What is a seat matrix, and how is it different from a cut-off?

The matrix says how many seats exist; the cut-off says the rank at which one closed. A branch with four seats and a tempting closing rank is a very different bet from the same rank against forty seats — which is why option lists should be built against both.

Are these the seats still available?

These are the seats KEA published in the BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 provisional matrix on 7 August 2026. A matrix is a snapshot of that moment: allotment consumes seats, and the next round's matrix supersedes this one. Always confirm against the current publication on KEA's portal before acting.

Why do some colleges have no link?

39 of the 39 institutions in this publication are not in our directory, so they appear under KEA's own printed name with no profile to link. Leaving them out would understate the published total, which is the number most people come here for.

Why are there more KEA codes than colleges?

KEA allots against 39 college codes, but those belong to 39 institutions: a college with a day stream and an evening stream, or two campuses, holds a code for each. The table below lists one row per institution with every code it holds, so a college is never counted twice.

What do the category codes mean?

GM is General Merit, 2AG is Category 2A General, GMR is General Merit Rural, GMH is General Merit in the 371(J) Kalyana-Karnataka pool, SNQ is the supernumerary fee-waiver quota, and so on. The decoder page explains the grammar so you can read a code you have never seen.

How do you know the numbers are right?

Two checks run every time the matrix is parsed: each course row's category columns must sum to the Total KEA printed beside it, and each college's course rows must sum to KEA's own college Total row. A mis-read column would break both.

BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 seat matrix — Round 1

2,729 seats · 39 KEA codes · 39 institutions — as published by KEA on 7 August 2026.

In short

KEA published 2,729 seats in the BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 provisional matrix — across 39 institutions holding 39 KEA college codes, in 39 college-and-branch rows. The three numbers differ because a KEA code is one line in KEA’s allotment system: a college with a day and an evening stream has two. The largest single pool is NRI with 386 seats; 0 are supernumerary fee-waiver (SNQ) seats. A matrix is a snapshot of the day it was published, not a live count.

Transcribed from KEA — Dental (BDS) Provisional Seat Matrix 2026, published 07-08-2026. KEA titles it “DENTAL (BDS) PROVISIONAL SEAT MATRIX - 2026 (07/08/2026)”. Every number here was checked against KEA’s own totals twice — per course row and per college — before publication. Seats change as allotment proceeds: confirm against the current matrix on KEA’s portal before you act.

Sanctioned intake comes from RGUHS — continuation of affiliation for BDS, 2026-27 (37 notifications, File No. RGUHSB/RRAC/AdAf(AFF)/57/2026-DENTAL) — 37 per-college notifications totalling 2,615 BDS seats, read from the page images on 14 August 2026 because the file’s text layer carries only its own page stamps. RGUHS affiliates 37 of the 39 colleges KEA counsels; the two it does not are deemed universities, which do not affiliate to it. Sanctioned intake is not the KEA seat matrix — a college can admit outside state counselling, and these are two separate publications made months apart.

Seats by category

BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 seats by KEA category code
Code	Category	Seats
NRI	NRI	386
OPN	OPN	371
GMP	General Merit Private (Yoga & Naturopathy)	371
GM	General Merit	277
GMPH	GMPH	162
OTH	OTH	133
ME	ME	126
2AG	Category 2A — General	83
GMH	GMH	79
MU	MU	72
GMR	General Merit — Rural	52
PH	PH	47
MA	MA	36
MMH	MMH	36
MEH	MEH	36
S2G	Scheduled Caste — SCB (internal category B)	30
S1G	Scheduled Caste — SCA (internal category A)	29
MM	MM	29
3BG	Category 3B — General	28
2AH	2AH	24

Top 20 of 77 categories carrying seats. Linked codes have a per-college page; the rest are held by too few colleges, or KEA’s own abbreviations table does not state what they mean. What the codes mean →

Seats by branch

BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 seats by branch, with the number of colleges offering each
Branch	Seats	Colleges
BDS	2,729	39

Top 25 of 1 branches in the publication.

Every institution in the matrix

One row per institution, sorted by total seats, with every KEA code it holds beneath its name. 0 of 39 link to a profile here; the rest are colleges our directory does not carry, shown under KEA’s own printed name. The address is KEA’s, printed after the name in the publication. Sanctioned is the intake RGUHS grants the college for 2026-27, which is a different number from the seats KEA puts through counselling.

Six colleges where the two official documents differ

M.R. Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore. — RGUHS sanctions 100, KEA counsels 99.
Government Dental College,Bellary — RGUHS sanctions 63, KEA counsels 54.
Government Dental College,Bangalore. — RGUHS sanctions 60, KEA counsels 51.
S.B. Patil Dental College, Bidar. — RGUHS sanctions 40, KEA counsels 50.
AME's Dental College, Raichur. — RGUHS sanctions 40, KEA counsels 50.
Employees State Insurance Corporation Dental D College, Gulbarga — RGUHS sanctions 62, KEA counsels 25.

