MS Orthopaedics
Overview, seats, fees, and indicative cut-offs for MS Orthopaedics.
Overview
MS Orthopedics is a surgical branch postgraduate medical specialization concerned with the musculoskeletal system’s conditions. This program teaches the use of non-surgical and surgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, congenital disorders, tumors, sports injuries, infections, and other degenerative diseases. In addition to surgery, they use medical, physical, and rehabilitative methods to treat patients, using a variety of surgical techniques such as lasers to remove torn cartilage, and arthroscopic surgery to treat damaged joints. Master of Surgery in Orthopedics is a 3-year medical surgery postgraduate program offered by MCI-recognized medical universities/institutes. As part of this medical programme, the orthopedic surgeons are licensed to practice and perform orthopedic surgery. Applicants with an MBBS degree from a recognized institution who have been permanently registered with the Medical Council of India or any other State Medical Council are eligible for this course. This course is designed to provide advanced learning for eligible candidates in the systematic evaluation and management of surgical patients in the clinical settings of choice, urgency and emergency.
Course Eligiblity
Applicant must have permanent registration with MCI and should have done his/her MBBS degree from MCI recognized institute, the applicant who is continuing with the internship can also participate in NEET-PG exam but the internship should be completed before the commencement of the academic year i.e. 31st March.
Admission process
To get admission in MD Orthopaedics course the applicant has to appear for NEET PG Medical exam and have to qualify NEET-PG with required cutoff percentile prescribed by NBE in individual category i.e. for general candidates, it is 50th percentile and 40th percentile for SC, ST and OBC candidates. After successfully qualifying NEET-PG exam the candidates has to go through NEET PG counselling conducted by State DME for state quota seats and MCC for All India quota seats. NEET-PG cutoff for MD Paediatrics is high for top private and government medical colleges, the NEET-PG cutoff for MD Paediatrics is moderate for some Deemed universities and private medical colleges, there are multiple quota applicable to these medical colleges like All India Quota seats, Management quota seats, Institutional quota seats and NRI quota seats, etc a student has to apply under suitable quota during NEET_PG counselling.
Seats in Govt. Colleges
There are a total of 137 Government Medical Colleges in India which offers MS Orthopedics course, the Master of Surgery Orthopedics seats in government Medical colleges is approximately 1021 in different states of the country. Government colleges in Tamil Nadu have the maximum number of MS Orthopedics seats i.e. 114. The details distribution of MS-Ortho seats in government colleges are given below
| State | No. of Colleges | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| ANDHRA PRADESH | 8 | 44 |
| ASSAM | 5 | 40 |
| BIHAR | 4 | 22 |
| CHANDIGARH | 2 | 25 |
| CHHATISGARH | 1 | 2 |
| DELHI | 7 | 79 |
| GOA | 1 | 3 |
| GUJARAT | 9 | 90 |
| HARYANA | 1 | 12 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | 2 | 12 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR | 1 | 3 |
| JHARKHAND | 7 | 56 |
| KARNATAKA | 5 | 37 |
| KERELA | 5 | 45 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | 5 | 45 |
| MAHARASHTRA | 10 | 101 |
| MANIPUR | 2 | 11 |
| MEGHALAYA | 0 | 0 |
| ORISSA | 3 | 19 |
| PONDICHERRY | 1 | 8 |
| PUNJAB | 3 | 22 |
| RAJASTHAN | 7 | 78 |
| TAMIL NADU | 16 | 114 |
| TELENGANA | 5 | 49 |
| TRIPURA | 1 | 5 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 11 | 69 |
| UTTRAKHAND | 0 | 0 |
| WEST BENGAL | 9 | 44 |
Seats in Private Colleges
There are a total of 153 Private Colleges in India which offers MS Orthopaedics course, the private medical colleges have a total of 871 Orthopedics seats in different states of the country. Private medical colleges in Karnataka have the maximum number of Orthopedics seats i.e. 226. The total distribution of MS-Ortho seats in private medical colleges in India are given below
| State | No. of Colleges | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| ANDHRA PRADESH | 12 | 80 |
| ASSAM | 0 | 0 |
| BIHAR | 3 | 14 |
| CHANDIGARH | 0 | 0 |
| CHHATISGARH | 0 | 0 |
| DELHI | 0 | 0 |
| GOA | 0 | 0 |
| GUJARAT | 5 | 22 |
| HARYANA | 3 | 15 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | 1 | 6 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR | 0 | 0 |
| JHARKHAND | 0 | 0 |
| KARNATAKA | 31 | 226 |
| KERELA | 10 | 22 |
| MADHYA PRADESH | 6 | 36 |
| MAHARASHTRA | 24 | 140 |
| MANIPUR | 0 | 0 |
| MEGHALAYA | 3 | 19 |
| ORISSA | 3 | 19 |
| PONDICHERRY | 7 | 31 |
| PUNJAB | 3 | 14 |
| RAJASTHAN | 3 | 19 |
| TAMIL NADU | 13 | 85 |
| TELENGANA | 13 | 74 |
| TRIPURA | 0 | 0 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 10 | 51 |
| UTTRAKHAND | 2 | 11 |
| WEST BENGAL | 2 | 7 |
Fees Structure
The MS Orthopedics Fees for state private colleges starts from 18 Lakhs to maximum 50 Lakhs per annum. The MS Orthopedics Fees in deemed universities vary from college to college. It starts minimum 20 Lakhs to Maximum 60 Lakhs per annum. The MS Orthopedics Fees for all India quota and state quota govt. seats start from 50k to 1.5 Lakh per annum. *To Know college wise fee, cutoff in different categories kindly reach us.
Cut-offs (Indicative)
In accordance with the minimum qualifying/eligibility criteria for admission to MD/MS/DNB/DrNB (Direct 6 Years Courses)/PG Medical Diploma Courses as mentioned in the Information Bulletin for NEET-PG 2025, the cut-off scores for various categories are as follows:
| Category | Minimum Qualifying/Eligibility Criteria | Cut-Off Score (Out of 800) |
|---|---|---|
| EWS / General | 50th Percentile | 276 |
| General PwBD | 45th Percentile | 255 |
| SC / ST / OBC (including PwBD of SC/ST/OBC) | 40th Percentile | 235 |
Career Opportunities
After completing MD Orthopaedics, graduates can join hospitals, specialized clinics, pursue teaching roles, or super-specialty training (DM/MCh) depending on the branch.
