MCC released the Round 1 Provisional Result on 20 August 2026 under Notice No. 11 — but “provisional” is doing real work in that sentence. Candidates have only until 3:59 PM on 21 August to flag a discrepancy, MCC says no one can claim a right over the seat shown yet, and it has told every candidate in writing not to approach their allotted college until the Final Result is out, a date MCC has not yet announced. Every date below, the AIQ closing scores from Round 1, and where this collides with the state deadlines you are already juggling.
Last verified · 21 August 2026 · against MCC Notice No. 11, dated 20 August 2026 (Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC)
The short answer. MCC NEET UG 2026 Round 1 registration and payment ran 5 to 15 August 2026; choice filling and locking closed 18 August. Seat allotment processed 19–20 August, and MCC released the Provisional Result on 20 August under Notice No. 11. That result is not final: the grievance window runs to 3:59 PM on 21 August, and MCC has explicitly told candidates to stay away from their allotted college until the Final Result is declared — no date given yet. Once it is out, reporting is expected to run 22 to 31 August 2026. MCC covers the 15% All India Quota plus 100% of deemed and central universities, AIIMS and JIPMER, for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc Nursing. If you were allotted a seat, see the category and PwBD forms you may need and whether to Freeze or Float. Register only at mcc.nic.in.
Notice No. 11, dated 20 August 2026 (Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC)
The Provisional Result is out. It is not the Final Result, and MCC wants that distinction taken seriously. Choice filling and locking closed 18 August; seat allotment processed 19–20 August; and the Provisional Result for Round 1 was released on 20 August. MCC's own notice is unusually blunt about what that provisional status means: candidates cannot claim any right over the seat shown, the provisional result cannot be challenged before a court of law, and any discrepancy must be raised through the Candidates Grievances and Query Redressal System on the candidate login portal by 3:59 PM on 21 August 2026.
Do not travel to your allotted college yet. MCC's notice explicitly advises candidates to approach the allotted college/institute only after the Final Result is declared — a date MCC has not announced. Once it is, reporting is expected to run 22 to 31 August, per the schedule below. If your rank looks wrong or a seat looks off in the provisional list, that is exactly what the grievance window is for — use it before 21 August rather than waiting to sort it out at the college gate. If you were allotted a seat, category candidates (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS) and PwBD candidates should also check which forms they will need for reporting — and whether they should Freeze or Float.
All timings are server time. MCC has historically enforced these to the minute.
| Stage | Dates | Duration | What you must do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verification of tentative seat matrix | 4 August 2026 (done) | 1 day | Nothing — participating institutes do this |
| Registration and payment | 5 – 15 August 2026 (closed) Registration closed 3:00 PM on 15 Aug (corrected from 2:00 PM) Payment closed 5:00 PM on 15 Aug | 11 days | Register and pay at mcc.nic.in |
| Choice filling | 6 – 18 August 2026 (closed) Extended (Notice No. 10) — closed 11:59 PM on 18 Aug | 13 days | Closed — nothing further to do |
| Choice locking | 5:30 PM 17 Aug – 11:59 PM 18 August 2026 (closed) | — | Closed — nothing further to do |
| Processing of seat allotment | 19 – 20 August 2026 (revised from 18 Aug only) | 2 days | Nothing — MCC processes this internally |
| Provisional Result | 20 August 2026 (Notice No. 11) | 1 day | Check your status; raise any discrepancy by 3:59 PM, 21 Aug |
| Grievance window (provisional result only) | Until 3:59 PM, 21 August 2026 | — | Use Candidates Grievances and Query Redressal System on candidate login |
| Final Result | Not yet announced | — | Wait for this before approaching your allotted college |
| Reporting and joining | 22 – 31 August 2026 (expected, once Final Result is out) | 10 days | Report at the allotted college with originals — not before the Final Result |
| Verification of joined candidate data | 1 September 2026 (pushed back from 26 Aug) | 1 day | Nothing — institutes report to MCC |
Provisional does not mean final. If your name appears against a seat in the 20 August provisional result, treat it as a strong signal, not a confirmed outcome. MCC states it in writing: no right can be claimed over a provisionally allotted seat, and the provisional result itself cannot be challenged in court — only flagged for correction, and only until 3:59 PM on 21 August. If Round 1 does not work out, or your provisional seat changes before the Final Result, Round 2 registration for fresh candidates typically opens shortly after Round 1 reporting closes.
