NEET PG counselling, explained in the order it happens.
Two authorities run at once, the rounds go further than most people expect, and one decision in round 2 can cost the seat you already hold. Here is the whole process, with the numbers from the published results rather than from advice.
Two counsellings, running at the same time
This is the part that catches people out. There is no single queue for PG seats — your rank is being used by two different authorities, on two different portals, with two different deadlines. You may take part in both.
MCC — mcc.nic.in
- 50% All India Quota in state government colleges
- All seats in central universities and central institutes
- All deemed university seats
- ESIC and armed forces seats
No domicile requirement. Any qualified candidate from any state can take part.
Your state authority
- The other 50% of government seats in that state
- Most private medical college seats in that state
- State-specific quotas and reservations
Domicile or state-eligibility rules apply, and they differ from state to state.
We do not publish dates here. MCC and each state release their own schedule every cycle and it shifts. Anything on this site with a date on it comes from the authority’s own notice.
The rounds, in the order they happen
Each round changes what the next one can offer you, so the order matters more than any single round does.
- Register separately for AIQ on mcc.nic.in and for your state on its own portal. They are different accounts, different fees and different deadlines — being registered for one does not register you for the other.
- Fill every college and branch you would genuinely accept, in true order of preference. Allotment walks your list from the top and stops at the first seat your rank reaches.
- Lock your choices before the deadline. An unlocked list is auto-locked as it stands, which is how people end up allotted to a choice they meant to delete.
- If allotted, report to the college within the reporting window with your originals. Miss it and the seat is gone — there is no extension.
Where people lose a seat: Filling a short list. A list of ten choices means ten chances to be allotted; the candidates who go unallotted in round 1 are almost always the ones who filled only the colleges they wanted rather than every college they would accept.
Float or freeze
You hold a seat from round 1 and have to decide whether to chase something better. Everyone will tell you the cut always loosens. Usually it does — and for a real slice of seats it does the opposite, closing at better ranks in later rounds than it did in round 1. Give one of those up and you cannot take it back.
There is no honest way to answer this with an opinion. The only answer is what actually happened, at your rank, in your category — which is what we publish.
See what moved at your rankWhat the published results hold
- PG closing ranks, round by round
- 2,30,484PG closing ranks, round by roundAcross 2,168 colleges and 101 branches.
- Rounds our PG data covers
- R1 – R5Rounds our PG data coversCounselling does not stop after round 2, and the numbers show it.
- PG seats that tightened after round 1
- 2,595PG seats that tightened after round 1Every later round closed at a better rank than round 1 did. Give one of those up and it is gone.
What to have ready
Originals, at reporting. A missing certificate on the day is the most avoidable way to lose an allotted seat, and the reporting window is too short to arrange one.
Category and PwBD certificates must be in the format the authority prescribes. The right document in the wrong format is treated as a missing document.
- NEET PG scorecard and rank letter
- MBBS degree certificate and all mark sheets
- Internship completion certificate
- Permanent or provisional medical registration
- Class 10 certificate, for date of birth
- Category certificate (SC / ST / OBC-NCL / EWS), in the prescribed format
- PwBD certificate from a designated centre, if applicable
- Domicile or state-eligibility proof, for state counselling
- Photo ID, passport photographs, and the allotment letter
Four mistakes that cost people a seat
Registering for only one counselling
AIQ and state quota run in parallel on separate portals. Registering for both is allowed and costs you nothing but the fee — skipping one halves your chances for no reason.
Filling a short choice list
Allotment can only give you a seat you asked for. Every college you would accept belongs on the list, in honest order.
Reading the last round as the widest cut
A final round can close far tighter than round 2, because upgrades free seats to much better ranks. Judging a college by its last round understates what it actually reached.
Missing the reporting window
The allotment is not the seat. Reporting with originals inside the window is the seat, and the deadline does not move.
Tell us your rank. We will tell you where it actually lands.
Send your NEET PG rank and category. We check it against every published round we hold and come back with the seats it genuinely reaches — not a guess.
- Checked against two years of published closing ranks
- AIQ and state counselling handled together
- Fees, stipend and bond resolved into a net cost
- A counsellor replies, not an autoresponder
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