Kerala MBBS & BDS Admission 2026 —
Third Phase: Register Fresh Options by 7 October
In one line: Kerala’s Third Phase MBBS/BDS allotment (State Quota) has started. Every candidate who wants to be considered must register fresh options on cee.kerala.gov.in by 7 October 2026, 10:00 AM — old options do not carry over. The provisional allotment comes out 8 October and the final allotment 9 October. This applies whether or not your child already has a seat from the First or Second Phase.
Last verified · 29 September 2026 · against the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala notification “KEAM-2026: Fresh Option Registration for Third Phase Allotment to MBBS/BDS Courses – 2026”; earlier against CEE Kerala’s Second Phase notices and G.O.(Ms)No.251/2026/H&FWD (4 September 2026)
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Three Dates You Need
Fresh option registration is mandatory. The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) says the Third Phase activities for MBBS/BDS State Quota seats (2026-27) have begun. Candidates in the published Medical rank lists must register options again at www.cee.kerala.gov.in. The allotment is made on the options received up to 7 October, 10:00 AM.
Who must register: both students who already got an allotment or admission in earlier phases and students who got no allotment. The CEE notice also sets out what happens to already-admitted students who do not register options in this phase — read that paragraph on cee.kerala.gov.in before you decide to skip.
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Fresh online option registration (mandatory) | Now until 7 Oct 2026, 10:00 AM |
| Provisional allotment published | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Final allotment published | 9 Oct 2026 |
Earlier updates on this page (click to expand)
Kerala does not run a separate NEET counselling form — everything goes through the KEAM application. First Phase is complete (Provisional Allotment 25 August, Final Allotment 27 August, admission to 5 September). CEE's Second Phase (Round 2) allotment for State Quota seats in Government Colleges and seats in self-financing colleges has moved forward: online option confirmation closed 11 September, 10:00 AM, and the Second Phase grievance window closed 12 September, 1:00 PM. A same-day update reports that Round 2 joining for UG Medical has begun today, 15 September 2026 — the natural next step in that sequence. A separate order also approved the 2026-27 seat matrix for three self-financing colleges. Full detail below.
The short answer. Kerala's First Phase Allotment for MBBS and BDS 2026 is complete — Provisional Allotment 25 August, Final Allotment 27 August, admission to the college by 5 September. CEE's Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations has now commenced Second Phase allotment activities for the State Quota seats available in Government Colleges and the seats available in self-financing colleges. Online option confirmation is mandatory for candidates who want their higher-order options considered in this phase, and it is mandatory for those who have no allotment at all as per the First Phase — log in at www.cee.kerala.gov.in and confirm using the ‘confirm’ button on the home page; you can also rearrange or delete unwanted options/colleges/courses at the same time, till 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM. Candidates who do not confirm their options after First Phase admission keep whatever admission they already received, in the First Phase. Admitted candidates who wish to vacate the seat they received in First Phase can do so on or before 10 September 2026, 5:00 PM — but such candidates will then not be considered for any further round of centralised allotment. Anyone allotted a seat in this phase must take a printout of the allotment memo and remit the fee/balance fee before joining. Separately, Government Order G.O.(Ms)No.251/2026/H&FWD, dated 4 September 2026, approved the 2026-27 seat matrix for three self-financing colleges — Azeezia Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (Meeyyannoor, Kollam), Dr. Mooppen’s Medical College and Hospital (Wayanad), and MES Medical College (Perinthalmanna). Candidates without a Kerala connection remain Non-Keralite Category II and can compete only for management and NRI seats in self-financing colleges. Update, 12 September: a counselling update — carrying no dated official notice number — claims that grievance submission for the Second Phase Provisional Allotment ends today, 12 September 2026, 1:00 PM. We could not corroborate this against a dated official CEE notice; it is structurally consistent with the Second Phase timeline above (option confirmation having closed 11 September), but verify directly at cee.kerala.gov.in before treating it as a real deadline. Update, 15 September: a same-day update reports that Kerala's Round 2 (Second Phase) joining for UG Medical has started today, 15 September 2026 — the expected next step after the Second Phase grievance window closed 12 September, 1:00 PM. Candidates with a Round 2 allotment should report to the allotted college and complete joining formalities without delay; confirm the exact joining cut-off time directly at cee.kerala.gov.in.
