Suviral Shukla | July 17, 2026 | 10:43 PM IST | 2 mins read
ICAR Counselling 2026: The council will conduct a total of four rounds, followed by a mop-up or final round for admission to various UG agricultural and allied sciences programmes at govt, and private colleges.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has announced the online counselling schedule for admission to undergraduate (UG) programmes in agriculture and allied sciences for the academic year 2026-27.
According to the official notification, the ICAR has opened the registration for consent and selection of subject combination for rank generation today, July 17. Candidate can submit their options at icarcounseling.com.
Candidates will be able to apply for the ICAR online counselling by July 26. The council will process the date for rank generation from July 24 to 26.
Notably, the ICAR will display the seat matrix and open the window for counselling registration, choice filling, payment of counselling fee and uploading of documents from July 26 at 11 am.
Candidates seeking admission to UG agricultural programmes at private and government colleges across the country, will be able to register for online counselling by July 28.
Candidates can check the schedule for ICAR counselling 2026 from the table given below.
Event | Date | Time |
ROUND 1 | ||
Seat allotment, seat acceptance fee, and generation of provisional admission letter | July 31, 2026 | 11 am onwards |
Document verification ends | August 2, 2026 | 11:50 pm |
Re-submission of document ends | August 3, 2026 | 2 pm |
Verification of re-submitted documents by the universities | August 3, 2026 | 5 pm |
Last date for seat acceptance fee | August 3, 2026 | 8 pm |
ROUND 2 | ||
Seat allotment, seat acceptance fee, and generation of provisional admission letter | August 6, 2026 | 11 am onwards |
Document verification ends | August 7, 2026 | 2 pm |
Re-submission of document ends | August 7, 2026 | 5 pm |
Last date for seat acceptance fee | August 7, 2026 | 8 pm |
ROUND 3 | ||
Seat allotment, seat acceptance fee, and generation of provisional admission letter | August 10, 2026 | 11 am |
Document verification ends | August 11, 2026 | 2 pm |
Re-submission of document ends | August 11, 2026 | 5 pm |
Last date for seat acceptance fee | August 11, 2026 | 8 pm |
ROUND 4 | ||
Seat allotment, seat acceptance fee, and generation of provisional admission letter | August 14, 2026 | 11 am onwards |
Document verification ends | August 16, 2027 | 2 pm |
| Re-submission of document ends | August 16, 2027 | 5 pm |
| End of withdrawal of allotted/admitted seats | August 16, 2026 | 6 pm |
| END of Seat Acceptance Fee deposition by candidates | August 16, 2026 | 8 pm |
Candidates need technical assistance related to counselling can approach the HelpDesk Menu on the homepage of ICAR Counselling Portal at icarcounseling.com.
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