NEET Counselling 2025: Dates, Registration, Choice Filling, Seat Allotment

NEET Counselling 2025: Dates, Registration, Choice Filling, Seat Allotment

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The Medical Counselling Committee conducts NEET UG counselling in online mode at the official website: mcc.nic.in. The authority will release NEET UG 2025 counselling schedule. NEET 2025 qualified candidates will have to register, pay counselling fee and fill their preferences to participate in the counselling process. A link to register for NEET counselling 2025 round 1 will be provided here, after availability.

MCC counselling 2025 is conducted for 15% All India quota seats in top government colleges in India, and 100% seats of AMU, BHU, JMI, and ESIC. There are three rounds of MCC NEET UG counselling conducted followed by the stray vacancy round. The state counselling for NEET UG 2025 is conducted separately for 85% of seats in government colleges and 100% of seats in top private medical colleges in India. NEET counselling 2025 is conducted based on the ranks obtained in the NEET exam. Read the full article to know comprehensive details about NEET UG counselling 2025. Candidates can also check the NEET UG counselling 2025 schedule, and important links on this page.

NEET UG Counselling 2025 Overview

Factors

Particulars

Conducting bodies

All India counselling NEET UG 2025- By DGHS for National Medical Council

State quota - Respective state medical councils

Counselling website

All India counselling NEET UG 2025- mcc.nic.in

State quota - Given in the table below on this page

Seat Intake

All India counselling NEET UG 2025 - 15% of government seats, 100% of Deemed and Central University seats, ESIC, AFMC, AIIMS and JIPMER seats

State quota - 85% of Govt seats, 100% of private seats of the state

NEET 2025 Counselling Important Dates

The MCC NEET counselling schedule is released at mcc.nic.in. Candidates can check the NEET counselling date below.

NEET counselling schedule

EventsDates
NEET UG counselling 2025 round 1

NEET counselling 2025 registration date and fee payment

To be announced
NEET choice filling/ locking
To be announced
Processing of seat allotment
To be announced
Round 1 provisional result
To be announced
Round one final resultTo be announced
NEET counselling round 2
Registration/ payment for counselling Round 2To be announced
Round 2 Choice filling/ lockingTo be announced
Processing of seat allotment
To be announced
Round 2 provisional resultTo be announced
Round 2 provisional resultTo be announced
NEET UG 2025 counselling round 3
Round 3 counselling registration/fee paymentTo be announced
Round 3 Choice filling/ lockingTo be announced
Processing of seat allotmentTo be announced
Round 3 resultTo be announced
Reporting to the allotted institute
To be announced
Stray vacancy round
RegistrationsTo be announced
Choice fillingTo be announced
Seat allotment processingTo be announced
Stray round resultTo be announced
Reporting and joiningTo be announced
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How to Register for NEET Counselling 2025

There are four rounds in NEET UG 2025 counselling - NEET round 1 counselling, round 2, round 3, and a stray vacancy round. Candidates may note that no seats are reverted to the participating States after completion of Round 2. The process for NEET counselling is

Step 1: NEET registration process and payment of fees including security deposit.

Step 2: Choice filling and locking

Step 3: NEET seat allotment

Step 4: Reporting to the allotted Medical/Dental College

Step 5: Vacant seats are published.

Documents Required for NEET Counselling 2025

Here is mentioned the list of documents required for NEET counselling

  • NEET Admit Card
  • NEET Scorecard or Rank Letter
  • Class 10 certificate and mark sheet (for date of birth)
  • Class 12 certificate and mark sheet
  • ID proof (Aadhar/PAN Card/Driving License/Passport)
  • Eight passport-size photographs
  • Provisional Allotment Letter
  • Caste Certificate (if applicable)
  • PwD Certificate (if applicable)
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Document Required for Deemed Universities

NRI/ OCI candidates appearing for Deemed Universities must submit the following documents

  • Passport copy of sponsored, embassy certificate
  • Sponsorship affidavit (stating that the sponsorer is ready to bear the expenses for the whole duration of study)
  • Relationship Affidavit (Relation of Candidate with the sponsored)

NEET Counselling 2025- Who is Eligible?

  • Eligible Jammu and Kashmir candidates can also apply for All India NEET counselling.
  • Candidates who fulfil the state-wise eligibility and domicile criteria can participate in NEET counselling 2025 of their state. Other state candidates can apply for management quota and NRI seats.

NEET 2025 Counselling Process

The complete counselling process of NEET UG 2025 for All India Quota is provided below.

