MCC NEET 2026 counselling schedule OUT! registrations from August 5, check complete details here
New Delhi: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the schedule of the National Eligibility and Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 counselling for MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, Nursing admissions to the All India Quota (AIQ) and State Quota seats.
As per the schedule, the counselling for the students who qualified the UG medical entrance test shall commence on 04th August for the All India Quota/Deemed/Central Universities seats, whereas the State counselling shall commence on 13th August, 2026. MCC has announced that the academic session for the UG courses shall commence on 1st September, 2026.
MCC will soon activate the registration window at its official website. Currently, MCC has released the counselling schedule for three rounds of State and AIQ counselling as well as the schedule for a stray vacancy round.
ROUND I: As per the NEET UG 2026 Counselling schedule for the AIQ seats, verification of the tentative seat matrix by the participating institutes and NMC will be done on August 04th. Registration and payment for Round I shall commence on August 05th and continue until 12th August, 2026.
The choice filling and locking by the candidates will be done between 06th August to 18th August and the processing of seat allotment will be conducted between July 29 and July 30. Results for Round I of AIQ Counselling shall be published on 17th August and candidates can report/join their seats from 18th August to 22nd August, 2026. Institutes will verify the data of the joined candidates on 23rd August 2026.
SCHEDULE FOR ONLINE COUNSELING (ALLOTMENT PROCESS) FOR NEET 15% AIQ AND 100% DEEMED/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES/AIIMS INSTITUTIONS/ JIPMER (PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL)- FOR (MBBS/ BDS/ B.SC (NURSING) - 2025
ALL INDIA QUOTA (15%)/DEEMED/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES/ALL AIIMS INSTITUTES/JIPMER (PUDUCHERRY & KARAIKAL) | |||||||
ROUND I | |||||||
SL. NO. | VERIFICATION OF TENTATIVE SEAT MATRIX BY THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND NMC | REGISTRATION/PAYMENT | CHOICE FILLING/LOCKING | PROCESSING OF SEAT ALLOTMENT | RESULT | REPORTING/JOINING | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATES' DATA BY INSTITUTES; SHARING OF DATA TO MCC |
1. | 4th August, 2026 | 5th to 12th August, 2026 up to 03:00 P.M of 12th August 2026 only (as per Server Time) * Payment facility will be available up to 06:00 PM of 12th August 2026 (as per Server Time) | 6th to 13th August, 2026 (Choice Filling will be available upto 11:00 A.M of 13th August 2026 (as per Server Time). Choice Locking will start from 04:00 PM of 12th August 2026 upto 11:00 A.M of 13th August 2026 (as per Server Time) | 13th to 16th August 2026 | 17th August 2026 | 18th to 22nd August 2026 | 23rd August 2026 |
DAYS | (1-Day) | (8-Days) | (8-Days) | (4-Days) | (1-Day) | (5-Days) | (01-Day) |
ROUND II | |||||||
SL. NO. | VERIFICATION OF TENTATIVE SEAT MATRIX BY THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND NMC | REGISTRATION/PAYMENT | CHOICE FILLING/LOCKING | PROCESSING OF SEAT ALLOTMENT | RESULT | REPORTING/JOINING | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATES' DATA BY INSTITUTES; SHARING OF DATA TO MCC |
1 | 24th August 2026 | Registration facility will be available from 25th to 29th August 2026 Upto 03:00 PM of 29.08.2026 as per Server Time * Payment facility will be available up to 06:00 PM of 29 August 2026 as per Server Time | 25th to 30th August 2026 (Choice Filling will be available upto 11:00 PM of 30th August 2026) as per Server Time. Choice Locking will start from 04:00 PM of 30th August 2026 upto 11:00 PM of 30th August 2026 as per Server Time | 31st August 2026 To 1st September 2026 | 2nd September 2026 | 3rd to 8th September2026 | 9th September 2026 |
