NEET UG 2025 bulletin out; MCC explains MBBS admission rules, counselling policy

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has published the information bulletin for the NEET UG counselling 2025. The NEET UG counselling brochure 2025 outlines the detailed admission policy for the 15% All India Quota (AIQ) and 85% state counselling process. The NEET UG round 1 counselling registration for all qualified candidates has begun on the official website, mcc.nic.in. NEET UG Counselling 2025 (Begins) LIVE

The registration window for the MCC NEET counselling 2025 was opened on July 21 for 12.36 lakh candidates who qualified the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). As per the NEET MBBS seat matrix 2025 , there are a total of 1,15,900 seats in India.

As per the schedule, the NEET UG choice filling will commence today. All eligible applicants should register and fill their choice of courses and colleges in the order of preference. The registration and choice filling process for round 1 will close on July 28. Based on the choices filled by candidates, the MCC will declare the round 1 seat allotment on July 31.

NEET UG information bulletin 2025

The MCC has implemented several changes in the NEET UG counselling 2025 post-2023, with an aim to streamline the admission process. A look at the major changes introduced for the MBBS and BDS admissions.

Mop-up round renamed - The MCC officially renamed mop-up round to round 3 last year. There will be four rounds of counselling - AIQ Round 1, AIQ round 2, AIQ round 3, and stray vacancy round.

No resignation after round 3 - Upgradation of seats will be allowed up to round 3. Candidates are advised to take a calculated decision of continuing in the third round of AIQ, deemed, central universities, as they will not be permitted to resign after round 3.

NEET AIQ round 3 counselling - Candidates who join in round 3 of the AIQ NEET counselling will not be allowed to participate in any counselling. “There will be Data sharing between Centre and the States and if any candidate has his name in the list of allotted candidates in either of the lists, then such names of such candidates shall be eliminated from the All India Stray Vacancy Round.”

OCI eligibility - Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders will be treated at par with Indian citizens and will be eligible for UR (General) category seats as well as NRI seats, as per the Supreme Court judgement.

Centralised MCC software - The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has developed software for all participating states and counselling authorities to ensure a uniform counselling process and data synching. The choice filling process will be carried out through the common software for AIQ, deemed, central universities and others. Candidates can only join the upgraded college after getting the online-generated relieving letter from the earlier allotted institute.

Automatic cancellation of seats - If a candidate is allotted a higher preference in the second or third round, the earlier allotted seats will be automatically cancelled.

Conversion of seats - The MCC will carry out the conversion of seats during the round 3 counselling. Conversion will only be done when the eligible candidates belonging to a category have exhausted.

Jain Minority, Muslim minority, NRI seats remaining vacant after round 3 will also be converted to private deemed university seats after exhaustion of all eligible candidates to prevent wastage of seats.

No offline resignation - All admissions and resignations (if allowed) will be made through online mode only; no offline resignation of seats is permitted, the MCC said.