HBT Medical College & Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai MBBS Admission 2026 — Seats, NEET Cutoff, Fees & Counselling
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HBT Medical College & Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, Mumbai — a Mumbai Municipal (BMC) Government medical college (est. 2015), MUHS-affiliated and NMC-recognised. 150 MBBS seats filled on NEET merit: 85% Maharashtra state quota plus 15% All-India Quota. Among the lowest-fee, highest-value MBBS routes in the state.
By Krishna Pandey, Founder & Lead Counsellor
✅ Sourcing: figures use official counselling records (MCC/state) and institute circulars — cutoffs change every round; reconfirm at allotment. No cash payments; official receipts only.
📊 HBT Cooper Mumbai — Key Facts 2026
| Parameter | Detail (2026) |
|---|---|
| Type | Mumbai Municipal (BMC) Government Medical College |
| Established | 2015 |
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Affiliation | Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik |
| MBBS seats | 150 |
| Admission | NEET-UG → 85% State quota (CAP) + 15% AIQ (MCC) |
| Govt-quota fee | ~₹1,10,000–1,30,000 |
| 2025 closing cutoff (Open) | NEET 541 / AIR 16,827 (OPEN, State-Level, CAP Round 3, 2025) · Source: Maharashtra State CET Cell Cutoff Explorer (AY 2025-26, indicative) |
| MCC Round 1 (provisional), 2026 — AIQ Open | All-India rank 3,104 – 4,191 closing, 11 seats allotted · later MCC rounds close at worse ranks · Source: MCC, Provisional NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment 2026 — Round 1 (21 Aug 2026) |
| Teaching hospital | ~940 beds |
🏥 About HBT Cooper Mumbai & Why It Matters
HBT (Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray) Medical College, attached to Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital in Juhu, is a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation government college established in 2015 — one of Mumbai’s newest public medical colleges, built on an established hospital. MUHS-affiliated and NMC-recognised, it admits 150 MBBS students a year on NEET merit through the Maharashtra state quota (85%) and All-India Quota (15%).
As a 2015-founded college on the well-regarded Cooper Hospital, HBT pairs modern academic infrastructure with an established western-suburbs clinical base in Juhu. Its 150 MBBS seats give Mumbai and Maharashtra aspirants another top-value government option, with the 15% AIQ seats open nationally. The college has grown quickly in standing since inception.
🎯 HBT Cooper Mumbai Admission Process 2026 — Step by Step
All seats are filled on NEET merit through two parallel routes — there is no institutional or management seat:
- Qualify NEET-UG 2026 and note your rank and category.
- State quota (85%): register with the Maharashtra State CET Cell and participate in the CAP rounds (Maharashtra domicile required).
- All-India Quota (15%): register on MCC (mcc.nic.in) — open to all Indian candidates.
- Choice filling & allotment: list HBT Cooper Mumbai in your preferences; seats are allotted strictly on NEET merit across rounds.
- Reporting: complete document verification and fee payment at the college to confirm.
⚠ Anti-tout note: HBT Cooper Mumbai has no management quota, NRI quota or paid “direct admission”. Any agent promising a guaranteed government seat for money is running a scam — the only route is NEET rank through CAP/MCC.
💼 Where Free Counselling Helps at HBT Cooper Mumbai
You cannot buy a government seat — but for a candidate clearing the cutoff, expert counselling materially improves the outcome. FindUrCollege’s free counselling helps you read your NEET rank and category against HBT Cooper Mumbai’s realistic cut-off, build a safe-to-ambitious choice list across the Maharashtra CAP and MCC rounds, avoid the choice-filling mistakes that cost seats every year, and prepare documents correctly. It is a guidance service for serious aspirants — never a seat purchase.
🏨 HBT Cooper Mumbai Hospital & Clinical Training
Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital is a multi-specialty teaching hospital (~940 beds) serving Mumbai’s western suburbs, with a full range of clinical departments, emergency and ICU care. The Juhu catchment provides steady patient flow and broad case exposure for HBT students at a government-fee structure.
⚖️ State Government vs AIIMS vs Deemed/Private in Maharashtra
A Maharashtra state government college like HBT Cooper Mumbai sits between AIIMS and private options on the value ladder: tuition of ~₹1,10,000–1,30,000 versus AIIMS’s token fee but with an 85% home-state quota that makes seats far more attainable for Maharashtra-domicile rankers, and versus deemed/private colleges’ ₹20 lakh–₹1.5 crore. The honest rule stays the same — secure the cheapest seat your NEET rank allows. Use our AIQ vs state-quota guide and Maharashtra MBBS hub to map your options.