The full NEET UG 2026 admission calendar for All India Quota, deemed and central universities, alongside the state counselling windows they run against.
| Stage | AIQ / Deemed & Central Universities | MCC verifies joined data | State Counselling | State DMEs verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 4 – 20 August 2026 (provisional result; Final Result awaited) | 1 September 2026 | 13 – 22 August 2026 | 29 August 2026 |
| Last date of joining | 31 August 2026 (was 25 Aug) | — | 28 August 2026 | — |
| Round 2 | 24 August – 2 September 2026 (not yet revised by MCC — see note below) | 9 September 2026 | 31 August – 8 September 2026 | 15 September 2026 |
| Last date of joining | 8 September 2026 | — | 14 September 2026 | — |
| Round 3 | 10 – 18 September 2026 | 27 September 2026 | 16 – 26 September 2026 | 2 October 2026 |
| Last date of joining | 26 September 2026 | — | 1 October 2026 | — |
| Stray vacancy round | 28 September – 3 October 2026 | Allotted-candidate data shared by MCC on 3 October 2026 | 3 – 5 October 2026 | — |
| Last date of joining | 10 October 2026 | — | 10 October 2026 | — |
| Academic session begins | 8 September 2026 for all UG courses | |||
Two notes printed on the schedule itself. First, all participating institutes and colleges are directed to treat Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted holidays as working days, given how little time the cycle has left. Do not assume anything pauses for a weekend. Second, state DMEs and state counselling authorities will share joined-candidate data with MCC so duplicate holdings can be weeded out during Round 3 seat processing — which is why holding a seat in two places quietly does not work.
One oddity worth planning around. The academic session for UG courses commences on 8 September 2026, but Round 3 joining runs to 26 September and stray vacancy joining to 10 October. A candidate admitted in a later round joins a class already several weeks old. That is not a reason to gamble on a later round hoping for a better college.
A second oddity, still unresolved. The provisional Round 1 result puts joining at 22–31 August once the Final Result lands, but MCC has not (as of this update) touched the Round 2 dates shown above, which still start with seat matrix verification on 24 August — potentially before Round 1 joining even closes. MCC has revised the Round 1 schedule repeatedly this cycle, so treat the Round 2 dates in this table as provisional and expect a further notice reconciling the two once the Final Result is out. We will update this page the moment MCC posts it.
| Date | MCC | Also happening |
|---|---|---|
| 5 August | Round 1 registration opened | — |
| 6 August | Choice filling opened | State counselling notices began circulating nationally |
| 7 August | Choice filling continued | ZMC Mizoram NRI quota closed |
| 12 August | Registration and choice filling continued under the revised schedule | Gujarat ACPUGMEC closed; CENTAC Puducherry reopened for fresh applications |
| 13 August | MCC Notice No. 08 revised the whole Round 1 schedule | State counselling Round 1 began in most states |
| 14 August | Registration and choice filling continued | CENTAC Puducherry closed again, 5:00 PM |
| 15 August | Registration and payment closed, 3:00–5:00 PM | Independence Day — most state offices closed |
| 17–18 August | Choice locking opened 5:30 PM 17 Aug; filling extended to and closed at 11:59 PM 18 Aug (Notice No. 10) | NEIGRIHMS Shillong MBBS applications closed 17 Aug; Karnataka KEA mock allotment published 17 Aug |
| 19–20 August | Seat allotment processing, then Provisional Result released 20 Aug (Notice No. 11) | Karnataka KEA's real binding Round 1 allotment was due 19 Aug; Uttarakhand Round 1 registration closed 19 Aug, 5 PM |
| 21 August — today | Grievance window on provisional result closes, 3:59 PM. Final Result date not yet announced | Watch mcc.nic.in and your candidate login through the day |
| 22 – 31 August | Reporting and joining (extended from 20–25 Aug) | State Round 1 reporting overlaps in several states; NEIGRIHMS Shillong 1st Counselling is 22 August |
Today, 21 August, is the grievance-window deadline on MCC's provisional result — not the Final Result itself. Treat any name or seat you see in the provisional list as likely, not locked, until MCC confirms it. If you are tracking more than one counselling authority from Guwahati, check each portal separately rather than assuming MCC's provisional-to-final gap means anything for a state deadline — they are on entirely different servers, on entirely different timetables.
