AP NEET Counselling 2025: 180 New MBBS Seats Added; Round 1 Free Exit Ongoing Till Sept 21
Andhra Pradesh NEET UG counselling 2025 round 1 free exit process is ongoing for eligible candidates till September 21, 2025. Meanwhile, NMC has added 180 extra MBBS seats at GMC Ongole, AGMC Parameshwaramangalam and SMC Nandyala.
The NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) has announced two major updates under AP NEET counselling 2025. Firstly, students who have received a seat in the Andhra Pradesh NEET UG 2025 counselling round 1 and wish to vacate their allotted seat can exit from their reported seat by September 21, 2025. In order to vacate the seat, students have to submit their request to the college principal.
Students must be mindful that those candidates who will opt for the free exit option under AP NEET counselling 2025 will not be eligible for further rounds of counselling under the competent authority quota. However, these students can join the management quota seat under phase 1 of NTS UHS, in case of seat availability.
AP NEET Counselling 2025: New Seats Added
Meanwhile, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has added 180 new seats in the MBBS programme. As per the notification, a total of 30 seats in Government Medical College Ongole, 50 medical seats in Santhiram Medical College Nandyala and 100 new seats in Parameshwaramangalam.
“Reported Candidates who have not utilised the free exit facility as per the schedule cannot resign the seat during the course of admissions, that is, from Phase-III counselling till closure of admissions,” The official notification reads.
The seats vacated before September 21, 2025, will be available for the round 2 MBBS admissions. Candidates who do not opt for free exit options will be unable to vacate their seats till the closure of the admission process.
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In general, the institute reporting process for Andhra Pradesh NEET counselling is conducted for three to four days for each round. Candidates will have to check the important dates carefully and report to the institutes within the deadline. In certain cases, the last date of reporting to the institutes is extended.
The Andhra Pradesh NEET counselling or the Andhra Pradesh NEET counselling is conducted by Dr NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS). Hence, the official website of the Andhra Pradesh NEET counselling 2025 will be the same as that of the official website, which is drntr.uhsap.in. All notifications will be released on this website and eligible candidates will have to register and log in for choice filling and downloading of seat allotment result on the official website of Andhra Pradesh NEET counselling.
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AP NEET counselling process 2025 began on July 23, 2025, with the registration process. The last date of registration without late fee was July 29, 2025, 9 PM. The late registration window is from July 30 to August 2, 2025. Candidates belonging to the Management Quota or NRI category had to register between July 28 and August 2, 2025. After that, the provisional merit list was released. Based on the seat matrix, candidates can fill and lock seat choices, and seats will be allotted as per that.