NEET PG Counselling — How MCC All India Quota Counselling Works

Last verified: 30 September 2026 against MCC PG Medical Counselling page, MCC PG Information Bulletin 2025 (revised 27.11.2025) and MCC notice of 28.09.2026.

Who conducts NEET PG counselling, and for which seats?

Under Supreme Court directions, the MCC of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) conducts online counselling for postgraduate MD, MS, diploma and DNB seats that are “all-India in character”. Seat allotment is based on the NEET-PG rank published by NBEMS (the NEET-PG 2026 result came out on 24 September 2026). MCC counsels these seat pools, according to its About PG Medical page and the bulletin:

AIQ seats follow the Central Government reservation policy — 15% SC · 7.5% ST · 27% OBC-NCL · 10% EWS · 5% PwD (horizontal) — applied through a 3200-point roster. Everything else — the state’s own share of government seats and most private college seats — is counselled by the state. See state NEET PG counselling for each state’s authority.

How does the MCC counselling process work, step by step?

1. 1Register. Log in on mcc.nic.in with the email and mobile number you used for NEET-PG, pay the non-refundable registration fee and the refundable security deposit. One registration per candidate.
2. 2Fill and lock choices. Add as many college–course choices as you like, in order of preference, then lock them. Locked choices cannot be changed. MCC shows only clear vacancies in Round 1.
3. 3Allotment. Software allots seats by rank, choice, category and eligibility. MCC first publishes a provisional result, then the final result. Download the allotment letter.
4. 4Report and join. Report to the allotted college with original documents within the schedule. The college enters your admission on the IntraMCC portal; offline admissions are not accepted.
5. 5Upgrade, exit or stay. After reporting you may opt to upgrade in the next round, take a free exit (Round 1 only) or keep the seat.

Before choosing colleges, read the seat matrix for the round. Fees, stipend and bond details are supplied by each college on the MCC site, and MCC asks candidates to confirm them with the college before locking choices — our bond and stipend guide explains what to check.

What happens in each round — can you upgrade or exit?

Each round has its own rules, and once a round starts its rules apply to everyone, including candidates who already hold a seat. From Round 2, MCC shows two kinds of vacancy: clear vacancies (seats not allotted earlier) and virtual vacancies (seats held by candidates who opted to upgrade — you get one only if its holder moves up). Choices from one round are void in the next, so you re-fill choices every round.

• •Registration: candidates registered in an earlier round who were not allotted need not register again; Round 3 and the stray round need fresh registration for those who exited with forfeiture or resigned.
• •Round 3 conversions: unfilled PwD seats revert to their parent category, ST to SC, SC and EWS to UR, and deemed NRI / minority seats to UR — only after eligible candidates in that category run out.
• •Stray round: open to candidates not holding a seat. Anyone who joined a seat up to Round 3 of AIQ or state counselling is weeded out, as are fresh Round 3 allottees who did not join.
• •Resignation: only when MCC opens a resignation window by notice, and only online through the college on IntraMCC.

How much are the registration fee and security deposit?

Figures from the PG Counselling 2025 bulletin (FAQ 7); MCC will confirm the 2026 amounts in the new bulletin.

If you want both AIQ and deemed seats you pay only the higher (deemed) amount. The deposit is refunded, without interest, to the same account it came from after all rounds end — so never pay from an unrelated or NRI account.

Which documents do you need at reporting?

Carry originals. Colleges will not admit a candidate whose originals are deposited elsewhere, and the allotment stays provisional until the college verifies them.

• •Allotment letter issued by MCC
• •NEET-PG admit card and result / rank letter from NBEMS
• •MBBS 1st, 2nd and 3rd professional mark sheets
• •MBBS degree or provisional certificate
• •Internship completion certificate (or head-of-institution certificate)
• •Permanent or provisional registration certificate (NMC / state medical council)
• •Class 10 / 12 certificate or birth certificate as date-of-birth proof
• •Photo ID: PAN, driving licence, voter ID, passport or Aadhaar
• •If applicable: SC / ST, OBC-NCL or EWS certificate in the bulletin format; online disability certificate from a designated centre; NRI / OCI documents

PwD candidates must get an online disability certificate from an MCC-designated centre before choice filling; certificates from other hospitals are not accepted.

When will the 2026 counselling schedule be out?

MCC publishes the schedule only after NMC and NBEMS send the seat matrix. For reference, Round 1 of PG Counselling 2025 began on 17 October 2025. The 2026 schedule, bulletin and fees will appear on the MCC PG Medical Counselling page. MCC does not contact candidates individually, and no agent can get you a seat — allotment is only by the online software.