NEET UG special stray round: MCC lists 1,219 seats, and 920 of the 946 MBBS seats are in deemed universities

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has put out the seat matrix for its special stray vacancy round for MBBS and fifth round for BDS and B.Sc nursing. It lists 1,219 seats. Registration for the round opened on 2 November, and the matrix shows what is actually on offer before choices lock on 5 November.

The 1,219 seats

Course	Seats	Main quotas
MBBS	946	920 deemed university self-financed merit seats, 22 all-India quota, 2 open seat quota, 1 Delhi University quota, 1 NRI
BDS	207	112 all-India quota, 71 NRI, 11 deemed university self-financed merit seats, 4 ESI, 4 open seat quota, 3 IP University quota, 1 Delhi University quota, 1 Muslim minority quota
B.Sc nursing	66	36 all-India, 17 NEET UG nursing seats, 13 Delhi NCR and IP University seats, some of them children of employees quotas

The figures are CareerBox's count of the rows in MCC's matrix; the document's own total is 1,219.

Most MBBS seats are at deemed universities

Of the 920 deemed university MBBS seats, 686 are in Tamil Nadu and 186 in Puducherry. Karnataka has 25, Maharashtra 10 and Telangana 4. Only 22 MBBS seats are in the all-India quota of government and other colleges. Almost all MBBS seats, 927 of 946, are open category seats. The matrix does not show fees, so check each deemed university's fee and bond terms on its own website before you list it.

Gujarat seats in the matrix

• GMERS Medical College, Godhra (Panchmahal): 1 MBBS, all-India quota, SC.
• SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara: 3 MBBS, deemed university, open.
• Government Dental College and Hospital, Ahmedabad and Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar: 1 BDS each, all-India quota, SC with disability.

Gujarat's own state quota seats are filled separately by the state admission committee in its own special stray round.

Two seats added on 2 November

In Notice 19 dated 2 November 2026, MCC said two MBBS seats had been added for choice filling: an NRI quota seat at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, and an OBC disability quota seat at Stanley Medical College, Chennai. Both appear in the matrix.

Dates

Step	Date
Registration	Until 3 pm on 4 November 2026
Fee payment	Until 6 pm on 4 November
Choice filling and locking	Until 11 am on 5 November (locking opens at 4 pm on 4 November)
Result	7 November 2026
Reporting at the college	7 to 16 November 2026, until 5 pm

These are from MCC's schedule of 30 October. Its schedule for states, dated 2 November, says MCC will share the list of all-India allottees with states on 7 November so they can be removed from state lists, and that state special rounds run from 3 to 7 November with joining by 16 November.

What to do now: open the matrix, find the seats your category and quota can claim, and fill only colleges you can afford and will join, since MCC's matrix lists seats, not fees. Register and pay before the 4 November deadlines and lock your choices before 11 am on 5 November. More on how the rounds work is in our MBBS admission 2026 guide.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Medical Counselling Committee, DGHS: its seat matrix and Notice 19 of 2 November 2026 for the NEET UG 2026 special stray vacancy round for MBBS and round 5 for BDS and B.Sc nursing, its schedule of 30 October 2026 and its state schedule of 2 November 2026. Official portal: mcc.nic.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.