AYUSH 2026 Counselling: Registration, Seat Allotment, and Counselling Process

 

Particulars	Details
NEET Result 2026	Jun 2026
AYUSH UG courses	BAMS, BHMS, BNYS, BUMS & BSMS
Total AYUSH seats	52,720
Total AYUSH colleges	914 BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, BSMS, and BNYS colleges
Counselling authority	AYUSH Admission Central Counselling Committee (AACCC)
Official website	aaccc.gov.in

 

The authority will release the eligibility criteria for AYUSH counselling 2026 online. Candidates who fulfil the minimum criteria will be eligible to participate in the allotment process. AYUSH eligibility criteria are provided below.

• Passed 10+2 or equivalent from a recognized board.
• NEET Qualified.
• For the BPharmacy (Ayurveda) degree programme, candidates must obtain 50 percentile (40 percentile for SC, ST and OBC) in NEET.
• Candidates with benchmark disabilities, minimum marks in NEET should be 45th percentile for GEN and 40th percentile for SC, ST, and OBC.

AYUSH counselling 2026 shall be conducted in three rounds. To participate in the counselling process, candidates need to complete the registration process. AYUSH counselling process includes registration, filling the choice of course and college, seat allotment, and reporting got allotted college to complete the admission formalities.

Ayush Counselling 2026: Application Form

The authority will release the AYUSH 2026 counselling form online. Candidates need to complete the registration at AACCC website to participate in the counselling process. To register, they will have to provide necessary information such as name, date of birth, mobile number, email ID and NEET roll number. After completing the registration process, they will have to log in using their NEET 2026 roll number and the new password and complete the application form. They will have to pay non refundable ayush counselling fee and refundable security money to submit the application form. Both kinds of fees have to be submitted online. 

The whole process of the NEET AYUSH counselling 2026 can be understood through the graphics given below:

Ayush Counselling Fee 2026

Candidates have to pay the AYUSH counselling fee to complete the registration. General category students need to pay a 1,000 non refundable ayush counselling fee, while for SC/ST category, the fee is 500. The fee details have been provided below:

Type of Fee	Type of Institute	Category	Fee (in INR)
Registration fee (non-refundable)	Government/Government aided	Gen/OBC	1,000
		SC/ST/PwD	500
	Private Colleges/Deemed Universities	All categories	5,000
Security money (refundable)	Government/Government aided		10,000
	Private Colleges/Deemed Universities		50,000

Ayush 2026 Counselling: Choice Filling

After completing the form filling and depositing the security fee, candidates will have to fill out their choices in a Preference Form. They will have to provide the course-college options that they would like to apply for. There is no limit on the number of choices that a candidate can fill in the preference form. However, candidates are advised to go through the fee structure of the college and the curriculum of the course that they intend to apply for.

No filling in the choices will lead to the disqualification of the said candidate from the AYUSH counselling process. Also, candidates must lock the choices that they have filled before the last date to ensure that they have filled the correct options.

Ayush 2026 Seat Allotment

AACCC will prepare the seat allotment list for various courses based on the choices filled by the candidates and their ranks in NEET 2026. Selected candidates will again have to choose whether they want to continue with the seat allotted to them or not. For this, they will have to log in to the registered accounts on the website of AACCC and choose their option.

Candidates who register for the counselling of AYUSH UG courses online will be eligible to participate in the first round of counselling. Selected candidates will have to choose whether they want to continue with the seat allotted to them or opt for upgradation. The options available for such candidates are:

Option 1: Candidate chooses to continue with the seat allotted and does not wish to participate in the next round of counselling

Option 2: Candidate chooses to continue with the seat allotted but wishes to upgrade in the next round

Option 3: Candidate chooses to resign from the seat allotted, but wants to participate in the next round

Option 4: Candidate chooses to resign from the seat allotted and wants to exit the counselling process

Candidates who have chosen option 2 or 3 will have to fill in the choices for the next round. Candidates who have chosen option 1 will have to report to the allotted institute before the last date. Failing to report before the allotted time will lead to the cancellation of their admission. They will also not be eligible to participate in the next rounds.

Seats left vacant after the second round of AYUSH counselling:

Government/Government-aided seats left vacant after the second round will be transferred to the respective states. They will become a part of the seat matrix for the counselling of the respective state.

Private/National/Deemed seats will be filled by conducting a mop-up round. Fresh registrations will be accepted for this round. If any seats are left vacant after the mop-up round, these will be transferred to the respective institute for a stray round of counselling.

Candidates allotted a seat in the AYUSH counselling need to report to the institution for the admission process. They need to carry a few documents with them. All documents must be original. Also, carry a copy of these documents.

• Passport-sized photographs, eight in number (preferably the same as one pasted on the application form)
• NEET 2025 admit card
• NEET 2025 result
• Birth Certificate/High School Certificate (as proof of date of birth)
• Class 10 marksheet
• Class 12 marksheet
• A valid photo ID proof (Aadhaar card/PAN/Driving Licence/Passport)
• Provisional Allotment Letter (downloaded from official website of NTA NEET)
• SC/ST Certificate (if applicable)
• OBC Certificate (if applicable)
• Disability Certificate (if applicable)
• Certificate stating that candidate has studied Tamil up to Class X (For BSMS candidates)
• Certificate stating students have studied Urdu/Arabic/Persian up to Class X (For BUMS candidates)

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