The single most important thing on this page. There is no separate “Kerala NEET counselling form”. Admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BSMS, BUMS and B.Sc Nursing in Kerala is processed through the KEAM application on cee.kerala.gov.in. Candidates who assumed a NEET-only form existed have lost entire cycles in Kerala. If you did not apply under KEAM 2026, and you did not use the reopened Medical and Allied window that closed at 11:00 AM on 27 July 2026, Kerala is closed to you for this session.
Where the 2026 Cycle
Has Reached
Second Phase Allotment,
Confirm Options by 11 September
Breaking · KEAM 2026 — Second Phase Allotment, Facility for Option Confirmation/Registration
The activities related to the Second Phase allotment to MBBS/BDS courses, for the State Quota seats available in Government Colleges and the seats available in Self Financing Colleges, have commenced. This notice from the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations does not carry a visible reference number or issue date on the copy we have — we treat the substance as verified and flag this gap transparently rather than invent one.
Online option confirmation is mandatory for candidates who want their higher-order options considered for this Second Phase allotment. It is also mandatory for candidates who have no allotment at all as per the First Phase result. Candidates who do not confirm their options after First Phase admission retain whatever admission they already received in the First Phase — confirmation is not required simply to keep what you already have.
| Activity | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Online Option Confirmation — log in at www.cee.kerala.gov.in and click the ‘confirm’ button; options/colleges/courses can also be rearranged or deleted up to this point | 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM |
| Last date for admitted candidates to vacate the seat received in First Phase allotment | 10 September 2026, 5:00 PM |
Vacating your First Phase seat is a one-way door. The notice states plainly that candidates who vacate the seat received through First Phase allotment will not be considered for further rounds of centralised allotment to MBBS/BDS courses. Do not vacate a seat you are willing to live with on the hope of a better one appearing later in Second Phase — there is no route back in.
Candidates who receive an allotment in this Second Phase must take a printout of their allotment memo and remit the fee/balance fee (if applicable), then join the course/college allotted.
Update, 12 September (Check Official Portal)
A reported update, not yet corroborated against a dated official notice. A counselling update received today states: “Grievance Submission for Second Phase Provisional Allotment Ends Today 12.09.2026 (1:00 PM).” The update carries no dated notice number, no issuing-office reference, and we have not seen a scanned or PDF copy of an official CEE order confirming it. We flag it here because it is structurally consistent with this page's own confirmed Second Phase timeline — online option confirmation closed 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM, and a Second Phase Provisional Allotment followed by a short window to file grievances is the plausible next step in that sequence — which strengthens the claim's plausibility without proving it. Treat this as provisional until verified against a dated official notice at cee.kerala.gov.in. If you have a Second Phase allotment and want to contest it, do not wait on our verification: check the CEE candidate portal and act before 1:00 PM today.
Round 2 Joining for UG Medical
Begins Today, 15 September
Update, 15 September
Kerala's Round 2 (Second Phase) joining for UG Medical has started today, 15 September 2026. A same-day update reports the joining date; it is not framed as a dated, numbered official CEE notice, so we are stating it as reported rather than citing a specific notice reference. It fits squarely into this page's own confirmed sequence: online option confirmation for Second Phase closed 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM, and the Second Phase grievance window closed 12 September 2026, 1:00 PM — joining beginning today is the expected next step once grievances on the Second Phase Provisional Allotment were disposed of and a Final Allotment followed.
If you hold a Round 2 (Second Phase) allotment, report to the allotted college today with your allotment memo, fee receipt and original documents, and complete admission formalities within the joining window the college specifies. Confirm the exact joining closing date and time directly at cee.kerala.gov.in or with the allotted college, since CEE has not published a separate dated notice for this joining window on the copy available to us.
