NEET PG counselling: latest MCC news, schedule and round results

NEET PG counselling for All India seats is run by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). MCC fills 50% All India Quota seats in MD, MS, PG Diploma and PG DNB courses, and 100% of the seats in central and deemed universities. The other seats in state colleges are filled through each state's own counselling. Seats are allotted online, by NEET PG rank and your choices, using the result that NBEMS sends to MCC.

In 2025, MCC's PG counselling covered 28,750 seats in 1,985 institutes, and 103,596 candidates took part.

NEET PG 2026 counselling dates

MCC's revised schedule of 29 October 2026 (always check the latest notice on mcc.nic.in):

Round	Registration and payment	Choice filling	Result	Reporting at college
Round 1	12 to 21 Oct	13 to 22 Oct	24 Oct	26 Oct to 2 Nov
Round 2	6 to 11 Nov (12 noon)	7 to 12 Nov (10 am)	14 Nov	16 to 23 Nov
Round 3	26 Nov to 1 Dec (12 noon)	27 Nov to 2 Dec (10 am)	4 Dec	5 to 12 Dec
Stray vacancy	16 to 21 Dec (12 noon)	16 to 21 Dec (11:55 pm)	24 Dec	24 to 31 Dec

All dates are in 2026. Choice locking opens at 4 pm on the last day of registration. MCC gives 20 November 2026 as the start of the PG academic session.

How a round works

1. Register and pay the registration fee and the refundable security deposit.
2. Fill and lock choices: the courses and colleges you want, in order.
3. Seat allotment by MCC, then the result on mcc.nic.in.
4. Freeze or Float. New in 2026: if you are happy with your seat, choose Freeze and report at the college in person. If you want an upgrade, choose Float, give your willingness online and upload your documents; the college verifies them online.

In Round 2, MCC shows two kinds of vacancy: clear-cut seats nobody got in Round 1, and virtual seats held by Round 1 candidates who asked for an upgrade (they go to someone else only if that candidate moves up).

Rules that cost candidates money

• Round 3 seats cannot be resigned. If you are allotted a seat in Round 3 and do not join, your security deposit is forfeited and you cannot take part in later rounds.
• If you are allotted a seat in Round 2 or later and do not join, or your admission is cancelled (for example, wrong information or missing documents), the security deposit is forfeited.
• Refunds start only after all rounds are over.
• Choices cannot be changed once locked. Fees, bonds and stipends are set by each college; MCC asks candidates to check them with the college before filling choices.

Use our NEET PG data

Before choice filling, see where your rank stood in earlier rounds: our round-by-round closing ranks cover every college and course, and the seat explorer shows the seat matrix. Every official MCC notice will appear in the news list above within minutes.