MCC NEET PG Counselling 2026: Register by 21 October, Fill Round 1 Choices by 22 October

NEET PG counselling 2026 will be held in three rounds, followed by stray vacancy rounds.

NEET PG 2026 Counselling Structure

The Round 1 seat allotment result is due on 24 October 2026, and reporting runs from 26 October to 2 November 2026.

What candidates should do: Check the Round 1 dates on mcc.nic.in first. Dates for later rounds are not yet in this update. The source says candidates must register afresh for each round, so watch the portal for each round's registration window.

MCC has published the Round 1 schedule for NEET PG counselling 2026. Registration runs from 12 to 21 October 2026, and the Round 1 seat allotment result is due on 24 October 2026.

NEET PG 2026 Round 1 Schedule

Registration closes on 21 October, but choice filling runs until 22 October. Candidates should finish both well before the last day.

What candidates should do: Register on mcc.nic.in before 21 October 2026, complete choice filling by 22 October 2026, and check the seat allotment result on 24 October 2026.

The qualifying cutoff for NEET PG 2026 has been published. Candidates need at least these scores to be eligible for counselling.

NEET PG 2026 Qualifying Cutoff

The cutoff is the minimum needed to qualify and take part in counselling. It does not guarantee a seat.

What candidates should do: Check your score against your category's cutoff. If you qualify, register on mcc.nic.in before the Round 1 registration deadline of 21 October 2026.

The MCC NEET PG 2026 seat matrix lists 7,537 Deemed university seats across 54 institutes. Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai has the most seats (276).

Top 10 Institutes by Deemed Seats

The top five institutes hold 1,267 seats, about 17% of the Deemed total. Several institutes have far fewer seats, including VELS Medical College (41), Bhaarat Medical College (42) and ST Peters Medical College (42).

What candidates should do: Check the seat count for your preferred institute before locking choices. This list gives institute-wise totals only. Course and category seats are in the Deemed course-wise matrix.

The MCC NEET PG 2026 seat matrix for Deemed universities lists 7,537 seats across 36 courses. OP seats make up 7,475 of them.

Deemed Seats by Category

Top 5 Courses by Deemed Seats

Diploma courses and M.Ch. (Neuro Surgery) have between 1 and 10 seats each.

What candidates should do: Check the seat count and category for your preferred course before locking choices.

The NEET PG 2026 seat matrix lists 7,537 seats in Deemed universities across 36 courses. Almost all are in the OP category.

Deemed Seats by Category

OP seats make up about 99.2% of the Deemed total.

Largest Courses by Deemed Seats

Diploma courses and M.Ch. (Neuro Surgery) have very few seats, from 1 to 10 each.

What candidates should do: Check the Deemed seat count and category for your preferred course before locking choices.

The NEET PG 2026 seat matrix lists 707 Central Internal Quota (CIQ) seats across 12 institutes. Ten are in Delhi, and two are at Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi) and Aligarh Muslim University (Aligarh).

CIQ Seats by Institute

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital has the most CIQ seats, about 23% of the total. The six largest institutes together hold 647 of the 707 seats.

What candidates should do: Check the seat count for your preferred institute before locking choices. This list gives institute-wise totals only, not course-wise seats. The course-wise CIQ matrix is in the earlier update.

The NEET PG 2026 seat matrix lists 707 Central Internal Quota (CIQ) seats across PG medical courses.

CIQ Seats by Category

Largest Courses by CIQ Seats

Diploma courses have only 1 to 3 CIQ seats each.

What candidates should do: Check the CIQ seat count and category for your preferred course before locking choices.

The NEET PG 2026 MCC counselling list shows 1,085 All India Quota (AIQ) seats in 25 Tamil Nadu medical colleges. All are listed under the "All India except Central University" institute type.

Colleges With the Most AIQ Seats

Madras Medical College alone accounts for about 22% of the state's AIQ seats. Some colleges have very few, including Government Medical College & ESIC Hospital, Coimbatore (2) and Government Medical College, Thiruvallur (2).

What candidates should do: Check the seat count for your preferred college and course before locking choices. This list gives college-wise totals only, not course-wise seats.

The category-wise breakdown of NEET PG 2026 All India Quota (AIQ) seats is out. There are 13,338 AIQ seats in total, filled through MCC counselling.

AIQ Seats by Category

Largest Courses by AIQ Seats

Diploma courses have very few AIQ seats, and many have only 1 or 2.

What candidates should do: Check the category-wise seats for your preferred course before locking choices.

The NEET PG 2026 seat matrix lists 21,582 postgraduate seats in total. The break-up is 13,338 in the All India Quota (AIQ), 707 in CIQ, and 7,537 in Deemed institutions. Candidates can check course-wise numbers before choice filling.

Seat Matrix at a Glance

Courses With the Most Seats

Diploma courses have far fewer seats. For example, Diploma in Anaesthesiology has 27 AIQ seats, and several diplomas have only 1 or 2.

What Candidates Should Do

Check the seat count for your preferred course and quota before locking choices. The full course-wise table is in the official seat matrix.

• Deadline: Round 1 registration closes 21 October, 12 noon (fee payment by 3 PM). Register early.
• Details: Name, roll number, date of birth and category must match your documents exactly.
• Category and quota: Select it carefully, as it decides which seats you can claim.
• Documents: Keep scanned copies ready (scorecard, admit card, date-of-birth proof, MBBS papers, registration and internship certificates).
• Choices: Fill in plenty, in order of real preference. You can only be allotted a seat you listed.
• After allotment: Pick Freeze (report in person) or Float (upgrade, verified online).

