NEET UG 2026: MCC opens a special stray round for MBBS seats, register by 3 pm on 4 November

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services has added more rounds to NEET UG counselling 2026. A schedule issued on 30 October 2026 sets out a special stray vacancy round for MBBS, run alongside a fifth round for BDS and B.Sc nursing seats. MCC's regular stray round result came out on 20 October, so this is a further chance at MBBS seats that are still empty.

Special stray round for MBBS, round 5 for BDS and B.Sc nursing

Step	Date
Registration	2 to 4 November 2026, until 3 pm on 4 November
Fee payment	10 am on 2 November to 6 pm on 4 November
Choice filling	2 November to 11 am on 5 November
Choice locking	4 pm on 4 November to 11 am on 5 November
Seat allotment processing	5 and 6 November
Result	7 November 2026
Reporting at the allotted college	7 to 16 November 2026, until 5 pm

All times follow MCC's server clock. The window is short: three days to register and pay, and four days to fill choices.

Round 6 for BDS and B.Sc nursing

Step	Date
Registration	17 to 19 November 2026, until 3 pm on 18 November
Fee payment	10 am on 17 November to 6 pm on 19 November
Choice filling	17 November to 9 am on 19 November
Choice locking	4 pm on 18 November to 9 am on 19 November
Seat allotment processing	19 November 2026
Result	20 November 2026
Reporting	21 to 28 November 2026, until 5 pm

The schedule is a timetable only. It does not restate who may join the round or what deposit applies, so read the round's notices on mcc.nic.in before you pay. If you already hold a seat from an earlier round, check how taking part affects it before you register.

Also on MCC's calendar: NEET PG round 2

For postgraduates, MCC's PG counselling schedule puts round 2 registration from 6 November to 12 noon on 11 November, choice filling from 7 November to 10 am on 12 November, the result on 14 November and joining from 16 to 23 November.

What to do now: if you still want an MBBS, BDS or nursing seat through the all-India quota, register and pay before 3 pm on Wednesday, 4 November, and lock your choices before 11 am on 5 November. List only colleges you will actually join. More on the rounds and the Gujarat state quota is in our MBBS admission 2026 guide.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Medical Counselling Committee, DGHS: its schedule of 30 October 2026 for the NEET UG 2026 special stray vacancy round for MBBS and rounds 5 and 6 for BDS and B.Sc nursing, and its PG counselling 2026 schedule. Official portal: mcc.nic.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.