NEET Counselling for this academic year to begin on July 6 to fill 9703 MBBS, 2,270 BDS seats in UP
Uttar Pradesh- MBBS and BDS counselling is going to begin on July 6, 2024, for this academic year. The complete schedule of round-wise UP MBBS and BDS counselling is yet to be released.
Uttar Pradesh will begin its counselling process for undergraduate seats of MBBS and BDS courses from said date and the process will be conducted to fill 9703 MBBS seats and 2,270 BDS seats in UP. Only those candidates who have qualified for NEET and are included in the UP NEET merit list 2024 will be eligible to participate in the UP NEET counselling 2024 session for admission under 85% of state quota seats. With this, preparations for the counselling process have been done as per the existing guidelines of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the National Medical Commission (NMC).
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that there are altogether 704 medical colleges in India with an intake capacity of 1,07,948 MBBS seats, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. As per the data, there are 68 medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh with 9703 MBBS seats.
Speaking to the TOI on the NEET counselling, state NEET coordinator Avni Kamal said that usually around 7 lakh students apply for the counselling process.
In addition, a senior official of the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) informed that the verification of the candidates' documents will be done at 20 centres across UP.
UP NEET counselling 2024 will be done on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the National Eligibility-Entrance Test, NEET 2024 exam. To participate in the UP MBBS/BDS counselling 2024 process, candidates have to follow the document verification process.
Given below is the list of documents required for verification during UP state NEET counselling-
1 Domicile certificate (to fulfil the eligibility criteria)
2 NEET 2024 hall tickets.
3 Caste certificate, if applicable.
4 NEET 2024 result.
5 Two passport-size photographs.
UP MBBS/BDS admission 2024 will be conducted in a total of three rounds including a mop-up round. During UP NEET 2024 counselling seat allotment, candidates have to fill in their preference of the colleges they want admission to. In that choice-filling session, candidates can select as many colleges as they want for the UP MBBS/BDS allotment process. Based on the choices filled by the candidate, availability of seats, NEET 2024 All India Rank, reservation criteria and various other factors, admission to UP MBBS 2024 will be granted.
