TN MBBS, BDS admissions 2026: Round 3 counselling schedule released, registrations end on September 30, choice filling from October 1

The counselling covers seats in Tamil Nadu Government Medical and Dental Colleges, ESIC Medical College, K.K. Nagar, Government and Management Quota seats in self-financing medical and dental colleges, including Christian Medical College, Vellore, State Private Universities and seats for wards of IRT candidates.

According to the schedule, Round 3 registration and payment, wherever not already completed, is available from 10 am on September 28 to 5 pm and will end on September 30, 2026.

Following this, the Choice filling and locking will begin at 2 pm on October 1 and continue until 5 pm on October 9, 2026. Processing of virtual vacancies is scheduled for September 30, while seat allotment will be processed on October 10 and 11. The Round 3 result will be published on October 12, 2026.

Candidates can download their provisional allotment orders from October 12 until 12 noon on October 14, while the last date for joining the allotted institution is 5 pm on October 14, 2026. Below is the detailed schedule-

TENTATIVE ROUND 3 COUNSELLING SCHEDULE FOR ADMISSION TO MBBS & BDS DEGREE COURSES

REPORTING TO ALLOTTED COLLEGE

1 The Certificate Verification will be done in the selected colleges themselves.

2 The candidates should produce their original certificates in person at the time of joining in their selected colleges, along with the scanned copy of the original certificates for verification.

3 If you do not report to the Head of the Institution to which you are allotted on or before the time and date specified, your selection and/or admission will be cancelled without any further notice.

4 The Candidate selected for admission should give a self-declaration form at the time of reporting to the concerned College that he/she is liable for forfeiture of selection/admission if suppression of facts or misinterpretation is found at any time during or after the admission to the course.

5 Candidates are advised to be in touch with our official website for Schedule / latest updates / Results / Notices / News & Events about counselling, as the Selection Committee will not be individually contacting the candidates for the same.

6 No communication will be directly sent to the Candidates. They are advised to be in touch with the website on a regular basis for any updates.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALLOTTED CANDIDATES

1 If a candidate is allotted in Round 3, he/she will have to join the allotted college. Allotted candidates during Round 3 will not be eligible for the subsequent Stray Vacancy round (and additional rounds if any).

2 The allotted candidate for MBBS seats in all colleges under all categories and BDS seats in Government Dental Colleges has to pay the Tuition Fee for downloading the Provisional allotment order online via Debit Card / Credit Card/Net Banking.

3 The selected candidates belonging to SC/SCA/ST/ SCC who have been allotted a seat in Govt. Quota and Management Quota in self-financing Medical colleges are exempted from paying upfront payment of fees for downloading the allotment order if the annual income of Parents/ Guardian is less than 2.5 Lakhs.

4 The Selected candidate (BDS seats in self-financing dental colleges) has to pay the Tuition Fee at the time of admission to the colleges directly.

5 The fee structure is available on the official website.

6 All candidates should make sure that sufficient funds are available in their bank account with an expanded credit/Transaction limit while remitting their Tuition Fee.

7 The allotted candidates should download their provisional allotment order and join the course in the concerned Medical College/Institution on or before the stipulated date and time as mentioned in the Provisional Allotment Order.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1 Candidates who had registered for Round-1 or Round-2 and did not get any seat allotted are not required to register again. Also, candidates who have been allotted but have not joined in Round-1 or Round-2 need not register again.

2 Candidate who have joined the seats in Round -2 and given the option for upgradation in the College Portal during the Admission Process need not register again. Their seats will be shown as Virtual Vacancies for this Round of Counselling.

3 Candidate who have joined the seats in Round- 2 and given the option as “NO” for upgradation in the College Portal during the admission Process, but now wish to upgrade the seat, need to log in during the registration window to confirm their participation in Round 3 so as to include their seats as Virtual Vacancies. If the candidates don’t do this, they will not be eligible for upgradation.

4 Candidates who have joined the seats in Round-1 and given the option for upgradation for Round -2 in the College Portal during the Admission Process, but retained in Round-2, If they wish to opt for upgradation, need not pay the registration fee again, but they have to log in during the Registration Window to confirm their participation in Round 3 so as to include their seats as Virtual Vacancies.

5 Fresh registration is permitted in Round -3 for those candidates who have not registered in Round-1 or Round-2 (with full payment of fees). But candidates should have already applied to the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee and their names should be in the Merit List already published.

6 Candidates who wish to retain their seats (who don’t want a change in college) need not participate in this Round.

7 Candidate who have joined the seats in Round -2 and given the option for upgradation in the College Portal during the Admission Process, but who now wish to retain their seats, need not participate in Choice Filling; their seats will be automatically retained.

8 Candidates whose names are in the joined list provided by MCC at the end of Round 3 will not be eligible for State Quota Round 3 counselling and their names will be weeded out in the processing for Round 3 Counselling.

9 If opted for and upgraded in Round 3, the candidate has to relinquish the seat from Round 1 or Round 2 and join the Round 3 allotted seat. He/She will not have any rights over the Round-1 or Round- 2 seats.

10 Round- 3 choice filling will follow the registration and candidates who wish for upgradation, un-allotted candidates, and non-joined candidates have to fill their choices.

To view the schedule, click the link below