Anaesthesiology (554). MS Obstetrics and Gynaecology has 394 seats, and MD Paediatrics has 378. Among super-specialty courses, DM Cardiology offers 59 seats and MCh Neurosurgery 45. The matrix covers government, private, and deemed institutions in the state. The NMC has said the list does not include seats from applications for new PG courses or increased intake that are still pending. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Uttar Pradesh offers 6,082 PG and super-specialty medical seats for 2026-27, the second-largest state tally after the national total of 63,177. The distribution reveals a stark concentration in a handful of clinical fields, 575 seats in MD Medicine alone, while niche specialties such as Geriatrics get just three seats and Sports Medicine four. For thousands of aspirants across the state, competition will vary wildly by branch. The NMC has clarified that this matrix excludes seats from pending applications for new courses or increased intake, so the final tally may rise. No date has been set for when those additional seats will be announced. ## Coverage - medicaldialogues.in Straight reproduction of NMC data with no editorial framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: MD General Medicine, MS General Surgery, National Medical Commission, Uttar Pradesh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/up-has-6082-pg-medical-seats-for-2026-27-highest-in-md-medicine/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/up-has-6082-pg-medical-seats-for-2026-27-highest-in-md-medicine/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/