Step 1: NEET counselling 2025 registration

To participate in NEET counselling, candidates must register at mcc.nic.in NEET UG 2025. Applicants must fill out their NEET roll number, registration number, name, mother's name, and date of birth. Next, pay the NEET counselling 2025 fee and security fee online with a credit card or debit card. The NEET counselling fees payable are.

Institution Type

Category

Counselling Fee

(Non-Refundable)

Security Fee

(Refundable)

15% AIQ/ Central Universities

UR

Rs. 1,000

Rs. 10,000

SC/ST/OBC/PWD

Rs. 500

Rs. 5,000

Deemed Universities

All Categories

Rs. 5000

Rs. 2,00,000

Step 2: Choices filling for NEET counselling

Applicants must make a dummy sheet and enter their college and course (MBBS/BDS) choices. The NEET college predictor 2025 tool can help with chances based on past data. They should enter the choices NEET counselling 2025 process, they will be able to choose from this list of choices.

Step 3: NEET UG seat allotment

Candidates must log in and download NEET seat allotment letters as soon as they are released. A free exit is available in the first round, while a forfeiture exit is available in the second round.

NEET seat allotment lists

Rounds

2025

Round 1

To be announced

Round 2

To be announced

Round 3

To be announced
Stray vacancy roundTo be announced

Step 4: Reporting at the allotted college

Upon receiving an allotment of seats, a candidate must report to the designated college to complete the admissions processes. Reporting or joining during the first round is not mandatory. Those wishing to take a seat or upgrade must join and report. Seat allocation must be followed by reporting and joining in the second round unless candidates are willing to forfeit their security deposit by opting out. When reporting to the assigned college, candidates must present the originals of the specified documents.

NEET counselling 2025 - What is free exit? What is the exit with forfeiture?

Free Exit (only for round 1) - A candidate assigned a seat in round 1 who does not join/report to the college to which they have been assigned would not be penalised (the security deposit would not be forfeited). Candidates will be eligible for further rounds.

Exit with forfeiture - This means that candidates will not be eligible for a refund of the security deposit and fees paid. The conditions for forfeiture are:

  • If a candidate is offered a seat in round 2 and subsequent rounds but does not intend to take the seat, they can still exit with forfeiture (losing the security amount deposited) within the period given.
  • Candidates joining the allotted seat in the third round will not be eligible to resign/surrender their seats and will not be permitted to participate in further rounds.
  • Candidates who do not report for an allotted seat lose claim to the seat with forfeiture of fees and will not be allowed to participate in further rounds.

NEET Counselling Process & Cutoff Ranks for All Colleges: Previous year's

NEET 2025 Round 1 & Round 2 counselling

Round 1 and round 2 are a part of NEET UG 2025 counselling conducted by MCC for All India Quota seats and by state counselling authorities for state quota seats. In both rounds of NEET counselling, eligible candidates must register, fill in the choice of course and colleges and pay the fee. The seat allotment of round 1 and round 2 is also released separately. Aspirants who did not participate in round one NEET counselling 2025 or who did participate, however, do not wish to join the allotted college will be eligible to take part in round two.

NEET Counselling Round 1

Registration, payment of fee, choice filling followed by seat allotment. Candidates allotted seats in the round 1 NEET counselling can opt to take the seat, upgrade or exercise free exit to participate in NEET round 1 counselling 2025. Candidates who opt to take the seat/upgrade must upload their certificates and physically report to the allotted college.

Note: Candidates not allotted a seat can participate in NEET counselling round 2 directly without fresh registration.

NEET 2025 Counselling Round 2

Fresh registration must be done by candidates for the NEET 2nd round counselling who did not participate in round 1. Also, candidates who did not report in round 1 of NEET counselling 2025 need not register again. It is mandatory to exercise fresh choice filling in round 2 for all candidates who are participating in the same. After allotment, the following rules apply:

  • Candidates allotted a seat in round 2 can opt for willingness to upgrade from round 2 to round 3 of NEET counselling. In such a case they need to physically report at the allotted college.
  • Candidates who have got the upgraded seat will have to take relieving from round 1 and join round 2 seat. Such candidates will not have a claim on round 1 seats anymore.
  • In case a candidate has been allotted a seat in round 2 but does not report or join, will forfeit the security deposit
  • Candidates who are not allotted a seat in the round can participate in round 3 without fresh registration.
  • Candidates who don't want their round 2 seat can exit with forfeiture of security deposit

