Gujarat nursing and allied-health admissions: 32,351 of 53,206 seats still empty after round 3
After three rounds of centralised counselling, Gujarat’s nursing and allied-health admission committee has filled 20,855 of 53,206 seats in GNM, ANM, B.Sc. Nursing, physiotherapy and other courses. Every government seat is taken; the 32,351 vacancies are all in self-financed institutes.
The Admission Committee for Gujarat Professional Nursing and Allied Medical Educational Courses has published its round-3 allotment for 2026-27, along with a vacancy statement for every institute. The statement, generated on 5 October 2026, makes the picture plain: 53,206 seats across 1,095 institute listings, 20,855 filled, 32,351 vacant.
Where the empty seats are
| Course | Seats | Filled | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNM (general nursing & midwifery), self-financed | 20,615 | 8,022 | 12,593 |
| B.Sc. Nursing, self-financed | 14,760 | 5,637 | 9,123 |
| ANM (auxiliary nurse midwife), self-financed | 10,624 | 2,215 | 8,409 |
| Physiotherapy (BPT), self-financed | 4,428 | 2,356 | 2,072 |
| Optometry, self-financed | 240 | 92 | 148 |
| Audiology & speech therapy, self-financed | 40 | 34 | 6 |
| All government seats (GNM 915, ANM 630, BPT 484, B.Sc. Nursing 400, others 40) | 2,469 | 2,469 | 0 |
Naturopathy (BNYS) and the single government prosthetics-and-orthotics programme are also full. Some self-financed GNM and ANM schools filled only a handful of their 40–60 seats.
How far down the merit list government seats went
Government seats closed much earlier. In physiotherapy, the round-3 open-category closing merit numbers were 511 at the government college in Surat, 577 in Ahmedabad, 1,093 in Vadodara, 1,638 in Jamnagar and 2,234 in Dahod. Self-financed physiotherapy colleges ran past merit number 12,000.
If you were allotted a seat in round 3
- Pay at an Axis Bank branch named by the committee — a payment at any other branch is not accepted — and keep the stamped "paid" challan.
- Book an online appointment and take your originals, in an 11x15-inch envelope, to the help centre with the challan, the appointment letter and your PIN. You or a parent with ID must go in person.
- SC and ST students with a freeship card in a self-financed institute do not pay; they get the fee set to zero at the help centre. The freeship card does not apply to a government seat.
- If your earlier seat changed in round 3, collect a new admission order. If you neither pay nor report, the round-3 seat is cancelled and you have no claim to it later.
What to watch for
As of 9 October, the committee had not announced another centralised round. With more than 32,000 seats empty, students still looking for a nursing or physiotherapy seat should check medadmgujarat.org daily, and check that any college offering a direct seat is on the committee's institute lists, which were updated on 28 September.
CareerBox News Desk — reporting on the round-3 allotment, closing-rank list and institute-wise vacancy statement for 2026-27 published by the Admission Committee for Gujarat Professional Nursing and Allied Medical Educational Courses, with its round-3 fee and reporting instructions. Official portal: medadmgujarat.org. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.