MCC NEET PG 2026: AIQ and State Counselling Schedule Released, AIQ Round 1 From 12 October

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of DGHS has published the overall NEET PG 2026 admission schedule, covering both All India Quota (AIQ), Deemed and Central University counselling and the state quota counselling run by individual states.

For AIQ, Deemed and Central Universities, Round 1 is scheduled from 12 October to 24 October 2026, and the last date to join a Round 1 seat is 2 November 2026. Round 2 follows from 6 to 14 November (joining by 23 November), Round 3 from 26 November to 4 December (joining by 12 December), and the Stray Vacancy round from 16 to 24 December, with joining closing on 31 December 2026.

State counselling Round 1 is slotted from 21 October to 2 November 2026, with joining by 10 November. State Round 2 runs 14 to 23 November, Round 3 from 4 to 12 December, and the state stray round from 22 to 25 December. The PG academic session is set to begin on 20 November 2026. Colleges have been told to treat weekends and gazetted holidays as working days so the timeline is not disturbed.

This is a calendar-level schedule. Candidates should check the detailed AIQ round-wise schedule on mcc.nic.in for exact registration, payment and choice-filling cut-off times, and watch their own state counselling authority's website for state-level dates. The official notice is available on mcc.nic.in.