Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences
Ballari, Karnataka
Affiliation: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)
In short
Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences is a government institution in Ballari, Karnataka affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), established 1961. Its most competitive verified KEA 2026 AHS GM closing merit position is 12,418 for B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech., from the official Round 1 publication.
Best KEA AHS closing merit position
12,418
GM · B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech. · 2026 · Round 1
Courses offered
4
About VIMS Ballari
A government medical college in Ballari.
Identity
- Institution type
- Government
- Location
- Ballari
- Affiliation
- Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)
- Established
- 1961
- Courses offered
- 4
Accreditation & approvals
- Approvals
- UGC
Official recognition
Listed as an Allied Health Sciences (B.Sc AHS) institution by RGUHS — List of AHS colleges for the year 2025-26, under the name Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Cantonment, Bellary 583104.
- Code on the official list
- 267
Our reading of the data
Editorial analysis of the figures on this page — not the college’s own claim, and not a ranking.
Why students consider it
- Official closing merit positions on record — B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech. closed at GM merit position 12,418 in KEA 2026 AHS, Round 1
- Long-established — running since 1961
Worth checking before you decide
- Confirm the current year's fees and seat matrix directly with the college
Courses & Fees (4)
| Course | Level | Duration | Annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBBS Medical & Health Sciences | Undergraduate | 5y 6m | Ask for fees |
| MD Medical & Health Sciences | Postgraduate | 3 years | Ask for fees |
| Allied Health Paramedical & Allied Health | Undergraduate | 4 years | ₹17,970KEA 2026-27 · per year · B.Sc AHS — all college types₹0 for SC/ST within the income limit |
| B.Sc Nursing Nursing | Undergraduate | 4 years | ₹10,000KEA 2026-27 · per year · B.Sc Nursing — government colleges₹0 for SC/ST within the income limit |
This is the fee the state has notified for a KEA-counselled seat at a college of this type — not a figure this college has published. Management, COMEDK and NRI seats at the same college are priced separately by the college and are not published here. See the full published grid.
Admission Process
How to get in
The routes this site holds official data for at VIMS Ballari. Each figure links to the table it comes from.
KCET (KEA counselling)
Government-quota seats are allotted by KEA through online option entry, round by round — on the PU-marks merit list, because these courses have no entrance exam.
160 verified closing merit positions (2025, 2026) · where the rounds stand · how the process works · check a merit position
NEET-UG (KEA UGNEET counselling)
Medical and dental seats are allotted by KEA on the NEET All-India rank, not on a state rank.
listed in KEA's UGNEET 2026 Round-1 seat matrix with 212 seats · where the rounds stand · how the process works
Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, a government medical college affiliated to RGUHS, admits MBBS students purely through NEET-UG merit followed by KEA counselling for state-quota seats. Postgraduate MD admissions are similarly based on NEET-PG scores and counselling. Applicants should check the official government medical education portal or the college website for eligibility and counselling dates.
Documents you’ll need to carry
KCET · KEA counselling
KEA Information Bulletin, UGCET-2026 ↗- CET-2026 application print (KEA says keep at least three)
- Proof of the application fee paid
- 2–3 copies of the photograph uploaded with the application
- SSLC / 10th standard marks card
- 2nd PUC / 12th standard marks card
- Study certificate — 7 years studied in Karnataka, countersigned by the BEO/DDPI
KEA sets no entrance exam for this course — the bulletin lists it under “NO Entrance Exam … Selection is based on PU Marks”, so there is no admit card and no rank card. Registering for CET-2026 and paying the fee is what makes a candidate eligible for the counselling, and the 2nd PUC marks card is the document the seat actually turns on.
Only if you are claiming a specific category or quota
- Caste / caste-income certificate (Form D/E/F as applicable, with its RD number) — if claiming SC/ST/Category-1 or an OBC (2A/2B/3A/3B) seat
- Income certificate — if SC/ST/Category-1 claiming the tuition-fee exemption
- Rural study certificate — 1st to 10th in a rural area, countersigned by the BEO — if claiming the rural quota
- Non-Creamy Layer Certificate from the Tahasildar — if a general-merit candidate claiming the rural quota
- Kannada-medium study certificate — 1st to 10th, countersigned by the BEO — if claiming the Kannada-medium quota
- 371(J) / Kalyana-Karnataka eligibility certificate (Annexure-A, with its RD number) — if claiming a Kalyana-Karnataka (371-J) seat
This is the list Karnataka counselling generally asks for. The exact set can change each cycle — confirm the current-year requirements in the official notification before you report.
Need help with the process?
Ask us about eligibility, documents, fees or dates — either way reaches the same counsellor.