DAYS | (1-Day) | (5-Days) | (6-Days) | (2- Days) | (1-Day) | (6-Days) | (01-Day) |
ROUND III | |||||||
SL. NO. | VERIFICATION OF TENTATIVE SEAT MATRIX BY THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND NMC | REGISTRATION/PAYMENT | CHOICE FILLING/LOCKING | PROCESSING OF SEAT ALLOTMENT | RESULT | REPORTING/JOINING | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATE'S DATA BY INSTITUTES SHARING OF DATA TO MCC |
3 | 10th September 2026 | 11th to 15th September 2026 (03:00 P.M of 15 September 2026 as per Server Time) * Payment facility will be available till 06:00 PM of 15th September 2026 (as per Server Time) | 11th to 16th September 2026 (Choice Filling will be till 11:00 AM of 16 September 2026 as per Server Time). Choice Locking from 04:00 PM of 15th September 2026 upto 11:00 AM of 16th September 2026 (as per Server Time) | 16th to 17th September 2026 | 18th September 2026 | 19th to 26th September 2026 | 27th September 2026 |
DAYS | (1-Day) | (5-Days) | (6-Days) | (2-Days) | (1-Day) | (8-Days) | (1- Days) |
ONLINE STRAY VACANCY ROUND FOR ALL-INDIA QUOTA/ DEEMED UNIVERSITIES/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES (MBBS/ BDS/ BSc NURSING) | |||||||
SL. NO. | VERIFICATION OF TENTATIVE SEAT MATRIX BY THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND NMC | REGISTRATION/PAYMENT | CHOICE FILLING/LOCKING | PROCESSING OF SEAT ALLOTMENT | RESULT | REPORTING/JOINING | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATES DATA BY INSTITUTES SHARING OF DATA TO MCC |
27th September 2026 | Registration available from 28th to 30th September 2026 (upto 03:00 PM of 30th September 2026 as per Server Time) * Payment facility will be available upto 06:00 PM of 30th September 2026) as per Server Time | 28th to 30th September 2026 (Choice Filling will be available upto 11:00 PM of 30th September 2026 as per Server Time). Choice Locking will start from 04:00 P.M of 30th September 2026 upto 11:00 PM of 30th September 2026 (as per Server Time) | 1st to 2nd October 2026 | 3rd Octobe 2026 | 4th to 10th October 2026 | ----- | |
DAYS | (1-Day) | (3-Days) | (3-Days) | (2-Days) | (1-Day) | (7-Days) | |
ROUND I: As per the schedule released by MCC, Round I of the State Counselling shall be conducted from 13th August, 2026 to 22nd August, 2026. Thereafter, the verification of the joined candidates' data shall be conducted by the States in between 29th August, 2026. Last date of joining for the Round I is 28th August, 2025.
ALL INDIA QUOTA/DEEMED/CENTRAL STATE QUOTA
S.NO. | SCHEDULE FOR ADMISSION | ALL INDIA QUOTA/DEEMED/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATES' DATA BY MCC | STATE COUNSELLING | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATES |
1 | 1st Round of Counselling | 4th to 17th August 2026 | 23rd August 2026 | 13th to 22nd August 2026 | 29th August 2026 |
2 | Last date of Joining | 22nd August 2026 | _ | 28th August 2026 | _ |
3 | 2nd round of Counselling | 24th August 2026 to 2nd September 2026. | 9th September 2026 | 31st August 2026 to 8th September 2026 | 15th September 2026 |
4 | Last date of joining | 8th September 2026 | _ | 14th September 2026 | _ |
5 | Round-3 | 10th to 18th September 2026 | 27th September 2026 | 16th to 26th September 2026 | 2nd October 2026 |
6 | Last date of joining | 26th September 2026 | _ | 1st October 2026 | _ |
7 | Stray Vacancy | 28th September 2026 to 3rd October 2026 | Data of allotted candidates will be shared by MCC on 3rd October 2026 | 3rd to 5th October 2026 | _ |
8 | Last date of joining | 10th October 2026 | 10th October 2026 | ||
9 | Commencement of Academic Session for UG Courses | 8th September 2026 | |||
To view the revised schedule, click the link below
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/03/schedule-1-362830.pdf
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/03/schedule-2-362831.pdf
