NEET PG 2025 counselling schedule revised; round 1 choice filling, locking from November 17

Suviral Shukla | November 15, 2025 | 05:48 PM IST | 3 mins read

The MCC will publish the seat allotment results for the NEET PG 2025 counselling round 1 on November 20.

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The choice filling and locking facility for the NEET PG 2025 counselling round 1 will be available at mcc.nic.in. (Representational image: Freepik)

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has revised the schedule for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Post Graduate (NEET PG) 2025 counselling for 50% All India Quota and 100% deemed, central universities for the academic year 2025. The NEET PG 2025 counselling round 1 choice filling and locking will begin from November 17.

The NEET PG 2025 counselling round 1 choice filling window will be open until November 18 and the choice locking facility will start from 4 pm of November 18 until 11:55 pm.

Only NEET PG qualified candidates who have been selected through the NEET PG 2025 merit list are eligible to participate in the counselling process. The choice filling and locking facility will be available on the official website at mcc.nic.in.

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The committee will publish the NEET PG 2025 counselling round 1 seat allotment results on November 20. Candidates who will be allotted colleges and courses should have to report to their respective institutes between November 21 and 27.

While the verification of joined candidates data by the institutes to MCC will be held from November 28 to 30. The NEET PG 2025 counselling round 2 registrations will begin from December 2 and the choice filling and locking will be conducted from December 3 to 7.

Notably, the NEET PG 2025 counselling for admission to MD, MS and post graduate diploma courses will be held in three rounds, followed by a stray vacancy round.

“For ensuring faithful obedience of time schedule and also keeping in view the limited time available for conducting counseling, all participating institutes/colleges are directed to treat all Saturdays/ Sundays and Gazetted Holidays as working days,” according to the official notification.

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NEET PG 2025 Counselling: Complete schedule

Candidates seeking admission to medical colleges through NEET PG 2025 counselling can check the schedule for round 2, 3, and stray vacancy rounds from the table given below.

Events

Round 2

Round 3

Stray vacancy round

Verification of tentative seat matrix by the participating Institutes

December 1, 2025

December 22, 2025

January 12, 2026

Registration, payment

December 2 to 7 up to 12:00 noon.

Payment facility will be available up to 3 pm of December 7

December 23 to 28, 2025


Payment facility will be available till 03:00 pm of December 28, 2025

January 13 to 18, 2026 up to 12:00

pm


Payment facility will

be available up to 03:00 pm of January 18, 2026.

Choice filling, locking

December 3 to 7,

2025 up to 11:55

pm.


Choice locking will start from 4 pm of December 7 up to 11:55 pm

December 24 to 28, 2025 up to 11:55 PM



Choice Locking from 04:00 pm December 28, 2025 up to 11:55 pm

January 13 to 18, 2026 up to 11:55 pm



Choice Locking will start from 04:00 pm of January 18 up to 11:55 pm

Processing of seat allotment

December 8 to 9, 2025

December 29 to 30, 2025

January 19 to 20, 2026

Result

December 10, 2025

December 31, 2025

January 21, 2026

Reporting, joining

December 11 to 28, 2025

January 1 to 8, 2026

January 22 to 31, 2026

Verification of joined candidates data by institutes sharing of data by MCC

December 19 to 21, 2025

January 9 to 11, 2026

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