NEET Counselling Round 3

Candidates who are participating for the first time must fill fresh registration for NEET 2025 counselling. Registered candidates not allotted a seat in round 1 or 2 need not register again. Choice filling is to be done afresh. Candidates who have resigned or no reported in round 1 or 2 must register afresh with full fee payment. After allotment, rules that apply are

  • Candidates who are allotted a seat cannot resign from the seat or upgrade.
  • Candidates who have upgraded from round 2 must take the relieving from round 2 and complete joining formalities in round 3 NEET counselling. They cannot upgrade or resign from this seat. They also lose claim to the round 2 seat.
  • Candidates who do not join Round 3 seats can exit with forfeiture of fees and elimination. such candidates cannot participate in further rounds
  • Candidates who registered for the first time in the round and were not allotted a seat in round 3 can participate in the stray round.

Final Stray Round of NEET counselling 2025

Fresh registrations are done for this NEET counselling round. Data is shared between centres and states after round 3. Candidates mentioned in the allotted list of candidates in central or state NEET counselling are eliminated from the round. Candidates allotted seats in stray rounds have to join the allotted seat/college. Candidates who do not join the allotted seat shall be debarred from the NEET examination for one year along with forfeiture of fees.

NEET 2025 Counselling Seat Matrix

  • 15% All India Quota seats MBBS/ BDS Seats of States,
  • BHU OPEN seats - 100 % (MBBS and BDS)
  • AIIMS Open seats- 100% MBBS Seats of AIIMS across India
  • JIPMER Open quota seats (Puducherry/ Karaikal)
  • AMU Open quota seats
  • 15% All India Quota seats of DU/ I.P University
  • Jamia Open seats- Faculty of Dentistry (Jamia Milia Islamia)
  • 15% All India Quota Seats of ESIC
  • 100% seats in Deemed Universities
  • BSc Nursing programs in selected participating institutes

These seats are domicile-free. Deemed Universities have no reservations and have management and NRI quota seats only. Four rounds are held under the MCC NEET Counselling 2025.

Colleges under NEET AIQ counselling 2025

1) Delhi University (LHMC, UCMS, MAMC): - 85% institutional quota seats for Delhi candidates (who have passed their 10+2 from Delhi). 15% of seats are open to students from all over India.

2) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU):- 50% Institutional reservation for candidates who have studied for the past 3 years in AMU schools. The remaining 50% of seats are open for All India candidates.

3) BHU:- Open to All India candidates

4) Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi: 47 seats are open to All India candidates. The rest 3 seats fall under the JMI internal quota and are open to students who have passed their 10+ 2 from Jamia Schools.

5) IPU University (VMMC & SJH): 15% seats for All India and 85% of seats for students who have passed their 10+2 from Delhi.

NEET UG counselling 2025: Rules & Guidelines

The following are the general rules applicable as per the participating institute type

Institute Type
Rules for NEET Counselling

100% Deemed University

  • There will be four rounds of counselling i.e. Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 & Stray Vacancy Round.

  • All the 4 rounds shall be conducted online by MCC

  • There will be no reservation for OBC/ SC/ ST/ PWD/EWS candidates in Deemed Universities. However, some deemed universities have reservations for the Jain Minority or Muslim Minority.

  • Resignation from 3rd round is not permitted. Candidates will also not be allowed to participate in any counselling (stray vacancy or state) after joining in round 3.

AIIMS

  • There will be four rounds of counselling (round 1, 2, 3 and stray round) for 20 AIIMS. NRI candidates can also apply for the AIIMS seats as there is an NRI quota.

  • The list of AIIMS are AIIMS Bathinda, AIIMS Bilaspur, AIIMS Guahawti, AIIMS Jammu, AIIMS Mangalagiri, AIIMS Rajkot, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, AIIMS Bibi Nagar, AIIMS, Deogarh, AIIMS Gorakhpur, AIIMS Jodhpur, AIIMS Kalyani, AIIMS Madurai, AIIMS Nagpur, AIIMS New Delhi, AIIMS Patna, AIIMS Rai Bareli, AIIMS Raipur, AIIMS Rishikesh, AIIMS Bhopal)

  • NEET Counselling is conducted by MCC for AIIMS seat allotment.

JIPMER
  • There will be four rounds of counselling i.e. Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and online Stray Vacancy Round.
  • NEET 2025 counselling will be conducted by MCC only.
  • JIPMER has open All India seats and state quota for Puducherry candidates

ESIC

  • NEET-qualified candidates should have a Ward of Insured Persons certificate with a distinct number of available seats under this quota.

  • The NEET 2025 counselling process is the same and has four rounds.

