Maharashtra Ayush CAP Round 3 Seat Matrix 2026 Released

The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, has released the provisional seat matrix for BAMS, BHMS and BUMS courses for CAP Round 3. It covers admissions to health science courses under NEET (UG) 2026-27. Both matrices were printed on October 27, 2026. One matrix covers private and minority colleges (AIQ seats). The other, Group B, covers government, government-aided, private and minority colleges.

Maharashtra AYUSH CAP Round 3 Seat Matrix 2026: Highlights

Particulars	Details
Conducting Body	State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Admissions	Health Science Courses, NEET (UG) 2026-27
Courses	BAMS, BHMS, BUMS
Round	CAP Round 3
Matrices Released	Private/Minority Colleges (AIQ), and Group B (Govt./Govt. Aided/Private/Minority)
Printed On	27 October 2026
Status	Provisional (marked “Original”)

College and Intake Details

Course	Type	Colleges	Total Intake	15% AIQ Seats
BAMS	Govt./Govt. Aided	23	1,957	290
BAMS	Private	116	8,966	1,333
BHMS	Govt.	2	163	24
BHMS	Private	55	4,522	676
BUMS	Govt./Govt. Aided	3	180	27
BUMS	Private	5	324	49

S.no	Particulars
1.	Maharashtra Ayush CAP Round 3 Group B Seat Matrix 2026
2.	Maharashtra Ayush CAP Round 3 Seat Matrix 2026

AIQ Seats in Private and Minority Colleges

The private and minority college matrix lists the AIQ seats for each college. The totals are:

• BAMS: 215 AIQ seats across 116 private colleges
• BHMS: 87 AIQ seats across 55 private colleges
• BUMS: 7 AIQ seats across 5 private colleges

Many colleges have no AIQ seats listed in Round 3. The colleges with the most AIQ seats are:

• BAMS: 15 seats each at Shivganga Ayurvedic Medical College, Miraj, Sangli; Shiva Trust’s Yeshvantrao Chavan Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Sambhajinagar; and Rashtriya Ayurved College & Research Institute, Sambhajinagar
• BHMS: 14 seats at Shree Bhagwan Homoeopathy Medical College, Sambhajinagar
• BUMS: 5 seats at Yunus Fazlani Unani Medical College, Kannad

Government and Government-Aided Colleges

The Group B matrix gives category-wise seats for each college. Seats are split by gender, SC, ST, VJ, NT, OBC, SEBC and EWS, along with PwD, orphan and other reserved seats.

• BAMS has 23 government and government-aided colleges. They include R.A. Podar Govt. Ayurved College, Mumbai (125 intake), Govt. Ayurvedic College, Nagpur (125), Govt. Ayurvedic College, Nanded (125) and Govt. Ayurvedic College, Kagal, Kolhapur (100).
• BHMS has two government colleges: Government Homoeopathy College, Jalgaon (63 intake) and Government Homoeopathy College, Kagal, Kolhapur (100).
• BUMS has three government-aided minority colleges, each with 60 seats: Anjuman Islamic Tibia College, Mumbai; ZVM’s Unani Medical College, Pune; and Mohammadiya Tibia College, Malegaon.

Minority Quota Colleges

Minority colleges in the matrix include Muslim, Jain and Hindi minority institutions. Examples are AMS (Minority) Ayurvedic Medical College, Malegaon, and Al-Ameen New Life Ayurved College, Shirur, Pune. In BHMS they include KBA (Minority) Homoeopathic College, Chandwad (Jain). In BUMS all colleges are Muslim minority colleges.

What Candidates Should Do Next

1. Download the seat matrices from the official State CET Cell website.
2. Check the category-wise seats for your preferred colleges in the Group B matrix.
3. Check the AIQ seats in the private and minority college matrix if you are applying through the AIQ route.
4. Follow the official schedule for CAP Round 3 registration, option form filling and allotment.
5. Keep your NEET scorecard, domicile, category and other documents ready for verification.

The matrices say the seat position may change before allotment, based on information from the institute, MUHS Nashik, NCISM, NCH, the AYUSH ministry, court orders or government orders. Candidates should check the official website for the latest seat position.