Tamil Nadu MBBS & BDS Counselling 2026 —
Round 3 Schedule Out: Register by 30 September, 5 PM

Yes, if you resign before the official last date. Notification No.29/SCS1(1)/2026 opened the resignation portal on 28 September 2026 for candidates who joined in Round 1 and kept the seat in Round 2, or joined in Round 2. Resigning before the stipulated date is a free exit with no fees forfeited. Resigning after it means losing the security deposit and tuition fee already paid, plus a discontinuation fee under the prospectus. The last date will be announced by the Selection Committee.

Registration and payment (if not already paid) runs 28 September 2026, 10 AM to 30 September, 5 PM. Choice filling and locking runs 1 October, 2 PM to 9 October, 5 PM. The result is published on 12 October, the provisional allotment order can be downloaded until 14 October noon, and the last date of joining is 14 October 2026, 5 PM. The 7.5% Government School quota follows the same dates. Government Quota ranks GR 001 to 35926 and Management Quota ranks GR 001 to 26956 are called. Check tnmedicalselection.net, as the Selection Committee calls the schedule tentative.

No. Per Notification No.30/SCS1(1)/2026, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education & Research, Kilpauk, Chennai-10, dated 25.09.2026, the Tamil Nadu Medical Selection Committee received multiple complaints that certain Self-financing Medical and Dental and State Private University colleges were demanding upfront fee payment from SC, SCA, ST and SCC candidates eligible for the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme. Under directions already issued in G.O.(Ms) No.92, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, dated 19.11.2012, and a further letter No.L1/15038/DADW/2025, dated 12.09.2026, from the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department, SC, SCA, ST and SCC candidates belonging to the State of Tamil Nadu whose parents' annual income is less than Rs.2.50 lakh are exempted from upfront payment of Tuition fees, Development fees and other non-refundable fees fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee. This is a statutory fee exemption under a government scheme, not a college-granted discount. All such colleges are instructed to admit eligible candidates and permit them to join the course without insisting on upfront payment of these fees, and to process the Post Matric Scholarship claim within the prescribed time — Government reimbursement follows admission and cannot be made a pre-condition for it. If a college is demanding upfront fees from an otherwise-eligible candidate, verify current eligibility criteria directly on the Selection Committee's own admission portal (tnmedicalselection.net) or with the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department.

Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore is a deemed/private institution admitting through Tamil Nadu's Government and Management Quota (including NRI) seats, but candidates allotted there must also complete CMC Vellore's own on-campus registration on top of the state counselling steps covered elsewhere on this page. Per an Office of the Registrar, CMC Vellore document titled “Instructions for Candidates Allotted to CMC Vellore for MBBS Course - 2026 (Round 2)” (updated 18 September 2026), candidates downloaded their allotment order at CMC Vellore on a fixed schedule — 15 to 18 September 2026, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day, and 19 September 2026, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Candidates must first order the allotment letter from the Tamil Nadu Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai, with three passport-size photographs; registering at CMC Vellore is not a claim on any earlier admission-check-up slot, so all steps must be followed strictly in order to keep the fresh-candidate morning registration on schedule. Admission is subject to producing the “Eligibility” certificate from The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai — if it has not been received or applied for by the time of the medical checkup, the candidate must instead produce a Transfer Certificate and Migration Certificate from the university where they passed their qualifying (10+2) examination, and must apply for the Eligibility certificate immediately after admission. The medical checkup itself runs at the Community Health and Development (CHAD) office, first floor, on the Bagayam campus, and candidates are asked to fill an online registration form before the checkup to save waiting time — the notice's own link for that form was not legible in the copy supplied to us, so check CMC Vellore's official website or portal directly for the correct URL rather than guessing it. E-learning candidates report to Room No.1, School of Nursing, Arni Road, Vellore – 632 001 for eye examination, then to the Registrar's Office, 2nd Floor, Christian Medical Complex, Vellore – 632 002, carrying original documents starting with the downloaded allotment order; the source document's checklist of required originals was cut off after this first item, so treat it as a partial list and confirm the complete document checklist with CMC Vellore's own registrar-office instructions or portal before you travel. This is a supplement to, not a replacement for, the general Tamil Nadu counselling process described on the rest of this page.

Yes, per a report reaching us on 16 September 2026. The Selection Committee has published a Round 2 Revised Provisional Allotted Candidate List, dated 15.09.2026, for the 92.5% Government Quota category — the main, general Government Quota seats, as distinct from the 7.5% Government Quota Seat Reservation category (covered separately elsewhere on this page) and from Management Quota. The source is tnmedicalselection.net/news/15092026073114.pdf. This is the first mention on this page of a 92.5% Government Quota provisional list; while the word “Revised” suggests an earlier version existed for this category, we have not been supplied with one and do not assume it. We do not reproduce any individual candidate's rank, application number, name, community, marks or allotted institute from this document — check your own status directly on tnmedicalselection.net.

