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 was rescheduled after the National Medical Commission approved new seats for its seat matrix. MCC’s notice of 7 November 2026 sets these dates (server time):

On 11 November MCC changed the Round 2 seat matrix again: seats removed at one Punjab institute on information from NBEMS, seats added at the Institute of Naval Medicine, INHS Asvini, Mumbai on information from the Armed Forces Medical Services, and some DNB seats moved to the AFMS quota. It says the updated matrix will be used for seat processing. MCC’s lists of Round 2 vacancies are on its PG counselling page.

The revised notice gives no new dates for Round 3 or the stray round; they are not repeated here from the tentative schedule of October, which also printed 20 November 2026 as the start of the academic session. All 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.

On 6 November 2026 the Commission published an updated seat matrix for postgraduate broad specialty courses, as on 6 November 2026. Its covering letter says it reflects the approved seats, including additional seats granted on applications to increase intake and to start new PG courses for 2026–27; that it remains subject to revision on later decisions of the Medical Assessment and Rating Board, the appeal authority or any other competent authority; and that additional super-specialty seats will follow in a later update. Colleges must admit only against approved seats.

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.