WBMCC notifies round 3, stray vacancy counselling schedule for NEET 2026 admissions
West Bengal: The West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC) has released a revised tentative schedule for WB NEET UG 2026 counselling, covering complete timelines for Round 3 and the Online Stray Vacancy Round.
The revised schedule applies to counselling for State Quota, Private Management Quota and NRI Quota seats in West Bengal. The notice was issued by the Directorate of Medical Education, Government of West Bengal.
As per the revised schedule, candidates allotted seats in Round 2 had been given an additional day for reporting and admission on September 19, 2026, from 10 am to 4 pm. Candidates reporting to their allotted institutes had to complete the required admission formalities, including document verification and payment of the requisite fee.
For private medical colleges, the admission process will be conducted at different government medical colleges in Kolkata, as specified in the relevant notice. For private dental colleges, the process will take place at Dr R Ahmed Dental College. Upgraded candidates are required to get their submitted fee and documents back along with the server-generated relieving letter from their previous college, before proceeding to the newly allotted college.
The Round 3 counselling process will begin with online registration for NEET UG 2026-qualified candidates. Registration will remain open from 11 am on September 28 to 6 pm on September 30, 2026, while online fee payment can be completed from 11 am on September 28 until midnight on September 30.
Verification of registered candidates will be conducted on September 29, September 30 and October 1, from 11 am to 4 pm. This verification provision is not applicable to NRI candidates, for whom the notice directs candidates to refer to the relevant instructions.
Candidates will also be allowed to surrender their allotted seats online at the college level, with all original documents, on September 30 and October 1 from 10 am to 3 pm.
The list of successfully verified candidates and the Round 3 seat matrix will be published after 5 pm on October 1. Verified candidates can then undertake online choice filling and choice locking from 6 pm on October 1 until 10 am on October 4, 2026.
The Round 3 allotment result is scheduled to be published after 4 pm on October 8, 2026. Reporting and admission of allotted candidates will subsequently take place on October 12, 13 and 14, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Meanwhile, the Online Stray Vacancy Round will begin on October 15. Eligible NEET UG 2026-qualified candidates can register online from 11 am on October 15 until 6 pm on October 16, while the fee payment window will remain available until midnight on October 16.
Candidate verification will take place on October 16 and 17 from 11 am to 4 pm. The list of successfully verified candidates and the seat matrix for the Stray Vacancy Round will be published after 5 pm on October 17.
Online choice filling and locking will then be available from 6 pm on October 17 until 10 am on October 18. The Stray Vacancy Round allotment result will be declared by 12 noon on October 23, 2026. Below is the complete schedule-
SCHEDULE
S.NO | EVENTS | DATE & TIME |
1 | Additional day of Reporting and Admission of Allotted candidates to the allotted Institute (for All Private Medical Colleges, the admission process will be in different Govt. Medical Colleges in Kolkata; the related Notice has been published on the website and for all Private Dental colleges at Dr R. Ahmed Dental College, with requisite original documents, college-required fee, and bond after physical document verification (Once Successfully re-verified, they can get admitted in the allotted seat). Upgraded candidates need to get submitted fee and documents back with server generated reliving letter from the previous college before moving for admission in the newly allotted college | September 19, 10 am–4 pm |
2 | Round 3: Online Registration by candidates qualified through NEET UG 2026 | September 28, 11 am–September 30, 6 pm |
3 | Online Fee Payment | September 28, 11 am–September 30, midnight |
4 | After Successful Registration and Fee Payment, Verification of Candidates in the already designated college and time slot by the software (Not applicable for NRI Candidates; please see Notice Point No. 3, for further details) | September 29, 30 & October 1, 11 am–4 pm |
5 | Online Seat Surrender at the allotted college level with all the Original documents by the candidates | September 30 & October 1, 10 am–3 pm |
6 | Publication of List of Successfully Verified candidates and Publication of Seat Matrix for Round 3 | October 1, after 5 pm |
7 | Online Choice Filling and Choice Locking by the verified Candidates in the list | October 1, 6 pm–October 4, 10 am |
8 | Publication of allotment result Round 3 | October 8, after 4 pm |
9 | The Reporting and Admission of Allotted candidates to the allotted Institute (for All Private Medical Colleges, the admission process will be in different Govt. Medical Colleges in Kolkata, related Notice has been published on the website and for all Private Dental colleges at Dr R. Ahmed Dental College, with requisite original documents, college requisite fee, bond after physical document verification (Once Successfully re-verified, they can get admitted in the allotted seat). Upgraded candidates need to get submitted fee and documents back with server generated reliving letter from the previous college before moving for admission in the newly allotted college. | October 12, 13 & 14, 10 am–4 pm |
10 | Online Stray Vacancy: 10 Online Registration by candidates qualified through NEET UG 2026 | October 15, 11 am–October 16, 6 pm |
11 | Online Fee Payment | October 15, 11 am–October 16, midnight |
12 | After Successful Registration and Fee Payment, Verification of Candidates in the already designated college and time slot by the software (Not applicable for NRI Candidates). | October 16 & 17, 11 am–4 pm |
13 | Publication of List of Successfully Verified candidates and Publication of Seat Matrix for Stray Vacancy Round | October 17, after 5 pm |
14 | Online Choice Filling and Choice Locking by the verified Candidates in the list | October 17, 6 pm–October 18, 10 am |
15 | Publication of allotment result for Stray Vacancy Round | October 23, by 12 noon |
16 | The Reporting and Admission of Allotted candidates to the allotted Institute (for All Private Medical Colleges, the admission process will be in different Govt. Medical Colleges in Kolkata, related Notice has been published on the website and for all Private Dental colleges at Dr R Ahmed Dental College) with requisite original documents, college requisite fee, bond after physical document verification (Once successfully re-verified, they can get admitted in the allotted seat). | October 23, 2–6 pm; October 24 & 26, 10 am–4 pm |
To view the revised schedule, click the link below
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2026/09/18/wbmcc-476085.pdf
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