Review everything before submitting, and check MCC’s bulletin on mcc.nic.in for final rules.

It depends on whether you choose Freeze or Float after allotment.

What changed this year
MCC has introduced a Freeze and Float system for NEET PG 2026, which cuts down travel to colleges during admission.

If you choose Freeze (happy with your seat)
You must visit the college in person. You report to the college, submit your certificates, pay the fee and complete admission. deccanchronicle

If you choose Float (want an upgrade)
No college visit is needed at this stage. The college nodal officer verifies your documents online and provisionally confirms the seat. Float candidates can also withdraw online if they receive a state quota seat or decide to surrender the seat, but they must report physically after Round 3. deccanchronicledeccanchronicle

Rules to remember

• Offline admissions and resignations are not valid, and seats cannot be surrendered after Round 3. deccanchronicle
• Online verification applies only to Float candidates, not to everyone.
• Round 1 registration closes on 21 October at 12 noon, and the allotment result is due on 24 October.

These details come from a news report on MCC’s information bulletin. Confirm them on mcc.nic.in before choosing.

1. Check your result on mcc.nic.in and download the allotment letter.
2. Choose Freeze or Float.
   • Freeze: you are happy with the seat. You report to the college, submit your documents, pay the fee and complete admission.
   • Float: you want an upgrade in a later round. The college nodal officer verifies your documents online and provisionally confirms the seat. 
3. Complete document verification by the deadline, as covered in the documents list I gave earlier.

1. NEET PG rank: Seats are allotted in merit order, so a better rank gets first claim on seats.
2. Choices you lock: You are allotted the highest-ranked option on your list that is still available for you, so the order of your choices matters.
3. Category: Your reservation category (such as SC, ST, OBC, EWS or PwD) decides which seats you are eligible for.
4. Seat availability: Only seats in the participating colleges’ approved matrix can be allotted, and these can change between rounds.

Your list is broadly right, but it leaves out a few things:

• Quota and eligibility: The seat types you can claim depend on the counselling you are in. For example, MCC covers All India Quota seats, and state counselling often applies domicile rules.
• Choice filling is binding: You are never allotted a seat you didn’t list, so fill in more choices than you think you’ll need.

Delhi has 1,660 seats across 19 institutions and 212 PG courses. The totals in your table add up correctly.  
 

Delhi has no private colleges in this list.

Top 6 by seats

Haryana has 1,129 seats across 15 colleges and 233 PG courses. The totals in your table add up correctly.

Top 6 colleges by seats

The smallest are Command Hospital, Chandimandir (9 seats), Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College (27), and BPS Government Medical College for Women and Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (28 each).

• Rohtak’s PGIMS alone holds about 23% of Haryana’s seats.
• The 1,129 total and 15 colleges match the Haryana figures you shared earlier. I haven’t checked the college-wise rows against the NMC matrix itself.
• These look like NMC’s approved intake, not what MCC offers in Round 1. MCC’s counselling covers 50% of All India Quota seats, plus 100% of deemed and central university seats and AFMS. Government seats open to you in MCC are therefore fewer than the totals above, while deemed seats like the two here are fully filled through MCC. medicaldialogues
• Haryana’s state counselling fills the remaining seats.
  Check the live MCC seat matrix on mcc.nic.in before filling choices.

Bihar has 1,470 seats across 17 colleges and 282 PG courses. The totals in your table add up correctly.

Top 6 colleges by seats

The smallest are Government Medical College, Bettiah (18 seats), Bhagwan Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri (24) and Shri Krishna Medical College, Muzaffarpur (29).

• The 1,470 total and 17 colleges match the Bihar figure in earlier reports on NMC’s 2026-27 matrix. I haven’t checked the college-wise rows against the matrix itself.
• The table is headed “MCC seat matrix”, but these look like NMC’s approved intake figures. MCC’s Round 1 covers only the 50% All India Quota share of government seats, so the seats you can compete for there are fewer than these totals.
• Bihar’s remaining seats are filled through the state counselling.

63,177 postgraduate seats (MD, MS, Diploma, DM and MCh). Roughly 33,088 are in government, 21,892 in private and 8,197 in deemed institutions.

These figures are as you supplied them and I haven’t verified them. MCC’s Round 1 covers only the 50% All India Quota seats, so check the live seat matrix on mcc.nic.in.

For all candidates

• NEET PG 2026 scorecard and admit card
• Date-of-birth proof (10th mark sheet or certificate, or birth certificate)
• 10th and 12th mark sheets and passing certificates

Extra, only for NRI-quota candidates

• Sponsor’s proof of NRI status (passport, visa or residence permit, OCI/PIO card, or NRI certificate from the Embassy or Consulate)
• Relationship certificate from the Revenue Authority (family tree)
• Notarised sponsorship affidavit, backed by an NRE bank passbook
• Passport of the candidate or sponsor

MCC NEET PG 2026 Round 1 registration opened on 12 October. The last date is 21 October, 12 noon, and fee payment closes at 3 PM the same day. Seat allotment is processed on 22-23 October, with the result due on 24 October. Register at mcc.nic.in under PG Medical Counselling.

No. NEET PG rank is important, but allotment also depends on the candidate’s category, eligibility, preference order, seat availability, and counselling rules.

Yes, it can improve your chances, but it does not guarantee a seat.

NEET PG allotment depends on rank, category, eligibility, choice order, and seat availability.