The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the NEET UG 2026 counselling schedule for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc Nursing seats. All India Quota Round 1 registration opens on 5 August 2026 and closes at 3:00 PM on 12 August 2026 (server time). This is the round that decides most government and deemed seats, so treat these dates as fixed and register early.
The schedule covers the 15% All India Quota, all deemed and central universities, AIIMS, JIPMER and ESIC seats. It also lays out how state counselling lines up with each MCC round. Here are the dates that matter.
All India Quota Round 1: key dates
- Seat matrix verification by institutes: 4 August 2026.
- Registration and fee payment: 5 August to 12 August 2026, up to 3:00 PM on 12 August. The payment window stays open till 6:00 PM on 12 August.
- Choice filling: 6 August to 13 August 2026, up to 11:00 AM on 13 August.
- Choice locking: from 4:00 PM on 12 August to 11:00 AM on 13 August 2026.
- Seat allotment processing: 13 August to 16 August 2026.
- Round 1 result: 17 August 2026.
- Reporting and joining: 18 August to 22 August 2026.
All times are server time. MCC has told colleges to treat every Saturday, Sunday and gazetted holiday as a working day, so do not expect weekend breaks in this calendar.
Every All India Quota round at a glance
- Round 1: register 5 to 12 August; result 17 August; report 18 to 22 August.
- Round 2: register 25 to 29 August; result 2 September; report 3 to 8 September.
- Round 3: register 11 to 15 September; result 18 September; report 19 to 26 September.
- Stray vacancy round: register 28 to 30 September; result 3 October; report 4 to 10 October.
How All India Quota and state counselling line up
MCC has also published the framework that ties All India Quota rounds to state counselling. Each state runs its own counselling within these windows, but the overall pattern for 2026 is:
- Round 1: AIQ 4 to 17 August; state counselling 13 to 22 August, with the last date of joining a state seat on 28 August.
- Round 2: AIQ 24 August to 2 September; state counselling 31 August to 8 September, last joining 14 September.
- Round 3: AIQ 10 to 18 September; state counselling 16 to 26 September, last joining 1 October.
- Stray vacancy: AIQ 28 September to 3 October; state 3 to 5 October, last joining 10 October.
MCC has set the commencement of the UG academic session for 8 September 2026. Watch your own state counselling authority for its detailed dates, as these will sit inside the windows above.
What to do now
- Register on the MCC portal (mcc.nic.in) from 5 August and pay the fee well before the 3:00 PM cut-off on 12 August. Do not wait for the last day.
- Keep your documents scanned and ready, and decide your Freeze or Float choice for each round before you lock.
- Build a realistic choice list first: check the All India Quota closing ranks and run the college predictor for your rank.
- Plan your state counselling in parallel; follow every round on our All India Quota counselling hub and your state counselling page.
Official notices: MCC has published the All India Quota counselling schedule (PDF) and the All India Quota and State counselling schedule (PDF). Always confirm the current dates on mcc.nic.in.
Related: MCC NEET UG 2026 bulletin: how Freeze and Float change reporting.
Source: Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), DGHS — NEET UG 2026 counselling schedule for the All India Quota and the AIQ-state framework, released 1 August 2026.
Reviewed and edited by Ashok Hegde. This article was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed and edited for accuracy by Ashok Hegde, founder of neet2seat.com.