MCC NEET PG 2025 counselling stray round to begin from February 16, check key dates
New Delhi: The National Eligibility and Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) stray vacancy round registration is expected to begin online on the official website of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) from February 16, 2026.
Therefore, candidates who wish to participate in the Round 4 counselling would be able to register on the official MCC portal when the registration window opens.
After the NEET PG 2025 seat matrix is released, a new choice filling and option locking round will be conducted for the vacant vacancies. However, the options filled in the previous round will be considered invalid.
MCC earlier released the consolidated schedule for Round 3 and the Stray Vacancy Round of the NEET PG Counselling 2025, covering admissions under the 50 percent AIQ Deemed and Central Universities, AFMS, and State Counselling Authorities.
Below is the detailed schedule-
SCHEDULE FOR ONLINE COUNSELING (ALLOTMENT PROCESS) FOR NEET 50% AIQ AND 100% DEEMED/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES/AFMS-ONLY REGISTRATION FOR PG COURSES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR – 2025
ONLINE STRAY VACANCY ROUND | |||||||
SL. NO. | VERIFICATION OF TENTATIVE SEAT MATRIX BY THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND NMC | REGISTRATION/PAYMENT | CHOICE FILLING/LOCKING | PROCESSING OF SEAT ALLOTMENT | RESULT | REPORTING/JOINING | VERIFICATION OF JOINED CANDIDATES DATA BY INSTITUTES SHARING OF DATA TO MCC |
2 | 14th Feb.,2026 | 16th Feb., 2026 to 18th Feb., 2026 (upto 12:00 P.M of 18th Feb., 2026 as per Server Time) * Payment facility will be available upto 03:00 PM of 18th Feb., 2026) as per Server Time | 16th Feb., 2026 to 19th Feb., 2026 (Choice Filling will be available upto 11:55 PM of 19th Feb., 2026) as per Server Time. Choice Locking will start from 04:00 P.M of 19th Feb., 2026 upto 11:55 PM of 19th Feb., 2026 as per Server Time | 20th Feb., 2026 | 21st Feb., 2026 Sharing of data by MCC of Allotted candidates for weeding. | 22nd Feb., 2026 to 28th Feb 2026 | ----- |
DAYS | (1-Day) | (3-Days) | (4-Days) | (1-Days) | (1-Day) | (7-Days) | |
ALL INDIA QUOTA/DEEMED/CENTRAL STATE QUOTA
S.NO. | SCHEDULE FOR ADMISSION | ALL INDIA QUOTA/DEEMED/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES | SHARING OF JOINED CANDIDATES' DATA BY MCC | STATE COUNSELLING | SHARING OF JOINED CANDIDATES' DATA BY STATE DMEs’ STATE COUNSELLING AUTHORITIES |
1 | Stray Vacancy | 16 to 20th Feb., 2026 | Data of allotted candidates will be shared by MCC on 21st February 2026 | 20th to 23rd February 2026 | |
2 | Last date of joining | 28th February 2026 (upto 11:55 PM) | 28th February 2026 (upto 11:55 PM) | ||
Commencement of Academic Session for UG Courses | 22nd December, 2025 | ||||
