NEET-PG counselling through MCC

Which cycle this describes 

This page records PG counselling 2026, for MD, MS and DNB seats filled through NEET-PG 2026. It follows MCC’s information bulletin and its tentative All India Quota schedule, both published in October 2026. The PDF of the bulletin that MCC links as its “PG Information Bulletin 2026” carries the header “PG Bulletin DRAFT – V10 05102026”. MCC issues a fresh bulletin for each cycle, and this page will follow it.

Which seats MCC allots 

According to the 2026 bulletin, MCC counsels:

• the 50% All India Quota of the seats contributed by the states, together with 50% of the seats at Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University and the central institutes
• 100% of seats in deemed universities
• seats at central universities and institutes, including CIP Ranchi and LGBRIMH Tezpur
• seats of the Armed Forces Medical Services institutions, with any surplus offered to other candidates
• 100% of DNB seats, except in-service DNB seats

State quota seats are counselled by each state’s own authority, not by MCC.

Four rounds 

There are four rounds: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and an online stray vacancy round.

The deposit is also forfeited if an admission is cancelled for any reason, such as wrong information or missing documents.

Fee and security deposit 

A candidate who registers for both pays only the deemed university amounts. Refunds start only after every counselling round is complete, and are paid to the account the money came from.

The 2026 schedule 

Round 1 has finished. From MCC’s tentative schedule (times are server time):

Round 2 is being rescheduled. On its PG counselling page MCC says it received the seat matrix of newly approved seats for Round 2 from the National Medical Commission on 3 November 2026, that institutes will verify it after applying the reservation roster until 6 November, and that the Round 2 schedule will therefore be rescheduled from 7 November 2026. The Round 2, Round 3 and stray round dates in the tentative schedule are not repeated here until MCC publishes the revised schedule.

The tentative schedule prints 20 November 2026 as the start of the PG academic session. Round 1 windows are tracked under Deadlines.

The seat matrix 

The National Medical Commission’s postgraduate seat matrix for 2026–27, sent to colleges and MCC on 29 September 2026, is the list of approved seats colleges may admit against. Seats applied for as an increase in intake or as new courses appear in later updates — which is what MCC received for Round 2.

Fees, bonds and stipends 

MCC states that stipend, fees, bond and service conditions may vary from state to state and institute to institute, and that it takes no responsibility for them or for errors in the information colleges provide. Confirm them with each college before filling choices.

Before counselling: NEET-PG 

Eligibility for this counselling comes from qualifying NEET-PG. Candidates with benchmark disabilities are assessed under the NMC’s guidelines for postgraduate admission by the Medical Assessment Boards MCC lists. The institutes of national importance — the AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER, NIMHANS and SCTIMST — admit through INI-CET instead.