NEET UG MCC counselling 2026 is in its second round. The Medical Counselling Committee published the Round 2 provisional result on 10.09.2026, and anyone allotted a seat in this round has until 18.09.2026 to join. Round 1 ran through August and its joining window closed on 31.08.2026.
The academic session for UG courses begins on 15.09.2026, three days before the Round 2 joining deadline. Everything below comes from the MCC schedules dated 19.08.2026 and 02.09.2026 and the information bulletin revised on 20.08.2026.
Where counselling stands on 11.09.2026
| Stage | Position on 11.09.2026 |
|---|---|
| Round 1 | Completed. Result declared 21.08.2026, joining closed 31.08.2026 |
| Round 2 provisional result | Published 10.09.2026. Grievances were accepted only until 6:00 PM on 10.09.2026, so that window has closed |
| Round 2 last date to join | 18.09.2026, for both the All India Quota and state counselling |
| Academic session | Begins 15.09.2026 |
| Round 3 and stray vacancy round | Not yet scheduled on the MCC site as on 11.09.2026 |
Important Links
| Resource | Status |
|---|---|
| Round 2 provisional result notice | Notice dated 10.09.2026. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| Round 2 schedule | AIQ and state schedule dated 02.09.2026. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| Round 1 schedule | Revised schedule dated 19.08.2026. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| Counselling information bulletin | Revised bulletin dated 20.08.2026, with fees and round rules. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| MCC UG counselling page | Where Round 3 and the stray vacancy round will be announced. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| MCC official website | mcc.nic.in. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| MCC Current Events UG | mcc.nic.in/current-events-ug. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| MCC Counselling Schedule | mcc.nic.in/document/counselling-schedule. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| MCC UG schedule service | mcc.nic.in/eservices-schedule-ug. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| NEET UG official portal | neet.nta.nic.in. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
| MCC UG archive | mcc.nic.in/archive-ug. Live, checked 11.09.2026 |
Round 1 schedule
Every date here, taken from MCC’s revised Round 1 schedule of 19.08.2026, has now passed.
| Round 1 step | Dates |
|---|---|
| Seat matrix verification by institutes | 04.08.2026 |
| Registration and payment | 05.08.2026 to 15.08.2026. Registration closed at 3:00 PM and payment at 5:00 PM on 15.08.2026 |
| Choice filling | 06.08.2026 to 18.08.2026, until 11:59 PM |
| Choice locking | From 5:30 PM on 17.08.2026 to 11:59 PM on 18.08.2026 |
| Seat allotment processing | 19.08.2026 to 20.08.2026 |
| Result | 21.08.2026 |
| Reporting and joining | 22.08.2026 to 31.08.2026 |
| Verification of joined candidates | 01.09.2026 |
Round 2 schedule
MCC’s schedule dated 02.09.2026 runs the All India Quota round and state counselling side by side. It also tells every participating institute to treat Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted holidays as working days, which means you can still report at your college over a weekend.
| Round 2 step | All India Quota, deemed and central universities | State counselling |
|---|---|---|
| Round 2 window | 03.09.2026 to 11.09.2026 | 07.09.2026 to 11.09.2026 |
| Last date of joining | 18.09.2026 | 18.09.2026 |
| Verification of joined candidates | 19.09.2026, by MCC | 19.09.2026, by state DMEs |
How the rounds, upgrades and deposit work
The 2026 bulletin changes how upgrades between rounds work compared with the scheme used until 2025. Of all these rules, the ones about the security deposit are the ones that cost money if you misread them.
| Rule | What the 2026 bulletin says |
|---|---|
| Number of rounds | Four All India Quota rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and a stray vacancy round. No seats go back to the states after Round 2 |
| Freeze candidates | Accept the allotted seat and report physically at the college with original documents |
| Float candidates | Give online willingness to upgrade in the next round and do not report physically. Scanned documents still have to be uploaded on the MCC portal |
| Upgradation | Available up to Round 3 |
| Missed out in Round 1 | A registered candidate with no Round 1 seat takes part in Round 2 without registering again |
| Fee: AIQ, central universities, AIIMS, JIPMER, B.Sc Nursing | Non-refundable registration fee ₹1,000 for UR and EWS, ₹500 for SC, ST, OBC and PwD. Refundable security deposit ₹10,000 for UR and EWS, ₹5,000 for SC, ST, OBC and PwD |
| Fee: deemed universities | Non-refundable registration fee ₹5,000 for every candidate. Refundable security deposit ₹2,00,000 |
| Applying to both | Only the higher fee is paid, so a candidate choosing deemed and government seats together pays the deemed amounts of ₹5,000 and ₹2,00,000 |
| Deposit refund | Paid back only to the account the payment was made from |
| Security deposit forfeited | If a seat allotted in Round 2 or any later round is not joined, or if the admission is cancelled, for example because of wrong information given at registration |
| Round 3 | The allotted seat must be joined. Resignation is not allowed, and a candidate who does not join loses the deposit and cannot take part in later rounds |
For Round 2, the deposit is the rule to watch. A candidate who accepts a Round 2 seat and does not join by 18.09.2026 loses the security deposit, which was not the case in Round 1.
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