The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released the counselling schedule for NEET PG 2025 admissions for both All India Quota (AIQ) and state quota seats, while also notifying the final seat position for postgraduate broad speciality courses for the academic year 2025-26.
As per the public notice issued by the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of NMC, NEET PG counselling for the 2025 academic session will be conducted in multiple rounds – round 1, round 2, round 3 and a stray vacancy round, for both AIQ and state quota seats.
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State counselling bodies have been directed to strictly adhere to the counselling schedule notified by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to ensure uniformity and avoid overlap between AIQ and state quota counselling.
According to the schedule, the first round of counselling has already been conducted between October and November 2025, followed by the second round in December.
Round 3 counselling is scheduled to continue till January 2026, with the stray vacancy round to conclude by the end of January 2026. The last date for joining allotted seats under all rounds has been fixed as January 31, 2026, while the academic session for PG courses commenced on December 22, 2025.
The NMC has also clarified that Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted holidays will be treated as working days to ensure timely completion of the counselling process.
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Alongside the counselling schedule, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of NMC has released the final seat matrix for post-graduate broad speciality courses for the academic year 2025-26. The seat matrix reflects the number of PG seats available across medical colleges and institutions as on December 8, 2025, including seats approved on or before that date under the purview of the NMC.
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Medical colleges and institutions have been asked to verify the seat details displayed against their names and report any discrepancies to the MARB within 15 days of the notice. The NMC has warned that failure to report discrepancies within the stipulated time could affect the updating of student admission details on the NMC admission portal.
Students have been advised to regularly check the official MCC and NMC websites for updates related to seat allotment, joining deadlines and further counselling instructions.
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