New Seat Matrix Approved —
Three Self-Financing Colleges
The Government's Health & Family Welfare (S) Department has approved the 2026-27 seat matrix for admission to the MBBS course in three self-financing medical colleges — Azeezia Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (Meeyyannoor, Kollam), Dr. Mooppen’s Medical College and Hospital (Wayanad), and MES Medical College (Perinthalmanna) — in continuation of earlier orders dated 10 August and 20 August 2026 and a Director of Medical Education letter dated 24 August 2026.
| College | Code | Total seats | NRI seats | AIQ (irrespective of domicile) | Government seats (per SC order) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azeezia Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Meeyyannoor, Kollam | AZC | 50 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| Dr. Mooppen’s Medical College and Hospital, Wayanad | DMM | 100 | 15 | 15 | 70 |
| MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna | EMC | 50 | 7 | 7 | 11 (plus a 25-seat community column) |
Read the source PDF for the exact column basis before you rely on these figures for a specific seat. Our scanned copy of this order has a digital-signature stamp overlapping part of the table header, and the MES Medical College row carries an extra 25-seat community-quota figure the other two colleges do not show — consistent with MES not claiming full minority status the way Azeezia and Dr. Mooppen’s do, but we have not independently confirmed that reading against the clean G.O. text. The totals do add up correctly for each row. Treat the college/code/total-seats columns as solid, and confirm the exact quota-percentage wording on the order itself, available through the Directorate of Medical Education, before you act on a specific seat count.
First Phase Allotment —
Every Date, Start to Admission
CEE Kerala's original notification of 15 August covered MBBS and BDS together, for every candidate on the State Medical Rank List except NRI quota seats. On 20 August, CEE rescheduled this entire timeline “as per the revised MCC schedule” — and on that revised schedule, First Phase Provisional Allotment is out today.
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| 15 August 2026 | Website opens for registration to MBBS/BDS courses at cee.kerala.gov.in (closed) |
| 24 August 2026, 11:00 AM | Closure of online option registration/deletion/re-arrangement — last moment to submit fresh or revised options (closed) |
| 25 August 2026 | First Phase Provisional Allotment published — out today |
| 26 August 2026, by 6:00 PM | Last date to submit any complaint on the Provisional Allotment — by email only |
| 27 August 2026 | First Phase Final Allotment published — upcoming |
| 28 August – 5 September 2026, 4:00 PM | Candidates allotted a seat must remit the fee shown in the allotment memo and take admission at the college |
| 5 September 2026, 5:00 PM | College authorities approve and send the list of admitted candidates through OAMS |
Spot an error in your Provisional Allotment? Email a complaint by 26 August, 6:00 PM. CEE has set an email-only complaint window for the First Phase Provisional Allotment, closing 26 August 2026 at 6:00 PM — before the Final Allotment is published the next day. If your allotted seat, category or any other detail looks wrong, raise it within this window; there is no complaint route stated for after the Final Allotment is out.
Withheld-result candidates could still register, but with a catch. The 20 August notice explicitly allowed candidates whose results had been withheld for various reasons to register their online options too. But those options were not considered for allotment unless the candidate produced the required documents to clear the defect and release their rank before 3:00 PM on 23 August 2026 — a full day before the general option-registration closed.
New this round — 15% AIQ seats in private dental colleges, and PIMS Palakkad. The same 20 August notice opened option registration for the 15% All India Quota seats in self-financing dental colleges, available irrespective of domicile, and added Palakkad Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Palakkad to this allotment phase for MBBS — provisional annual fee ₹8,98,800 (General Category) and ₹21,65,720 (NRI Category). This ran on the same rescheduled dates above. Allotment to these seats is subject to Government approval.
Two clauses that decide outcomes, not just paperwork. The option-registration fee is non-refundable regardless of what you're allotted. And if CEE allots you a seat against an option you registered, you are bound to accept it — refuse it, and you lose that allotment together with every remaining option in the stream, permanently. Register options only for colleges you would genuinely join, in the order you would genuinely accept them.
CEE's rescheduling notice is itself framed as tracking the national MCC calendar — Kerala's state-quota allotment pace moves with MCC's own Round 1 timeline. Confirm the live date on cee.kerala.gov.in before you plan travel for reporting.