Previous Year Cut-offs
Full cut-off tables — every branch, category and round →
| Category | Round | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 12,418 |
| B.Sc Perfusion Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 22,825 |
| B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 23,039 |
| B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 23,039 |
| B.Sc Anaest, Oper.Theater · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 29,733 |
| B.Sc Neuro Science Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 32,063 |
| B.Sc Imaging Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 39,514 |
| B.Sc Radiotherapy · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 53,227 |
| B.Sc Medical Lab. Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 70,172 |
| B.Sc Resp. Care Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 70,296.5 |
| B.Sc Anaest, Oper.Theater · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 73,084 |
| B.Sc Anaest, Oper.Theater · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 73,084 |
| B.Sc Neuro Science Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 79,232 |
| B.Sc Emerg. Trauma Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 1,13,013 |
| B.Sc Renal dialysis Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 1 | 2026 | 1,32,721 |
| B.Sc Emerg. Trauma Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 1,59,722 |
| B.Sc Emerg. Trauma Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 1,59,722 |
| B. Prosthetics Orthotics · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 1,78,036 |
| B.Sc · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 1,80,231 |
| B.Sc Resp. Care Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 1,89,386 |
| B.Sc Resp. Care Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 1,89,386 |
| B.Sc Renal dialysis Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 1,92,511 |
| B.Sc Renal dialysis Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 1,92,511 |
| B. Prosthetics Orthotics · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 1,99,503 |
| B.Sc Perfusion Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 1,99,693 |
| B.Sc Optometry · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 2,06,754 |
| B.Sc Imaging Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 2,08,933 |
| B.Sc Medical Lab. Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 2,11,111 |
| B.Sc Medical Lab. Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 2,11,111 |
| B.Sc Imaging Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 2,12,336 |
| B.Sc Neuro Science Tech. · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 2,13,889 |
| B.Sc Radiotherapy · Allied Health | GM | 3 | 2025 | 2,15,867.5 |
| B.Sc Optometry · Allied Health | GM | 2 | 2025 | 2,68,918 |
A lower merit position is more competitive. These are historical figures transcribed from the official KCET publication — a guide to where a branch closed, not a guarantee for the coming year.
Campus & Facilities
- Teaching Hospital
- Anatomy Museum
- Central Library
- Lecture Theatres
- Dissection Hall
- Skills Lab
- Hostels
- Blood Bank
- Cafeteria
- Sports Ground
Hostel
VIMS provides separate hostel blocks with mess facilities for men and women, though the number of seats is limited and allocated after admission is confirmed. Students should verify current room types, fees and seat availability with the hostel office.
Faculty
Faculty at VIMS include teaching staff across pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical departments, many of whom also serve as consultants at the attached teaching hospital. This dual role allows students to combine classroom learning with clinical exposure under the same faculty.
Questions & Answers
Ask a question →Answered from this college’s verified records — closing merit positions, published fees and accreditation. Not written by students. How we verify data.
- Which entrance exams does Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences accept?
- Our verified cut-off records for Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences are merit positions on KEA's AHS list, not entrance-exam ranks: KEA selects BPT and the B.Sc allied health sciences courses on PU marks, with no entrance exam (KEA Information Bulletin, UGCET-2026, page 15). That is what the official publications show; a college may also admit through its own test or a management quota, which those documents do not cover.
- What was the KEA AHS cut-off for Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences?
- On the KEA 2026 AHS list, the most competitive General Merit seat at Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences closed at merit position 12,418 for B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech., from the official Round 1 publication. That is a merit position, not a CET rank: KEA selects BPT and the B.Sc allied health sciences courses on PU marks, with no entrance exam (KEA Information Bulletin, UGCET-2026, page 15). Closing merit positions differ by course and category — the full table is on this page. These are the positions at which seats closed that year, not a prediction for this one.
- What is the cut-off for reserved categories at Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences?
- We hold verified closing merit positions for 23 categories here, including Scheduled Caste, where the tightest seat on the KEA 2025 AHS list closed at merit position 72,157. Compare a category column against your category merit position, which is a different number from your overall merit position.
- Which branch is hardest to get into at Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences?
- On the KEA 2026 AHS list, of 10 branches with verified General Merit figures, each at its latest published round, B.Sc Cardiac Care Tech. closed tightest at merit position 12,418 and B.Sc Renal dialysis Tech. closed widest at 1,32,721. A tighter merit position means more competition for that seat, not better teaching.
- What is the annual fee at Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences?
- For a seat allotted through KEA counselling the notified fee starts at ₹10,000 per year (KEA 2026-27, B.Sc Nursing — government colleges). That is the government-quota figure and it depends on the college's type, not on the college itself — a management-quota seat in the same course typically costs several times more, and only the college can confirm that one.
- Is Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences accredited?
- Our records show UGC recognition. The institution was established in 1961. Accreditation status changes — confirm the current position with NAAC or the college before relying on it.
- What are the placements like at Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences?
- We have no placement figures from an official source for Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, so we publish none. Aggregator placement numbers are frequently unsourced. Ask the college for its official placement report, which names the year and the graduating batch size.
- What courses does Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences offer?
- We list 4 programmes at Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, including MBBS, MD, Allied Health, B.Sc Nursing. The full list with fees where published is on this page.
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