Yes. The Selection Committee published a Round 2 Provisional Allotted Candidate List, dated 15 September 2026, specifically for the Government 7.5% Seat Reservation Quota (MBBS/BDS, 2026-2027 session) — the direct next step after choice filling and locking for this same category closed on 13 September. The list runs to 56 pages on tnmedicalselection.net and shows statuses such as “Retained” where an earlier allotment has carried forward. We do not reproduce any individual candidate's rank, application number, name, community, marks or allotted institute from this list here — check your own status directly on tnmedicalselection.net.

A counselling update reaching us on 13 September 2026 says Round 2 choice filling and locking closes today at 2:00 PM — the same closing day already shown in the Selection Committee's Tentative Round-II schedule — broken out by candidate group: Management Quota, GR 001 to GR 26956; Government Quota's 7.5% Seat Reservation, GR 001 to GR 3625; and general Government Quota, GR 001 to GR 35926. We have not located a Selection Committee notification number confirming this specific 2 PM time and group breakdown, so while the closing day matches our already-tracked 9–13 September window, treat the exact time and group ranges as provisional until you see them on tnmedicalselection.net.

The Selection Committee has published a Tentative Round-II Counselling Schedule (Re-Allotment/Allotment, 2026-2027 session) covering Government Medical & Dental Colleges, ESIC Medical College K.K. Nagar, and Government & Management Quota (including NRI) seats in self-financing medical colleges (including Christian Medical College, Vellore), dental colleges, state private universities and Wards of IRT candidates. Registration and payment (for those who have not already paid) runs 7–8 September 2026; choice filling and locking runs 9–13 September 2026; virtual vacancies are processed 9 September; seat allotment is processed 14 September; the result publishes 15 September; the provisional allotment order can be downloaded 15–18 September (3 PM); and the last date of joining is 18 September 2026 (5 PM). The schedule is explicitly marked tentative by the Selection Committee itself, and we have not yet located a notification number or issue date printed on this document, so confirm every date on tnmedicalselection.net before you act on it.

Yes, twice. Notification No.17/SCS1(1)/2026, dated 18 August 2026, first extended Round 1 registration, choice filling and choice locking together to 5:00 PM on 20 August 2026, following MCC's own extension of All India Quota counselling under Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC, dated 17 August 2026. Then Notification No.20/SCS1(1)/2026, dated 20 August 2026, revised the schedule again citing MCC's revised UG State Schedule of 19 August 2026, and pushed registering, filling and locking choices to 5:00 PM on 24 August 2026. Seat allotment now processes 25 and 26 August, and the result — originally scheduled for 21 August before these extensions — now publishes 27 August; allotment orders can be downloaded 27 August to 5 September (12:00 noon), and the last date to report for Round 1 is 5 September 2026, 5:00 PM.

The Selection Committee under the Directorate of Medical Education opened online registration on 29 June 2026 at tnmedicalselection.net. By 17 July more than 41,000 completed applications had been received, and the registration window has since closed. Provisional rank lists followed on 12 August, Round 1 choice filling and locking closed on 24 August after two extensions, and the seat allotment result — originally due 21 August — is now postponed to 27 August. See the extension notice above for the full current schedule.

Because it runs three parallel selection streams and each needs its own merit order: a Government Quota list, a Management Quota list, and a list for the 7.5% reservation for students who studied in Tamil Nadu government schools. A candidate can appear on more than one list. Check which list carries your name before you plan your choices — families regularly track the wrong one.

Tamil Nadu reserves 7.5% of MBBS and BDS seats for candidates who studied in Tamil Nadu government schools and qualified NEET. It is a state-specific horizontal reservation with its own eligibility documentation and its own rank list. It is not available to candidates schooled outside Tamil Nadu, and it is not related to caste category.

For the government quota, no — those seats go to Tamil Nadu candidates meeting the state's eligibility and nativity conditions. The management quota rank list is the route that is open to out-of-state candidates in private medical and dental colleges, and there is also the 15% All India Quota in Tamil Nadu government colleges, filled by MCC. Tamil Nadu's private colleges are well regarded and heavily subscribed, so budget and rank realism both matter here.

tnmedicalselection.net is the operative portal, with tnhealth.tn.gov.in carrying departmental notices. Rank lists are published as downloadable PDFs. The Selection Committee has historically issued round schedules at short notice — in 2024 the gap between the provisional rank list and the start of choice filling was two days — so once the rank list appears, check the portal daily.

No. Notification No.10/SCS1(1)/2026, dated 3 August 2026, confirms Tamil Nadu is retaining its existing state counselling policy for 2026-27 — the Freeze/Float categorisation, online Float verification and digital seat-surrender workflow are changes to MCC's own All India Quota process, not to Tamil Nadu's state counselling. Government Quota, Management Quota, Minority and NRI admissions continue under G.O.(D) No.667 and G.O.(D) No.695 and the published State Prospectus.