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The Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Uttar Pradesh conducts the UP state counselling for NEET UG at upneet.gov.in. As per the latest update, the authority has released UP NEET 2026 counselling stray round merit list. Eligible candidates can fill choices for stray round UP NEET 2026 counselling till Novmber 12, 2026. A direct link for UP NEET 2026 counselling stray round choice filling is provided below.
UP NEET 2026 Counselling Stray Round Choice Filling Link!
UP NEET 2026 Counselling Stray Round Merit List!
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Candidates qualified for the NEET 2026 are eligible to participate in the counselling for admission under 85% of state quota seats. To participate in the UP counselling of NEET 2026, aspirants have to register for the counselling. The seats under UP NEET UG counselling 2026 are allotted based on the merit list, followed by the document verification process. The UP MBBS counselling is done based on scores obtained by the candidates in the NEET exam.
UP NEET admissions is conducted in a total of four rounds, including a stray vacancy round. During the NEET UP counselling, candidates are required to fill in their preference of colleges in which they wish to get. In that choice-filling session, aspirants can select as many colleges as they want for the UP MBBS/BDS allotment process. On the grounds of the choices filled by the candidate, availability of seats, All India Rank, reservation criteria, and various other factors, admission will be granted by the DGME UP. Candidates can read the article on NEET counselling 2026 for UP state, counselling date, procedures, and other details. Below provided are the previous event's counselling notices and other information.
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The round 2 counselling was deferred until further orders earlier. However, the round 2 revised schedule has been published. Candidates can check the video on UP NEET 2026 counselling round 2 postponement below.
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To avoid missing any major event related to UP NEET UG counselling 2026, aspirants are advised to keep track of the important dates mentioned in the table below.
Events | Dates |
UP NEET counselling 2026 round 1 registration and document upload | August 7 to 12, 2026 |
Deposition of registration fee and security money | August 7 to 12, 2026 |
Round 1 registrations reopen | August 13 to 14, 2026 |
Round 1 registrations re-opened | September 1 to 2, 2026 |
Round 1 UP NEET merit list declaration | September 2, 2026 |
Choice filling and locking | September 2 to 5, 2026 |
Seat allotment result | September 7, 2026 |
Downloading the allotment letter and reporting | September 8 to 14, 2026 |
Event | Date |
UP MBBS counselling 2026 round 2 registration and uploading of documents | September 14 to 17, 2026 |
Release of merit list | September 21, 2026 |
Round 2 choice filling and locking | September 21 to 24, 2026 |
Second round counselling seat allotment result | September 25, 2026 |
Reporting to the allotted institute | September 26 to October 1, 2026 |
Event | Date |
UP NEET round 3 registration | October 26 to 28, 2026 |
Release of merit list | October 28, 2026 |
Round 3 choice filling and locking | October 28 to 31, 2026 |
UP NEET counselling 2026 seat allotment result | November 2, 2026 |
Downloading the allotment letter and reporting | Novembeer 3 to 7, 2026 |
Event | Date |
UP stray vacancy 2026 registration | November 5 to 7, 2026 |
Merit list | November 7, 2026 |
Choice filling and locking | November 7 to 12, 2026 |
Stray vacancy seat allotment result | November 12, 2026 |
Reporting and joining | November 13 to 16, 2026 |
As UP MBBS 2026 counselling is held online, aspirants are required to submit their options online. Aspirants will be required to log in to the same portal where they have filled UP NEET application form 2026. Steps on how to participate in UP NEET counselling 2026 are mentioned below.
Aspirants need to log in with their credentials, such as roll number and password of NEET 2026 that they created while registering. A list of colleges will then be displayed on the screen after the successful login. Candidates will have to pay Rs 2000 as registration fee.
From the list of colleges, aspirants must choose the colleges they wish to get into. Candidates can choose any number of colleges. The institutes which are already selected can be deleted and interchanged. Aspirants must save the choices after the selection.
After the choice filling, aspirants are required to lock their choice for the final submission before the UP MBBS 2026 counselling. Candidates should know that the choices locked cannot be changed again, therefore, they are advised to mark their options carefully.
Based on the choices made by the aspirants during UPDGME UG counselling 2026, rank, seats available, reservation, and other factors, the authority will conduct the seat allotment. Candidates who will be allotted seats will be required to report to the allotted college before the stipulated period along with the required documents.
Each candidate will have to pay security money in online mode. It is to be noted that the security money will be returned to the aspirants after the completion of the UP NEET 2026 admission procedure. Any candidate who wishes to appear for counselling meant only for government colleges will be required to pay a sum of Rs. 30,000.
On the other hand, an aspirant who wishes to appear for counselling for admission to private medical colleges will be required to pay a sum of Rs 2,00,000. In case an aspirant wants to participate in the counselling for both government and private colleges, they have to pay a sum of Rs 2,00,000. If the candidate fails to report to the college where the candidate has been allotted a seat or withdraws from admission after the conclusion of the UP MBBS 2026 admission procedure, the security money submitted by the candidate will be seized.
Applicants included in the NEET merit list of UP state must appear at the specified location to authenticate their documents. The schedule for document verification is issued shortly after the UP MBBS admission merit lists are published. If a candidate fails to present any of the stipulated documents, they will be ineligible for the subsequent admission procedures. The list of documents required for the verification during UP state NEET counselling are mentioned below.
Type of Reservation | Categories | Seat Reservation |
Vertical Reservation | Scheduled Caste (SC) | 21% |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 2% | |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 27% | |
Horizontal Reservation | Freedom Fighters | 2% |
Ex-servicemen | 2% | |
Physically Disabled | 5% | |
Women Candidates | 20% | |
NCC | 1% |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET), Lucknow conducts the counselling for admission in UP MBBS/BDS courses.
There are a total of 6428 MBBS and 2251 BDS seats offered by the authorities in admission to 32 medical and 23 dental colleges.
Candidates included in the merit list of UP MBBS will be eligible for document verification.
UP MBBS counselling is conducted in three rounds followed by a stray vacancy round.
Seat allotment for UP MBBS Counselling 2026 is conducted on the basis of choices filled by the candidates in the choice filling session, availability of seats, NEET 2026 All India Rank, reservation criteria and various other factors.
On Question asked by student community
Hi Asta,
NEET Chapter wise pyqs for Class 11 and 12th you can check from the below link.
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-pyq-chapterwise
Hope it works.
Hello Students,
For the NEET UG 2026 Question Paper PDF with Answer Key and Solutions, refer to the article below:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-previous-year-question-paper-with-solution
Hello Student,
You can check the resource provided below:
Download NEET Previous 10 Years Question Papers with Solutions PDF
You can also check the NEET 2026 question paper with solutions
Hope this helps!
Hello Chetan,
Here are the links you asked for. I hope they serve your purpose.
Hello Suma,
Here are the links you asked for. I hope they serve your purpose.
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