A college can hold seats outside state counselling, so a sanctioned intake above the KEA figure is ordinary. Where KEA counsels more than RGUHS sanctions, the two publications simply do not agree — the RGUHS notifications are dated April 2026 and KEA’s matrix August 2026. We publish both with their dates rather than choose between them.

Every institution in the BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 matrix, with its KEA codes and seat count
KEA code	Institution	KEA seats	Sanctioned	Branches
D103	Vokkaligara Sanga Dental College, Bangalore.	100	100	1
D112	Oxford Dental College, Bangalore.	100	100	1
D113	Sri.Rajiv Gandhi Dental College, Bangalore.	100	100	1
D114	Rajarajeshwari Dental College, Bangalore.	100	100	1
D336	PM Nadagowda Dental College, Bagalkot.	100	100	1
D337	S.D.M. Dental College, Dharwad.	100	—	1
D442	HKE Society's S. Nijalingappa Dental College, Gulbarga.	100	100	1
D443	Al-Badar Rural Dental College & Hospital, Gulbarga.	100	100	1
D447	Navodaya Dental College, Raichur.	100	100	1
D555	K.V.G.Dental College, Sullia	100	100	1
D556	A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore.	100	100	1
D557	Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore	100	100	1
D661	Bapuji Dental College, Davangere.	100	100	1
D662	College of Dental Sciences, Davangere.	100	100	1
D663	Sharavati Dental College, Shimoga	100	100	1
D665	Subbaiah Institute of Dental Sciences, Shimoga D	100	100	1
D102	M.R. Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore.	99	100	1
D448	Government Dental College,Bellary	54	63	1
D101	Government Dental College,Bangalore.	51	60	1
D104	Bangalore	50	—	1
D111	Dayananada Sagar Dental College, Bangalore	50	50	1
D115	D.A Pandu Memorial RV Dental College, Bangalore	50	50	1
D116	Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore.	50	50	1
D118	Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore.	50	50	1
D119	K.L.E Dental College Bangalore.	50	50	1
D120	N.S.V.K. Sri.Venkateshwara Dental College, Bangalore	50	50	1
D121	KGF Dental College K.G.F	50	50	1
D122	Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore.	50	50	1
D335	Maratha Mandal Dental College, Belgaum.	50	50	1
D445	S.B. Patil Dental College, Bidar.	50	40	1
D446	AME's Dental College, Raichur.	50	40	1
D664	S.J.M Dental college, Chitradurga	50	50	1
D673	BGS Global Institute of Dental Sciences and D Hospital, Bangalore	50	50	1
D224	Farooquia Dental College & Hospital, Mysrore	40	40	1
D225	Sri.Hasanamba Dental College, Hassan.	40	40	1
D333	Al-Ameen Dental College, Bijapur.	40	40	1
D444	HKDET Dental College, Humnabad	40	40	1
D551	Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet.	40	40	1
D666	Employees State Insurance Corporation Dental D College, Gulbarga	25	62	1

Seat matrix — questions and answers

Answered from verified records — official closing ranks, published fees and accreditation. Not written by students. How we verify data.

What is a seat matrix, and how is it different from a cut-off?: The matrix says how many seats exist; the cut-off says the rank at which one closed. A branch with four seats and a tempting closing rank is a very different bet from the same rank against forty seats — which is why option lists should be built against both.
Are these the seats still available?: These are the seats KEA published in the BDS (NEET, Karnataka) 2026 Round 1 provisional matrix on 7 August 2026. A matrix is a snapshot of that moment: allotment consumes seats, and the next round's matrix supersedes this one. Always confirm against the current publication on KEA's portal before acting.
Why do some colleges have no link?: 39 of the 39 institutions in this publication are not in our directory, so they appear under KEA's own printed name with no profile to link. Leaving them out would understate the published total, which is the number most people come here for.
Why are there more KEA codes than colleges?: KEA allots against 39 college codes, but those belong to 39 institutions: a college with a day stream and an evening stream, or two campuses, holds a code for each. The table below lists one row per institution with every code it holds, so a college is never counted twice.
What do the category codes mean?: GM is General Merit, 2AG is Category 2A General, GMR is General Merit Rural, GMH is General Merit in the 371(J) Kalyana-Karnataka pool, SNQ is the supernumerary fee-waiver quota, and so on. The decoder page explains the grammar so you can read a code you have never seen.
How do you know the numbers are right?: Two checks run every time the matrix is parsed: each course row's category columns must sum to the Total KEA printed beside it, and each college's course rows must sum to KEA's own college Total row. A mis-read column would break both.

Use it with the rest

College predictor — Enter a rank and category; see which colleges closed at or beyond it, from the verified rows.
Verified cut-offs — Every closing rank on the site, by exam, branch, category, rank band, city and round.
Counselling tracker — Which round each exam is in, read from the official portal and dated.
KEA college codes — The E-codes option entry asks for, matched to college pages.
Option-entry sheet — Your saved colleges in priority order, each with its KEA code and verified closing ranks; printable.
Category codes — What 2AG, 3BH, SCG and the other cut-off columns mean.
Exam calendar — Dated exam and counselling windows, with the notification behind each.
Leftover seats and spot rounds