Applying Under KEAM Wasn't the Last Step —
You Still Have to Submit Your NEET Result
Even if you already applied under KEAM 2026 and qualified in NEET (UG)-2026, that application alone does not build your rank list. The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations has opened a separate, mandatory online step: submitting your NEET (UG)-2026 result details directly, so CEE can prepare the State rank lists for Medical and Medical Allied courses.
The deadline has no flexibility built in. The online facility at cee.kerala.gov.in closes 10 August 2026, 12:00 noon. Candidates who do not submit their NEET result within this window will not be considered for the rank list at all, for any Medical or Medical Allied course — and the notice is explicit that there is no opportunity to submit the mark details later under any circumstances. This is not a soft deadline you can catch up on in Round 2.
How to Submit
The course list is wider than most people assume. This same rank-list process now explicitly covers Ayurveda (BAMS), Homoeopathy (BHMS), Siddha (BSMS), Unani (BUMS), and a long list of allied courses — Agriculture (BSc Agri), Forestry (BSc Forestry), Veterinary (BVSc & AH), Fisheries (BFSc), BSc Co-operation & Banking, BSc Agri Business Management, BSc Horticulture, integrated BSc-MSc Biology/Microbiology, BSc Climate Change & Environmental Science, and B.Tech Biotechnology under KAU. If any of these interest you as a fallback to MBBS/BDS, the same 10 August submission covers your eligibility for all of them at once.
Which Category You Fall In
Decides What You Can Compete For
| Category | Who It Covers | Government Seats | Private Colleges | Reservation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keralite | Kerala nativity holders | Yes | Yes, all quotas | Yes — SEBC, SC, ST |
| Non-Keralite I (NK-I) | Defined Kerala connection, e.g. wards of certain personnel posted in the state | Limited, per prospectus | Yes | No community reservation |
| Non-Keralite II (NK-II) | Everyone else, including all Northeast India candidates without a Kerala link | No | Management and NRI quota in self-financing colleges only | No |
The practical takeaway for an Assam or NE family. Kerala's government medical colleges are excellent and their fees are low, and neither of those facts is available to you through state counselling. Your two real doors into a Kerala government college are the 15% All India Quota, filled by MCC, and nothing else. In private self-financing colleges you compete under management or NRI quota, at management or NRI fees. Anyone telling you otherwise has not read the prospectus.
NRI quota applicants: the document-defect correction window has closed. A CEE notification dated 20 August 2026 gave candidates who applied under NRI Quota (KEAM-2026) a window to check their application for defects and correct them — through the KEAM 2026 Candidate Portal at cee.kerala.gov.in, using their Application Number and Password, under the “Memo Details” menu on the profile page. Any defect shown there had to be fixed by uploading valid documents by 5:00 PM on 22 August 2026. CEE was explicit that no printout of documents or certificates sent to its office would be considered for any reservation or claim — correction happened only through the portal upload.
Update, 3 September — the Final NRI Category List is out. CEE published the Final NRI Category List for MBBS/BDS admission 2026 on www.cee.kerala.gov.in (Ref. CEE/404/2026-TA4 I/723922/2026, dated 3 September 2026), confirming which applicants are finally eligible for NRI reservation after the document-defect correction window closed 22 August. If you applied under NRI quota, check your name and status on this Final Category List directly at cee.kerala.gov.in — being on the earlier defect-correction list does not by itself confirm your final eligibility.
A Structure Unlike Any Other State
Kerala runs a 60% state merit pool, a 30% SEBC block, 8% SC and 2% ST for government and government-aided professional colleges. The SEBC block is the unusual part: it is not one queue but a set of community-specific sub-quotas, each with its own allocation and its own closing rank. A candidate claiming SEBC must pick the correct sub-category and hold the matching community certificate, or the claim fails at verification.
All of it applies only to Kerala nativity candidates. Non-domicile applicants, whatever their category elsewhere in India, compete in the unreserved pool.
