MCC Seat Matrix for NEET UG 2026 Round 1 (MBBS & BDS): What the Notice Means for You

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), which runs All India Quota (AIQ) admissions for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc Nursing, has published the Tentative/Provisional Seat Matrix for NEET UG 2026 Round 1 on mcc.nic.in. This notice, dated 05.08.2026, is addressed to every participating college — AIQ seats in state government colleges, Central Universities, Deemed Universities, all AIIMS institutes, and JIPMER — asking them to check that the seat numbers shown against their name are correct. The seat matrix itself, attached as a long annexure, lists every college, the course (MBBS or BDS), the quota category, the college's total sanctioned intake, and the number of seats actually on offer in this AIQ round. This is not an admission result or a new announcement of extra seats — it is the working document that will decide what appears in your choice list when choice filling opens.

What MCC Has Actually Announced

MCC asked all participating institutes — AIQ seats in state medical/dental colleges, Central Universities, Deemed Universities, every AIIMS, and JIPMER (Puducherry & Karaikal) — to verify the correctness of the Tentative/Provisional seat matrix displayed on www.mcc.nic.in.

Colleges had to confirm correctness by email to mccundergraduate@gmail.com before 4:00 P.M. on 05.08.2026 (the same day the notice was posted). Colleges were told to use their College Login User ID to locate their own listing.

If a college did not respond by the deadline, MCC will treat the displayed seat matrix as correct by default. Once that happens, choice filling by candidates commences, and MCC has stated it will not be responsible for any discrepancy reported after this point.

Why a College-Facing Notice Matters to You as a Candidate

This notice is technically an instruction to colleges, not to candidates — but the outcome of this exercise directly decides what you can choose. The seat matrix is the master list from which MCC's choice-filling software populates every candidate's options. If a college's seat count is wrong and does not get corrected in time, that error can carry through into the counselling round.

In short: this is the moment the seat numbers for Round 1 get 'frozen'. After this verification window, the numbers you see on the MCC website are what you should plan around.

How to Read the Seat Matrix

The attached matrix (21 pages for MBBS, 3 pages for BDS, plus a short B.Sc Nursing list) is organised by State, then College, then Quota. Two numbers matter for every row:

'TotalSeat' is the college's total sanctioned intake for that course. 'Seats' is the actual number of seats available in this specific quota category for NEET UG 2026 Round 1 AIQ counselling. For a government medical college, 'Seats' is usually the 15% All India Quota share carved out of the total intake; for a fully central institute (like an AIIMS) or a deemed university, the whole intake (or a large chunk of it) is itself an AIQ category.

• All India Quota / 'All India' — the 15% share that every state government medical/dental college must contribute to the national counselling pool.
• Open Seat Quota — used for AIIMS, JIPMER and similar central institutes; here almost all (often 100%) of the intake is filled through AIQ counselling, not by any state.
• Non-Resident Indian (NRI) — a small set of seats in deemed/private universities reserved for NRI candidates, filled through the AIQ counselling fee/process.
• Self-Financed Merit Seat — the general-category AIQ share in deemed/private universities, usually the largest block in such colleges.
• Institution-specific quotas — Delhi University Quota, IP University Quota, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Quota, Muslim Minority Quota, Jain Minority Quota, Jamia Internal/Muslim OBC/Muslim ST/Muslim Women quotas, Delhi NCR Children/Widows of Armed Forces Personnel (CW) Quota, and Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Quota — each has its own eligibility rules tied to the institution's minority or founding status; only candidates who satisfy that specific eligibility can choose these.

A Sample of What the Matrix Looks Like

The full matrix runs into hundreds of rows across every state. Here is a small cross-section showing how different institutions and quota types appear, to help you locate your own target colleges correctly.

MBBS, BDS — and B.Sc Nursing Too

The same notice and the same verification exercise cover three courses: MBBS, BDS, and B.Sc Nursing. MedAdmit's coverage is limited to MBBS and BDS, so this article focuses on those two lists. If you are also tracking a B.Sc Nursing seat, note that a separate short seat matrix for B.Sc Nursing colleges (currently just a handful of institutes, mostly in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka) was published alongside the MBBS/BDS lists.

For MBBS, the matrix covers government medical colleges' AIQ share, every AIIMS and JIPMER campus under Open Seat Quota, ESIC medical colleges, Central University seats (Delhi University, AMU, Jamia, Pondicherry), and deemed/private universities under NRI and Self-Financed Merit Seat categories. The BDS matrix follows the same structure on a smaller scale.

The Trap: 'Tentative' Does Not Mean Fixed — But It Also Doesn't Mean Open-Ended

Two things can go wrong for candidates who are not careful with this stage of the process.

First, because the matrix is described as tentative/provisional, some students assume the numbers will keep changing throughout Round 1 and don't bother checking closely. In reality, MCC's process is designed to lock the numbers quickly: colleges got only until 4:00 P.M. on the same day the notice was posted to flag errors. After that, silence from a college is treated as confirmation, and choice filling starts on the seat matrix as displayed.

Second, once choice filling opens, MCC states it will not entertain complaints about seat-matrix discrepancies reported after the verification deadline. That means if you are relying on an older or cached version of a college's seat count, or on information from social media/coaching WhatsApp groups rather than the live mcc.nic.in seat matrix, you could end up choice-filling against the wrong seat numbers.

• ⚠️ Always refer to the live, current seat matrix on mcc.nic.in at the time you fill choices — not a screenshot or a forwarded PDF from earlier.
• ⚠️ A college appearing with a very small 'Seats' number relative to its 'TotalSeat' is normal for All India Quota rows (only 15% of a state college's intake goes to AIQ) — this is not an error to report.
• ⚠️ Deemed/private university seats are split into NRI and Self-Financed Merit Seat rows — check which one you are eligible for before assuming a seat is 'open' to you.

Frequently asked questions

There is nothing to submit or apply for at this stage — this notice is a housekeeping step between MCC and colleges before Round 1 choice filling opens. Use this window to study the seat matrix for your target colleges on mcc.nic.in, understand which quota category you are eligible for, and keep checking the site for the choice-filling schedule once it is announced.