COUNSELLING DATES
NEET UG counselling dates — what is open today, what comes next
Today is 17 Oct 2026. Every dated step of 13 counsellings, read from the authorities' own schedule notices; a date revised by a later notice is shown with the one it replaced.
Open now (12)
| Step | Dates | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round-4 of Counselling (Stray Round) — All India Quota / Deemed / Central UniversitiesCounselling round window · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | 12 Oct – 17 Oct 2026 | Open nowcloses today | notice of 14 Sep 2026 |
| Downloading of Provisional admission letter after successful document verificationAllotment letter download · round 3 · Haryana | 15 Oct – 17 Oct 2026 | Open nowcloses today | notice of 24 Sep 2026 |
| Document verificationread as: After Successful Registration and Fee Payment, Verification of Candidates in the already designated college and time slot by the software · stray round · West Bengal | 16 Oct – 17 Oct 2026 | Open nowcloses today | notice of 17 Sep 2026read from a scanned page (3/4) |
| Data of allotted candidates shared by MCCData shared by MCC · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | by 17 Oct 2026 | Open nowcloses today | notice of 14 Sep 2026 |
| Seat Processing for Stray RoundSeat allotment processing · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | 17 Oct – 18 Oct 2026earlier: 15 Oct – 16 Oct 2026 (notice of 14 Sep 2026) | Open nowcloses tomorrow | notice of 14 Oct 2026 |
| Round-4 of Counselling (Stray Round) — State CounsellingCounselling round window · state-counselling · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | 17 Oct – 21 Oct 2026 | Open now4 days left | notice of 14 Sep 2026 |
| Seat matrix / vacancies publishedread as: Publication of List of Successfully Verified candidates and Publication of Seat Matrix for Stray Vacancy Round · stray round · West Bengal | 17 Oct 2026 | Open nowcloses today | notice of 17 Sep 2026read from a scanned page (4/4) |
| Last date for joining/reporting in the allotted instituteLast date of joining · round 3 · Haryana | by 17 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm | Open nowcloses today | notice of 24 Sep 2026 |
| Choice fillingread as: Online Choice Filling and Choice Locking by the verified Candidates in List · stray round · West Bengal | 17 Oct (6:00 pm) – 18 Oct 2026, till 10:00 am | Open nowcloses tomorrow | notice of 17 Sep 2026read from a scanned page (4/4) |
| Seat matrix / vacancies publishedread as: Publication of allotment result Stray Vacancy Round · stray round · West Bengal | by 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 pm | Open now6 days left | notice of 17 Sep 2026read from a scanned page (4/4) |
| Last date of Joining — All India Quota / Deemed / Central UniversitiesLast date of joining · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | by 26 Oct 2026 | Open now9 days left | notice of 14 Sep 2026 |
| Last date of Joining — State CounsellingLast date of joining · state-counselling · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | by 26 Oct 2026 | Open now9 days left | notice of 14 Sep 2026 |
Coming up
| Step | Dates | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESULT Declaration of Stray RoundAllotment result · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | 19 Oct 2026earlier: 17 Oct 2026 (notice of 14 Sep 2026) | Coming up | notice of 14 Oct 2026 |
| Reporting for Stray RoundReporting / joining at the college · stray round · All India Quota (MCC) | 19 Oct – 26 Oct 2026earlier: 19 Oct – 26 Oct 2026 (notice of 14 Sep 2026) | Coming up | notice of 14 Oct 2026 |
| Reporting / joining at the collegeread as: The Reporting and Admission of Allotted candidates to the allotted Institute · stray round · West Bengal | 23 Oct – 26 Oct 2026, till 4:00 pm | Coming up | notice of 17 Sep 2026read from a scanned page (3/4) |
| Counselling | Years | Rounds | Dated steps | Open today | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Quota (MCC) | 2026 | 4 | 69 | 6 | Allotment result — 19 Oct 2026 |
| HaryanaHaryana | 2026 | 3 | 22 | 2 | none scheduled |
| KarnatakaKarnataka | 2026 | 2 | 5 | — | none scheduled |
| Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh | 2026 | 3 | 21 | — | none scheduled |
| MaharashtraMaharashtra | 2026 | 3 | 29 | — | none scheduled |
| OdishaOdisha | 2026 | 3 | 72 | — | none scheduled |
| PunjabPunjab | 2026 | 3 | 51 | — | none scheduled |
| RajasthanRajasthan | 2026 | 3 | 46 | — | none scheduled |
| Tamil NaduTamil Nadu | 2026 | 3 | 38 | — | none scheduled |
| TripuraTripura | 2026 | 2 | 33 | — | none scheduled |
| Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh | 2026 | 2 | 18 | — | none scheduled |
| UttarakhandUttarakhand | 2026 | 3 | 29 | — | none scheduled |
| West BengalWest Bengal | 2026 | 4 | 28 | 4 | Reporting / joining at the college — 23 Oct – 26 Oct 2026, till 4:00 pm |