MBBS and BDS admission counselling to begin on July 21

MBBS and BDS admission counselling to begin on July 21 

SCHEDULE RELEASED

TIMES NEWS NETWORK  13.07.2025

Chennai : Counselling for MBBS/BDS admissions by the Union govt’s medical counselling committee attached to the DGHS will begin at noon on July 21. Classes for the 2025 batch of undergraduate medical and dental courses will start on Sept 1. The schedule for online counselling for NEET-UG qualified students for admissions to MBBS/BDS and nursing courses was released by the committee on Saturday. 

The committee will allot students seats in all central institutions, deemed universities, and 15% of all India quota seats in state run medical colleges. Candidates can start choice filling and lock them between July 22 and 11.55pm on July 28. The committee will start processing seat allotment from July 29 and announce the results from July 31. Students must report to the allotted colleges for joining formalities between Aug 1 and 6. 

The process for round two will be held between Aug 12, and the last date for students to join the allotted colleges will be Aug 29. Registration for the third round of counselling will begin on Sept 3, and the last date for reporting will be Sept 18. Registrations for the stray vacancy rounds will begin on Sept 22, and students must report to colleges by Oct. Meanwhile, the tentative dates allotted to the state selection committee for the first round of counselling for admission to state quota seats in govt colleges, self-financing medical colleges, and private universities is July 30, and the last date for joining medical colleges allotted will be Aug 12. Round 2 of state counselling will begin on Aug 19, and students must join allotted colleges by Sept 4. The third round of counselling will begin by Sept 9. . 

The state selection committee received 72,743 applications for UG admissions this year compared to 43,063 in 2024.Tamil Nadu has an annual admission capacity of 11,700 MBBS seats, with 5,050 seats in govt medical colleges. There are 22 self-financing private medical colleges, four private universities, and 13 deemed-tobe universities.