NEET PG Counselling 2026: MCC Schedule, Cutoff & TN Application

By Sampath Kumar · Updated 21 Oct 2026

Everything that is officially known about NEET PG 2026 as on 21 October 2026 — MCC’s round-wise counselling schedule, the Tamil Nadu state application window, the qualifying cutoff in marks, how MCC’s All India Quota MD/MS counselling and Tamil Nadu’s state counselling run together, and the exam and result dates.

NEET PG Round 1 result: MCC final allotment out (24 Oct) — 28,723 seats allotted; report 26 Oct – 2 Nov. Branch-wise closing ranks →

TN PG (state quota) MD/MS/Diploma — Round 1 schedule: registration, payment and choice filling 31 Oct, 12:01 PM – 3 Nov, 5 PM (government quota GR 1–7,952, management quota GR 1–3,643, NEET PG 226 and above); result 5 Nov; join by 10 Nov, 5 PM. PwD candidates: a separate window on 30 Oct, 12:01–3 PM. Fees: ₹1,000 registration; refundable security deposit ₹30,000 (government colleges), ₹1 lakh (government quota in self-financing colleges), ₹2 lakh (management, minority & NRI). Schedule ↗ · PwD ↗ · DNB ↗ · GQ rank list ↗

TN MDS Round 3 (mop-up): registration 2 Nov 10 AM – 3 Nov 10 AM, choice filling 3 Nov 12:05 PM – 4 Nov 5 PM, result 5 Nov, join by 16 Nov. Schedule ↗

NEET PG 2026 important dates (NBEMS)

NEET PG cutoff: qualifying percentile and last year’s marks

The bulletin fixes a percentile, and NBEMS converts it into a mark with the result. For 2026 (out of 720) the conversion is in the 24 September notice; 2025 was out of 800, so compare percentiles, not marks. The January 2026 lowering shows how far last year’s pool was opened to fill Round 3 seats.

How MCC NEET PG counselling works

1. Registration on mcc.nic.in with the NEET PG roll number, payment of the registration fee and the refundable security deposit (higher for deemed universities).
2. Choice filling and locking — institute + course combinations across All India Quota, deemed, central and DNB seats; choices are the only thing the allotment reads.
3. Round 1 allotment, then reporting at the college with originals. Not reporting to a Round 1 seat forfeits it; the option to leave or upgrade is decided at reporting.
4. Round 2 for fresh candidates and upgraders; Round 1 joiners who opt for upgradation are re-considered on their locked choices.
5. Round 3 and the stray vacancy round fill what is left; Round 3 onwards MCC weeds out candidates already joined in state counselling using data the states share.
6. State counselling runs in parallel, a few days behind each MCC round, on the same NEET PG rank — in Tamil Nadu through the Selection Committee, DME Chennai.

NEET PG 2026 Round 1 seat matrix (MCC FINAL, 15 October)

MCC published the Round 1 seat matrices on 15 October 2026 — the seats candidates can lock choices for in Round 1 of the All India counselling. State-quota seats (the other 50% of government seats and the private/management seats) are not in these lists; each state counsels them separately.

Totals as printed on the last page of each MCC PDF. MCC re-issued the matrices as “FINAL” on 15 October: the All India Quota rose from 13,338 to 14,113 and the central internal quota from 707 to 857; MCC has asked colleges to report any discrepancy before Round 1 choice filling ends, and its PG page notes that Round 1 choice filling has resumed. MCC also issued a corrigendum on 14 October on the passport documents NRI candidates (Category I and IV) must upload for Round 1.

NEET PG counselling 2026 schedule — MCC All India Quota

MCC’s tentative schedule of 7 October 2026 for the 50% All India Quota and 100% deemed / central university / AFMS seats. All Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted holidays count as working days. Times are server time.

State counselling windows (MCC’s combined AIQ + State schedule, 8 October 2026)

For comparison, PG 2025 ran Round 1 from 17 October to 22 November 2025 and the stray round in January 2026, with the session starting on 22 December 2025 (MCC schedule of 17 December 2025). The 2026 calendar is about a month tighter, so registration and choice-locking windows are short — plan your choice list before 21 October.

Tamil Nadu candidates: state quota MD/MS on the NEET PG rank

Half of the government MD/MS seats in Tamil Nadu’s government medical colleges, the government quota in self-financing colleges and the management quota are all filled by the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai, through its own online counselling on the NEET PG rank. Nativity, the state’s community reservation and the in-service (government doctor) quota apply there and not in MCC’s rounds. For 2026 the Committee published its prospectuses on 8 October and is taking online applications from 9 October, 12 noon, to 16 October 2026, 11:59 PM (extended from 15 October, 5 PM on 14 October) (application fee ₹3,000, Tamil Nadu SC/SCA/ST exempt; security deposit ₹30,000 for government colleges and ₹1,00,000 for government quota in self-financing colleges). The rank list and counselling dates will be notified later; its rounds sit a few days behind each MCC round so that a candidate can hold one allotment and try for the other. College Path tracks both calendars and can help you sequence the two — the commonest costly mistake is joining a state seat and losing the MCC upgrade, or the reverse.

NRI quota rules for 2026-27

MCC’s notice of 27 May 2026 restates the Supreme Court criteria (Anshul Tomar v. State of M.P.) that apply to UG and PG NRI seats this year: the NRI sponsor must be a parent or first-degree relative ordinarily resident abroad, or a nearest blood relative (real uncle/aunt, grandparent, first cousin) who is an NRI resident abroad and has actually looked after the candidate as guardian, backed by evidence and an affidavit. For 2026 MCC will demand legal proof that the sponsor is the bona fide guardian under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890.

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