The Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board published the round 1 provisional seat allotment for UGMAC 2026 on 25 August. In all, 3,985 candidates were allotted a seat: 3,574 in MBBS, 221 in BDS, 144 in veterinary science, and 46 at the College of Fisheries, Kishanganj, which joins UGMAC counselling this year.
Dates you need this week
Allotment orders can be downloaded from 25 to 31 August. Document verification and admission at the allotted college run from 27 to 31 August. The board calls this list provisional, so a seat is confirmed only after the college verifies the documents and admits the candidate. BCECEB has said the round 2 programme will be announced separately and has not yet given its dates.
Every government MBBS seat went in round 1
Twelve government and ESIC medical colleges had 1,392 MBBS seats left for state counselling after the all-India quota and central nominee deductions. All 1,392 were allotted. Patna Medical College closed at NEET All India Rank 5,304 on general unreserved seats, which is Bihar merit rank 100, and at 5,819 on the female unreserved quota.
Closing All India Ranks on unreserved seats at the government colleges, from the board’s own opening and closing rank table:
| College | General (UR) | Female (UR) |
|---|---|---|
| Patna Medical College, Patna | 5,304 | 5,819 |
| IGIMS, Patna | 7,071 | 7,956 |
| Nalanda Medical College, Patna | 8,861 | 10,311 |
| Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai | 10,362 | 12,668 |
| Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri | 11,687 | 13,645 |
| Government Medical College, Bettiah | 11,360 | — |
| JKT Medical College, Madhepura | 11,534 | — |
| ESIC Medical College, Bihta | 11,812 | 14,330 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Bhagalpur | 11,851 | 14,513 |
| Shri Krishna Medical College, Muzaffarpur | 11,917 | 14,446 |
A dash means the board published no unreserved closing rank for that pool, because those seats were allotted to reserved category candidates. Two government colleges are missing from the table altogether for the same reason. At Magadh Medical College Gaya and Government Medical College Purnea, every unreserved seat went that way, so neither has an unreserved closing rank. The allotment list records those seats with the remark “Compensation Seat … Against UR”.
268 private MBBS seats are still open
The 14 private medical colleges had 2,450 MBBS seats and filled 2,182, so 268 go into round 2. Closing All India Ranks on the unreserved pool run from 1,45,895 at Mata Gujri Memorial, Kishanganj to 7,73,574 at Buddha Hospital and Research Institute, Gaya.
| Private college | Closing AIR (UR) |
|---|---|
| Mata Gujri Memorial, Kishanganj | 1,45,895 |
| Katihar Medical College, Katihar | 1,50,666 |
| Narayan Medical College, Sasaram | 2,81,747 |
| Lord Buddha Koshi, Saharsa | 3,35,871 |
| Shri Narayan Medical Institute, Saharsa | 3,83,233 |
| RDJM Medical College, Turki, Muzaffarpur | 4,43,265 |
| Madhubani Medical College, Madhubani | 4,47,206 |
| Netaji Subhas Medical College, Bihta | 4,95,535 |
| Himalaya Medical College, Paliganj | 5,72,858 |
| Shyamlal Chandrashekhar Medical College, Khagaria | 6,92,256 |
| Mahabodhi Medical College, Sherghati | 7,02,619 |
| Shrinivas (G) Educational and Research Institute, Saran | 7,03,657 |
| Viraat Ramayan Institute, East Champaran | 7,69,324 |
| Buddha Hospital and Research Institute, Gaya | 7,73,574 |
Two colleges join Bihar counselling
Buddha Hospital and Research Institute, Gaya and Shrinivas (G) Educational and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Saran took part in UGMAC for the first time. Both appear as new establishments with 100 MBBS seats each in the National Medical Commission’s 2026-27 seat matrix. Buddha filled all 100. Shrinivas filled all 85 of its unreserved seats and one of the 15 it has set aside for the NRI quota.
Dental
221 of the 230 BDS seats were allotted. Patna Dental College filled all 30 government seats, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences all 100, and Sarjug Dental College all 40. Mithila Minority Dental College filled 51 of 60.
What to do now
If you have an allotment, download the order and report to the college between 27 and 31 August with your original documents. If you are holding out for a better seat, wait for the round 2 notice before deciding anything, because the board has not yet published the terms on which a round 1 seat can be upgraded or given up this year. Read those terms against your own rank rather than last year’s pattern.
You can see Bihar’s closing ranks by college and category, and how they moved from 2025, on our Bihar NEET cutoffs page.
Source: BCECEB, “First Round Seat Allotment Result of UGMAC-2026” and “First Round Opening and Closing Rank of UGMAC-2026”, both dated 25 August 2026, and Advertisement No. BCECEB(UGMAC)-2026/03 dated 25 August 2026.