Reporting has not opened yet, and MCC has told candidates in writing not to travel until it does. Once the Final Result is declared, MCC's schedule points to a ten-day reporting window, 22 to 31 August — comfortable time from Guwahati to reach a college in Karnataka or Tamil Nadu including document collection, provided you book travel promptly once the Final Result lands rather than waiting. Have your originals in one folder now regardless: Class 10 and 12 certificates, NEET admit card and scorecard, category certificate in MCC's proforma if applicable, and passport photographs — see the full document checklist and downloadable forms.
Seats surrendered by state government medical and dental colleges into the national pool. No domicile bar at all — the single most valuable route for a Northeast candidate with a strong rank, because it puts you in the same queue as everyone else on rank alone.
Every seat in participating deemed universities is filled by MCC. Fees are substantially higher than government colleges, so check the total five-year cost including hostel before you fill a single choice.
Central university seats, AIIMS institutions, and JIPMER at both Puducherry and Karaikal, all through the same MCC process. Rank requirements here are the steepest in the country.
All three courses run through this schedule. If you are weighing BDS seriously as well as MBBS, fill both in one choice list rather than treating them as separate plans.
Once a provisional result is out, the qualifying floor (213 marks) stops mattering and the real number is where each category's last seat closed. Based on OEF's tracking of MCC's AIQ Round 1 provisional data, released 20 August 2026, against the two years before it.
| Category | 2024 AIR / Score | 2025 AIR / Score | 2026 AIR / Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBBS — Round 1 (last cut-off) | |||
| UR | 19,603 / 660 | 21,190 / 534 | 22,342 / 572 |
| EWS | 23,419 / 654 | 25,599 / 528 | 27,179 / 564 |
| OBC | 20,281 / 658 | 21,452 / 534 | 23,075 / 571 |
| SC | 105,676 / 575 | 110,389 / 457 | 104,921 / 489 |
| ST | 145,207 / 544 | 145,625 / 436 | 132,111 / 471 |
| BDS — Round 1 (last cut-off) | |||
| UR | 36,972 / 638 | 38,223 / 513 | 41,017 / 545 |
| EWS | 40,810 / 635 | 48,617 / 503 | 45,421 / 540 |
| OBC | 40,425 / 635 | 41,398 / 510 | 42,260 / 544 |
| SC | 157,801 / 534 | 157,338 / 429 | 153,140 / 458 |
| ST | 210,456 / 496 | 206,111 / 402 | 177,533 / 445 |
Read this as a provisional signal, not a promise. These are last-seat AIR and score figures from the 20 August 2026 provisional result, before the Final Result and before Round 2/3 typically push closing ranks further out. MBBS UR closed at score 572 this year, up from 534 in 2025 but well below 2024's 660 — a reminder that comparing across years only works if you also account for how each year's paper was scored. SC and ST scores fell versus 2025 even as their AIR numbers moved, because more seats were available at those ranks this cycle. Treat this table as a planning reference for Round 2 choice-filling, not as confirmation of your own Round 1 outcome — check your candidate login for that.