📈 How the HBT Cooper Mumbai NEET Cutoff Works — State vs AIQ
HBT Cooper Mumbai fills seats through two separate merit lists, and they close very differently. The 15% All-India Quota (via MCC) draws candidates from across India, so its General closing rank is tighter. The 85% Maharashtra state quota (via the State CET Cell CAP rounds) is contested only among Maharashtra-domicile candidates, so a home-state aspirant often secures a seat at a more relaxed rank than the AIQ list suggests. Reserved-category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/SEBC) cut-offs extend further per Maharashtra and central reservation rules.
The practical takeaway: judge your chances against the right list. A Maharashtra-domicile candidate should map their rank against state-quota CAP trends; an out-of-state candidate is competing only for the 15% AIQ seats. Cut-offs also move round to round — later CAP and MCC rounds, and the mop-up/stray-vacancy rounds, can open seats at ranks that round one did not.
HBT Cooper Mumbai — MCC Round 1 (provisional), 2026: All-India Quota closing ranks
These are the ranks at which HBT Cooper Mumbai’s 15% All-India Quota MBBS seats were actually allotted in the first MCC round of the 2026 cycle, taken from MCC’s own published allotment result.
| Category (All India Quota) | Opening rank | Closing rank | Seats allotted in Round 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 3,104 | 4,191 | 11 |
| OBC | 5,067 | 6,395 | 8 |
| EWS | 5,559 | 7,741 | 3 |
| SC | 32,198 | 42,210 | 5 |
| ST | 68,163 | 69,492 | 2 |
Official source: Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), DGHS — “Provisional NEET-UG Counselling Seats Allotment — 2026, Round 1”, published 21 August 2026. Figures are provisional as published by MCC.
Round 1 is the toughest round of the cycle, not the final cut-off. MCC Round 2, the mop-up round and the stray-vacancy round all close at worse (higher) ranks as candidates upgrade, withdraw or do not join. Reading 4,191 as “the 2026 cut-off” would make HBT Cooper look further out of reach than it really is.
These are All-India NEET-UG ranks under MCC counselling — they are not the Maharashtra state cut-off. The 85% state-quota seats are allotted by the State CET Cell in the CAP rounds on a separate Maharashtra merit list; the 2025 CAP figure in the Key Facts table above is the one to judge the state route against.
PwD seat — separate merit list. One Open-PwD seat was allotted in MCC Round 1 2026, opening and closing at All-India rank 2,26,577. PwD candidates are ranked on their own merit list, so this rank is not comparable with the open-category ranks in the table and must not be read beside them.
📝 Documents for HBT Cooper Mumbai Counselling (CAP & MCC)
For both the Maharashtra state CAP rounds and the MCC All-India Quota, keep originals plus self-attested copies ready:
- NEET-UG 2026 admit card and scorecard
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates (PCB + English)
- Class 10 certificate as date-of-birth proof
- Domicile / Maharashtra eligibility certificate (for the 85% state quota)
- Nationality certificate / Aadhaar / passport
- Category, non-creamy-layer or EWS certificate in the prescribed format, if applicable
- PwD certificate from a designated centre, if applicable
- Passport photographs and the allotment letter from CAP/MCC
Maharashtra state-quota seats specifically require valid domicile/eligibility documents — getting these in order before counselling opens is the difference between converting an allotment and losing it.
🎓 After MBBS at HBT Cooper Mumbai — PG & Career
An MBBS from an established government college like HBT Cooper Mumbai is a strong base for postgraduate medicine. Graduates compete for MD/MS seats through NEET-PG (and INI-CET for the national institutes), and the high clinical volume of a government teaching hospital is precisely the training that builds clinical confidence for PG and practice. Government-college alumni networks across Maharashtra and India are deep, and the near-zero course cost means graduates carry little educational debt into their careers — a real advantage when choosing PG specialisation or service over high-earning compulsion.
🏙️ Studying in Mumbai — Campus, Hostel & Living
HBT Cooper Mumbai places students in Mumbai, one of India’s largest medical and commercial hubs with unmatched specialty exposure and connectivity. Government colleges typically provide on-campus or affiliated hostel accommodation at subsidised rates, keeping the all-in cost of the MBBS low even with living expenses. For outstation and home-state students alike, the combination of a token government fee and Mumbai’s clinical ecosystem makes these among the highest-value medical seats in the country.
⚖️ Service Bond at Maharashtra Government Colleges
Maharashtra government and municipal medical colleges generally carry a state service bond for government-quota MBBS graduates — a commitment to serve in state/rural health services for a defined period after the course, or pay a bond amount in lieu. The exact tenure and amount are set by Maharashtra government policy and revised periodically, so always confirm the current 2026-27 bond clause in HBT Cooper Mumbai’s official prospectus before accepting a seat. For most aspirants the bond is a manageable, even welcome, part of a near-free medical education — but go in fully informed.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions — HBT Cooper Mumbai MBBS 2026
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