1. Delhi University (LHMC, UCMS, MAMC, MAIDS)

2. Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia

3. IPU Counselling- VMMC & SJH;ABVIMS & RML, NDMC and ESIC Dental

  • 15% of seats come under All India counselling while the rest come under Delhi counselling and IPU counselling.
  • JMI - has a quota for Internal students who have passed their qualifying examination from Jamia Schools as regular students
  • There will be four rounds of NEET 2025 counselling i.e. Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and Stray Vacancy Round.
  • All rounds will be conducted by MCC.

  • Army College of Medical Science is exclusive for defence-related students and comes under the IP Counselling.

AMU
  • There will be four rounds of counselling
  • AMU has open All India quota + NRI seats
  • In addition, internal students of AMU can apply for the internal quota seat in the MCC process.
BHU
All seats are open seats and NEET counselling is held in four rounds
AFMC, Pune
Only registration is through MCC portal. NEET counselling 2025 will be held by AFMC and not by MCC.

NEET 2025 Counselling Result

To check the NEET counselling result, also known as seat allotment PDF, candidates have to check the official website, mcc.nic.in. The NEET counselling result cum allotment is published in the PDF format. MCC first releases the provisional NEET counselling result, based on which students have to submit their grievances (if any). After the submissions, the final NEET counselling result is published. Those who are allotted colleges in the NEET counselling result 2025 have to report to the allotted colleges before the last date mentioned by the authority.

Which rank is considered in NEET state counselling?

The rank considered for state counselling for NEET UG 2025 is usually the All India Rank (AIR) obtained by candidates in the NEET examination. However, each state may have its specific criteria and reservations for state quota seats. Candidates should refer to the official counselling guidelines or notifications of the respective state for detailed information on rank considerations.

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Questions related to NEET

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Have a question related to NEET ?

Hello Koushisk,

Yes, you can absolutely attend NEET UG 2025 as an engineering student. There are no restrictions on appearing for NEET UG based on your current field of study. Since you've completed your 12th grade with the required subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English), you are eligible to reappear for NEET UG.

Hope this information was helpful to you, Good Luck!

You can continue with your engineering studies while preparing for NEET 2025. Just ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria for NEET, such as age and educational qualifications, which you've already fulfilled.

Sorry aspirant, the information you provided is unclear and difficult to understand. Could you please clarify the following:

  • Paramedical without NEET cutoff: Are you referring to a paramedical course that does not require the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission?
  • 172 MBC community Villupuram government medical College la optometry seet kadaikuma : This sentence seems to be in Tamil and is not clear in English. Could you please translate it or provide more context?

Please clarify the question so that I can help you.

Hello student,

I understand that you have a paramedical course without NEET cutoff and obtained a score of 172.

However, I'd like to clarify a few things to provide the most accurate guidance:

  1. Specific Course: Could you please specify the name of the paramedical course you're referring to? This will help me determine the potential colleges or institutions offering it.
  2. Category: Are you part of a specific category (e.g., SC, ST, OBC, General) that might affect the admission process?
  3. Location Preference: Do you have a preferred location or region where you'd like to study?

Once I have this information, I can assist you with:

  • College Options: Identifying suitable colleges or institutions offering the paramedical course based on your score and category.
  • Admission Process: Explaining the admission procedure, including any necessary documents or requirements.
  • Counseling: Providing guidance on the counseling process and seat allotment.

    I hope you understand.

Hello,

Yes, you can participate in NEET Round 3 (Mop-up round) even if you skip Round 2 after not being allotted a seat in Round 1.

However, you don’t need to re-register or pay the security deposit again, provided you didn’t get a seat in Round 1 and haven't opted out of further rounds.

Your initial security deposit remains valid for the entire counseling process, including the mop-up round.

However, it’s important to check the specific counseling rules of the state or institution as they might have slight variations.

Hope it helps!

Hello,

If you did not get a seat in the first round of NEET counselling and also do not wish to remain in the counselling process in order to prepare for a long term instead of proceeding further, then you can follow these steps below to withdraw from the counselling:

  • Go to the NEET counselling portal and enter using your login credentials.
  • Find the "Withdrawing" or "Exit" option; the words may vary based on the state or national counseling process.
  • Now proceed according to instructions to withdraw from the counselling process.
  • Consider submitting documents where necessary, as a request to withdraw may have to be written by some counselling authority.
  • Keep proof of your withdrawal for future reference.

To drop from the counseling process is to miss the following rounds. So, be sure it's just what you want, and walk out. Go on to spend the year really preparing yourself for NEET, so you have a better chance next year.