Documents CEE Will Demand
The Official Notices
Behind This Page
Checked against CEE Kerala's published counselling calendar and Second Phase notices at cee.kerala.gov.in, on 7 September 2026, rechecked 12 September 2026, and rechecked again 15 September 2026 following a same-day update on Round 2 joining. We list the source so you can verify it yourself rather than taking our word for it — and so you know exactly which notice to look for if a date moves. The 12 September grievance-deadline item above is explicitly flagged as a reported update, not a verified official notice; the 15 September joining-start item comes from a same-day update rather than a dated official notice number, and is presented as reported.
How to use this page. Every date here was checked against CEE Kerala's published counselling calendar at cee.kerala.gov.in, cross-checked across independent sources, on 25 August 2026, and rechecked 7 September 2026 against the Second Phase Option Confirmation notice and the new self-financing-college seat matrix order. State authorities extend and revise deadlines at short notice, sometimes with only a few hours' warning, so treat this page as a starting point and confirm the current date on the official portal before you pay any fee. Orchid Education Foundation is an independent admission guidance firm. We are not an agent of any counselling authority, we cannot influence any allotment, and no seat in India can be obtained without a valid NEET UG 2026 score. This page was rechecked again 12 September 2026, including against a reported update of a same-day Second Phase Provisional Allotment grievance deadline, which we could not verify against a dated official notice and have flagged as provisional throughout this page. This page was rechecked 15 September 2026 against a same-day update reporting that Kerala's Round 2 (Second Phase) UG Medical joining has started today.
Questions Parents Ask Us
7 October 2026, 10:00 AM, on cee.kerala.gov.in. Fresh option registration is mandatory for every candidate who wants to be considered in the Third Phase, including those who already have an allotment or admission. The provisional allotment is published on 8 October 2026 and the final allotment on 9 October 2026.
Yes. A same-day update reports that Kerala’s Round 2 (Second Phase) joining for UG Medical courses started today, 15 September 2026. This follows directly from this page’s confirmed Second Phase timeline: online option confirmation closed 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM, and the Second Phase grievance window closed 12 September 2026, 1:00 PM — joining beginning today is the expected next step in that sequence. If you hold a Round 2 allotment, report to your allotted college today with your allotment memo, fee receipt and original documents, and confirm the exact joining closing date and time directly at cee.kerala.gov.in or with the college, since this update is not framed as a dated, numbered official notice.
We cannot confirm this against a dated official CEE notice. A counselling update circulating on 12 September 2026 — with no dated notice number and no image of an official order — claims that “Grievance Submission for Second Phase Provisional Allotment Ends Today 12.09.2026 (1:00 PM).” This is structurally consistent with this page's confirmed Second Phase timeline: online option confirmation closed 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM, and a Second Phase Provisional Allotment followed by a short grievance window is the plausible next step in that sequence, which strengthens the claim's plausibility. But a counselling update is not a substitute for a dated official notice, and we have not been able to verify a notice number, issuing authority reference, or exact wording on cee.kerala.gov.in. If you have a Second Phase allotment, verify the grievance deadline directly on cee.kerala.gov.in or by calling CEE before 1:00 PM today, 12 September 2026, rather than relying on this update alone.
The Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations has commenced Second Phase allotment activities for MBBS/BDS, covering State Quota seats in Government Colleges and seats in self-financing colleges. Online option confirmation is mandatory if you want your higher-order options considered in this phase, and it is also mandatory if you received no allotment at all in the First Phase — log in at www.cee.kerala.gov.in and click ‘confirm’ on the home page; you can rearrange or delete unwanted options at the same time, till 11 September 2026, 10:00 AM. If you already have a First Phase admission and do not confirm, you simply keep that admission — confirmation is only needed to be considered for something better in Second Phase. Admitted candidates who wish to vacate their First Phase seat can do so on or before 10 September 2026, 5:00 PM, but doing so removes them from every further round of centralised allotment.
No, and this catches out more out-of-state candidates than any other rule in the country. Kerala has no standalone medical counselling application. MBBS, BDS and AYUSH admission runs entirely through the KEAM application — the same application used for engineering, architecture and pharmacy. If you did not submit a KEAM application, your NEET UG 2026 score cannot be used in Kerala, however high it is.
