The Commissioner, Medical Education, Bhopal, released a ten-step tentative timetable on 3 August 2026, covering MBBS and BDS Round 1 from registration through to the compulsory upgradation choice at admission. Every date, reproduced exactly, plus who this round actually applies to.
Last verified · 31 July 2026 · against official counselling portals
The short version. The Office of the Commissioner, Medical Education, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, issued a tentative Round 1 schedule on 3 August 2026 for MP State Combined NEET UG Counselling, MBBS and BDS. Online registration at dme.mponline.gov.in runs 5 to 13 August 2026. The state merit list publishes 14 August. Choice filling and locking by MP domicile registered candidates runs 15 to 18 August. The Round 1 allotment result is declared 20 August, and reporting, online resignation and the compulsory upgradation option all run 21 to 27 August 2026. This round is for the state quota; the 15% All India Quota is handled separately by MCC.
As printed in the Commissioner's notice, dated 3 August 2026. The Commissioner's office calls this “tentative,” so treat every date as subject to revision until the portal confirms it.
| S.No. | Event | Duration | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Online registration by eligible qualified NEET UG 2026 candidates, at dme.mponline.gov.in | 5 – 13 August 2026, up to 11:59 PM | 9 |
| 2 | Publication of vacancies | 11 August 2026 | 1 |
| 3 | Invitation of objections against the published vacancies | 12 August 2026, up to 5:00 PM | 1 |
| 4 | Disposal of objections and publication of final vacancies | 13 August 2026 | 1 |
| 5 | Publication of the state merit list of registered candidates | 14 August 2026 | — |
| 6 | Choice filling and locking, by MP domicile registered candidates | 15 – 18 August 2026, up to 11:59 PM | 4 |
| 7 | Allotment result of Round 1 | 20 August 2026 | 1 |
| 8 | Reporting at the allotted medical or dental college, in person, for document verification and admission | 21 – 27 August 2026, up to 6:00 PM | 7 |
| 9 | Online resignation or cancellation of admission, at college level | 21 – 27 August 2026, up to 7:00 PM | |
| 10 | Exercising the upgradation option for Round 2, at the time of admission (compulsory) | 21 – 27 August 2026, up to 11:55 PM |
Do not skip step 10. The notice is explicit: every candidate must exercise the upgradation option, Yes or No, at the time of admission at the college. Your admission slip is only generated after you do this — not before. You can still change your answer through your own candidate login until 27 August, 11:55 PM, but arriving at the college counter without having thought about Yes or No stalls your own paperwork, not the college's.
Look closely at step 6. Registration in step 1 is open to any eligible, qualified NEET UG 2026 candidate. But choice filling and locking — the step that actually decides which college you get — is explicitly restricted to “MP Domicile registered candidates.” That single line tells you what this schedule is really for.
It matches how Madhya Pradesh counselling works overall. The Directorate of Medical Education runs the state quota — roughly 85% of seats in government medical and dental colleges — strictly for MP domicile holders, and it also handles the state-quota, management-quota and NRI-quota seats in the state's private colleges through the same dme.mponline.gov.in portal. The remaining 15% of government college seats are the All India Quota, counselled separately by MCC, open to any candidate regardless of home state.
The honest read for a Northeast India family. If you do not hold Madhya Pradesh domicile, this Round 1 timeline is useful background, not your own action list. Register for MCC's 15% All India Quota in parallel — MCC Round 1 dates → — and if a specific MP private college's management or NRI quota interests you, confirm its exact eligibility with that college directly before assuming it is open to you.
Office of the Commissioner, Medical Education, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. “Tentative Time Schedule, MP State Combined NEET UG Counselling (MBBS/BDS Course)-2026, First Round MBBS & BDS Course.” Dated 03-08-2026, signed by the Director, Medical Education, Madhya Pradesh. Registration portal: dme.mponline.gov.in. Verify every date directly on the portal before you act — the notice itself is labelled tentative and Madhya Pradesh has revised counselling schedules mid-cycle in past years.
How to use this page. Every date here was checked against the official counselling authority's own website on 31 July 2026. 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.
The Office of the Commissioner, Medical Education, Bhopal, issued a tentative Round 1 timetable on 3 August 2026. Online registration runs 5 to 13 August, the state merit list is published on 14 August, choice filling and locking by MP domicile candidates runs 15 to 18 August, and the Round 1 allotment result is declared on 20 August 2026. Reporting, resignation and the upgradation option all run from 21 to 27 August.
At dme.mponline.gov.in, the official portal of the Directorate of Medical Education, Madhya Pradesh. Registration for eligible, qualified NEET UG 2026 candidates opened on 5 August and closes on 13 August 2026, up to 11:59 PM. This is the only channel the Commissioner's notice names — no other website or agent can register you.
When you report to your allotted college between 21 and 27 August 2026, you must actively choose Yes or No on upgradation to Round 2 — the notice states this is compulsory for every candidate. Your admission slip will not even generate until you exercise that option. You can still edit your choice through your candidate login until 27 August, 11:55 PM, but skipping the step entirely stalls your own admission paperwork at the college counter.
The notice specifically labels the choice-filling and locking step as being for “MP Domicile registered candidates,” which matches how Madhya Pradesh counselling works generally: the state runs 85% of government-college seats as a state quota restricted to MP domicile holders, plus the state-quota, management-quota and NRI-quota seats in private colleges through the same DME process. The remaining 15% of government-college seats are the All India Quota, filled separately by MCC with no domicile requirement at all.
Not through the state-quota round this schedule describes — that is reserved for MP domicile holders. Two doors stay open regardless of home state: the 15% All India Quota through MCC, and, in some cases, private-college management or NRI quota seats, which you should confirm college by college rather than assume. If your NEET UG 2026 score is strong, register for MCC in parallel and treat this DME timeline as background information rather than your own action list, unless you hold MP domicile.
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