What "closing rank" means here — read the fine print. The UR/OBC/EWS rows above are the closing rank at established, sought-after government colleges — roughly the 95th-percentile college, which is how most rank trackers report "closing rank" and the number worth planning around. It is not the single worst seat filled anywhere in the country. We cross-checked MCC's full Round 1 Provisional Seat Allotment data (29,945 rows, exported 21 August 2026, 5:59 PM) ourselves: the true last seat this year went far deeper at a handful of newly-established, less sought-after government medical colleges still filling Round 1 — Open-category MBBS seats went all the way to All India Rank 6,97,663 (Government Medical College, Eluru), OBC to 8,85,241, and EWS to 10,47,558; BDS Open, OBC and EWS all reached similarly deep, past AIR 10,80,000. SC and ST figures in the table above are different — those already are the true, full-range maximum (verified exact match against our cross-check: 104,921 MBBS-SC, 132,111 MBBS-ST, 153,140 BDS-SC, 177,533 BDS-ST), because reserved-category seats this year didn't develop the same long tail. If your AIR is well above the headline UR/OBC/EWS numbers above, don't assume AIQ is closed to you — a government MBBS or BDS seat at one of these newer colleges may still be within reach. Send us your rank and we'll tell you honestly where it stands.
Medical Counselling Committee, Directorate General of Health Services. “Schedule for Online Counseling (Allotment Process) for NEET 15% AIQ and 100% Deemed/Central Universities/AIIMS Institutions/JIPMER (Puducherry & Karaikal) — for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc Nursing Course for the Academic Year 2026”, together with Notice No. 11 (Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC), dated 20 August 2026, announcing the Round 1 Provisional Result and the grievance window closing 3:59 PM, 21 August 2026. Published at mcc.nic.in. AIQ Round 1 closing-rank figures are OEF's own compilation from MCC's published provisional result data, cross-checked against 2024 and 2025 official results; they are not an MCC-issued table. Verify every date and rank on the official portal before you act — MCC revises schedules and results mid-cycle, and it does so without warning.
How to use this page. Every date here was checked against the official counselling authority's own website on 21 August 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 or the accuracy of any provisional result, and no seat in India can be obtained without a valid NEET UG 2026 score.
5 August 2026. Under the latest revision (dated 19 August 2026, File No. U-11011/07/2026-MEC), it closed at 3:00 PM on 15 August 2026 — a correction from the 2:00 PM close stated in the prior revision (Notice No. 08, 13 August). The payment facility stayed open slightly longer, until 5:00 PM on 15 August. Verification of the tentative seat matrix by participating institutes happened a day earlier, on 4 August 2026. That window is now closed.
Under Notice No. 10, posted 17 August 2026, choice filling for Round 1 was extended a full day and closed at 11:59 PM on 18 August 2026, up from the same-day 6:00 PM close. Choice locking opened earlier the same day, from 5:30 PM on 17 August, and ran alongside filling; MCC did not state a separate closing time for locking, so it is treated as having closed when filling closed. Both are now closed and were not reopened by MCC's 19 August update.
The Provisional Result is already out — MCC released it on 20 August 2026 under Notice No. 11 (Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC). It is provisional only: candidates have until 3:59 PM on 21 August 2026 to flag any discrepancy through the Candidates Grievances and Query Redressal System on the candidate login portal. MCC states plainly that no candidate can claim a right over the seat shown in the provisional result, that it cannot be challenged in court, and that candidates should approach their allotted college only after the Final Result is declared — MCC has not yet given a date for that. Reporting or joining at the allotted college is expected to run 22 to 31 August 2026 once the Final Result is out.
The 15% All India Quota in government medical and dental colleges, plus 100% of seats in deemed universities, central universities, AIIMS institutions and JIPMER at Puducherry and Karaikal, for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc Nursing. There is no domicile requirement anywhere in it. For a candidate from Assam, Nagaland, Manipur or anywhere else in the Northeast, this is the one national process where your home state neither helps nor hurts you — only your All India Rank counts.
Yes. MCC and state counselling run on separate calendars, separate portals and separate fees, and MCC registration gives you nothing in your home state. The two overlap heavily in 2026: most state Round 1 windows closed between 13 and 20 August while MCC Round 1 reporting, under the latest revised schedule, now runs 22 to 31 August. Plan for both at once, because the schedule does not give you the option of doing one and then the other.
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