The NEET UG 2026 Admission Process runs from result declaration through counselling to final reporting at your allotted college. Here is the complete step-by-step flow for MBBS, BDS and AYUSH seats.
Step-by-Step Admission Flow
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Result & Scorecard
NTA declares the result; download your scorecard and note your AIR and category rank.
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Choose the right counselling
AIQ (MCC) for 15% + central institutes, your state authority for 85% state quota, AACCC for AYUSH.
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Register & pay fee
Register on the official counselling portal and pay the registration/security fee.
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Choice filling & locking
Add and order your preferred colleges/courses, then lock choices before the deadline.
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Seat allotment
Seats are allotted by rank, category and choices; a result PDF is published.
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Reporting & verification
Report to the allotted college with original documents and pay the admission fee.
Counselling Types
Frequently Asked Questions — Admission
NEET 2026 AIQ (All India Quota) Counselling is expected to begin in August 2026, roughly 2–3 weeks after the result is declared. It is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) at mcc.nic.in. The process is: Registration → Fee Payment → Choice Filling → Seat Allotment → Reporting. State Quota counselling is conducted separately by each State Medical Authority, and AYUSH counselling is held at aaccc.gov.in.
For NEET UG 2026, the minimum age is 17 years as on 31 December 2026. There is currently no upper age limit (following the Supreme Court order), and there is no cap on the number of attempts. Eligibility requires passing Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology as compulsory subjects, with a minimum of 50% marks for General and 40% for SC/ST/OBC candidates.
Your NEET marks are your raw score out of 720, while your percentile shows the percentage of candidates who scored equal to or below you. For example, the 50th percentile means you scored better than about half of all candidates. NTA fixes the qualifying cutoff as a percentile every year, and then converts it to the equivalent marks based on that year’s candidate performance, which is why the cutoff marks change annually even though the percentile stays fixed.