CEE reopened applications for Medical and Medical Allied courses. Candidates who had not applied under KEAM 2026 could file a fresh application; candidates who had already applied for engineering, architecture or pharmacy could simply add Medical and Allied courses to the existing application. That window closed at 11:00 AM on 27 July 2026. The medical rank list followed, published 13 August 2026 per CEE's schedule, and the Centralised Allotment Process is now underway — First Phase Provisional Allotment is out 25 August 2026, with Final Allotment due 27 August.
Kerala sorts applicants into three groups. Keralites hold Kerala nativity and compete for everything, including reservation. Non-Keralite Category I (NK-I) covers a narrow set of candidates with a qualifying Kerala connection, such as children of certain central government or defence personnel posted in the state. Non-Keralite Category II (NK-II) is everyone else — and NK-II candidates are restricted to management and NRI quota seats in self-financing colleges. A student from Assam or Manipur with no Kerala connection is NK-II.
Not through Kerala state counselling. Government college seats under the state pool go to Kerala nativity candidates, and reservation categories — the 60% state merit pool, the 30% SEBC block with its community sub-quotas, 8% SC and 2% ST — apply only to Kerala domicile students. The route that is genuinely open to an out-of-state candidate is the 15% All India Quota in Kerala government colleges, which is filled by MCC, not by CEE.
Roughly 5,155 MBBS seats and 2,077 BDS seats across government and private colleges participate in CEE Kerala counselling. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi is the state's only deemed university offering MBBS, and deemed seats are filled through MCC rather than CEE. Seat counts move each year with NMC approvals, so treat these as indicative until CEE publishes the 2026 matrix.
Yes. A notification dated 6 August 2026 opened a separate, mandatory online facility at cee.kerala.gov.in for candidates to submit their NEET (UG)-2026 result details, required to prepare the State rank lists for Medical and Medical Allied courses. This closes 10 August 2026 at 12:00 noon. Candidates who do not submit within this window will not be considered for the rank list under any circumstances, even if their original KEAM application was otherwise complete — there is no later opportunity to submit.
CEE's notification of 15 August 2026 originally opened online option registration the same day, with options closing 20 August. On 20 August 2026, CEE issued a reschedule notice, “as per the revised MCC schedule”: option registration/deletion/re-arrangement was open until 24 August 2026, 11:00 AM. Based on options received by that time, First Phase Provisional Allotment was published 25 August 2026. Any complaint about that Provisional Allotment must be emailed to CEE by 26 August 2026, 6:00 PM, and First Phase Final Allotment is due 27 August 2026. Candidates who receive a seat must remit the fee shown in the allotment memo and take admission between 28 August and 5 September 2026, by 4:00 PM, and colleges submit the admitted list through OAMS by 5 September, 5:00 PM. Candidates whose results were withheld could also register options, but those options were not considered for allotment unless the defect was cleared and the rank released before 3:00 PM on 23 August 2026.
A separate CEE notification, also dated 20 August 2026, opened option registration for the 15% All India Quota seats in self-financing (private) dental colleges, open to candidates irrespective of Kerala domicile. The same notification adds Palakkad Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Palakkad to this phase of allotment for MBBS courses, with a provisional annual fee of ₹8,98,800 for General Category candidates and ₹21,65,720 for NRI Category candidates. This option-registration window followed the same revised schedule: closed 24 August 2026, 11:00 AM. First Phase Provisional Allotment is out 25 August 2026, with Final Allotment due 27 August. Full fee and eligibility detail is in CEE's notification dated 15 August 2026 at cee.kerala.gov.in.
CEE's notification dated 20 August 2026 gives NRI quota applicants a window to verify and rectify document defects. Log into the KEAM 2026-Candidate Portal at cee.kerala.gov.in with your Application Number and Password, open your profile page, and click ‘Memo Details’ to see any defect flagged in your uploaded NRI documents. Rectify it by uploading a valid document through the same portal, before 5:00 PM on 22 August 2026. CEE states explicitly that printouts of documents or certificates sent to its office will not be considered for any reservation or claim — correction is portal-only.
Kerala Has Strict Rules.
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