NBE notifies on sponsored post MBBS DNB counselling 2025, registrations begin February 26, check complete details HERE
New Delhi: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has announced the detailed schedule for the Online Centralised Merit-Based Counselling for admission to Sponsored Post MBBS DNB seats for the 2025 admission session.
The counselling will be conducted in two rounds.
As per the schedule published in the official notice, the registration for the Counselling and Choice Filling process for the first round will start from February 26 2026. Following this, the Processing of Allotment will begin on March 3 2026. Thereafter, the allotment result will be published on March 6, 2026.
Meanwhile, the Choice Filling process for the second round will start from March 18 2026. Following this, the Processing of Allotment will be done from March 23. Thereafter, the result of the allotment will be published on March 26, 2026. Below is the detailed schedule-
SCHEDULE
S.NO | COUNSELLING PROCESS | FIRST ROUND | SECOND ROUND |
1 | Registration for Counselling. | 26th February to 2nd March, 2026 (till 05:00 PM). | No new Registration is permitted inthe 2nd Round. |
2 | Filling up option/ choices of available seats. | 26th February to 2 nd March, 2026 (till 05:00 PM). | 18th to 20th March, 2026 (till 05:00 PM). |
3 | Processing of Allotment. | 3rd to 5th March, 2026. | 23rd to 25th March, 2026. |
4 | Result of Allotment. | 6th March, 2026. | 26th March, 2026. |
5 | Payment of First Year Course Fee. | 6 th March to 12th March, 2026 (till 05:00 PM). | 26th March to 1st April, 2026 (till 05:00 PM). |
6 | Physical Joining at the allotted hospital. | 6th March to 12th March, 2026 (till 05:00 PM) | 26th March to 1st April, 2026 (till 05:00 PM). |
Registration & filling of choices have to be done through the official website of NBE. The following steps must be completed to participate in the counselling-
1 Payment of registration fee for online counselling.
2 Upload prescribed documents.
3 Choice filling.
4 Lock and confirm the choices filled.
However, no candidate will be able to register for participation in the 2nd Round or any subsequent rounds of the Counselling.
Candidates are required to pay the Counselling registration fee of ₹ 2500/- at the time of online registration for the counselling. Payment gateway charges shall be borne by the candidate. Registration fee for online counselling shall not be refunded under any circumstances once the candidate has been registered for Counseling.
Candidates are advised to fill their preferences/choice of seats carefully and Lock and Confirm them before the last date of the choice filling window so that the same are considered by the System. If there is inaction, i.e. the candidate does not Lock and Confirm the preferences/choices of seats, the System will not accept the choices of seats and the candidate will not be allotted any seat. Once locked and confirmed, the choices filled in for the counselling cannot be changed.
The seat allocation will be done in order of merit cum choice/ preference of seats indicated by the candidate during the registration/choice filling process.
For joining the allotted seat, the candidate is required to accept and freeze the allotted seat and pay First year course fee [non-refundable] of ₹1,25,000/- (Payment gateway charges shall be extra) within the stipulated time. After the payment of First year course fee, the seat allotted to him/her will be frozen in his/her favour and the candidate will not be eligible for any further round(s) of counselling.
Meanwhile, according to the notice, the eligible candidates who have submitted NOC by the Cadre controlling authority in the proper format shall be allowed to participate in the Sponsored DNB Post MBBS seat Counselling.
Candidates may note that the allotment of seat in the Counselling is subject to the fulfilment of prescribed eligibility criteria and production of prescribed credentials in original at the time of joining the institute allotted. Ineligibility detected at any stage shall lead to cancellation of candidature.
Moreover, NBE has also released the list of candidates Not Eligible for participation in the Sponsored Post MBBS DNB Seats Counselling for the 2025 Admission Session. Therefore, in case of any discrepancy in the lists, candidates are advised to write to NBEMS by tomorrow, i.e. 22 February 2026, 1700 hrs, after which the list shall be considered as final and NBEMS shall consider no further representations. Kindly note that the eligibility criteria and cut-off date for submission of NOC and undertaking shall adhere to the NBEMS earlier Public Notice.
Additionally, NBE has also released the Indicative Seat Matrix for online merit-based counselling for admission to Sponsored Post MBBS DNB Seats for the 2025 admission session. As per the Seat Matrix, a total of 117 seats are vacant for Sponsored Post MBBS DNB.
To view the notice, click the link below
