General Medicine tops NEET-PG 2026 choices; Radiology a distant second
The top five most chosen postgraduate medical specialities among the first 501 candidates who received NEET-PG seat allotments in 2026 were MD General Medicine, MD Radio-Diagnosis (Radiology), MD Dermatology, General Surgery, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. MD General Medicine topped the list with 233 candidates, followed closely by MD Radio-Diagnosis with 149 candidates.
Dermatology came in third with 37 allotments, while General Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology rounded out the top five with 25 and 15 candidates, respectively. These five specialities made up a remarkable 91.6% of the total 501 allotments, with the remaining 42 candidates distributed across nine other courses.
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