CCMN 2026: Check Registration, Counselling & Seat Allotment Dates
Centralized Common Counselling for MSc and MSc (Tech) 2025 ( CCMN )
Exam On - 15 Feb '26
CCMN 2026 Counselling Schedule dates will be announced in the second week of May 2026, tentatively on the official website of CCMN. Candidates who had given the JAM 2026 examination and wish to get enrolled in the NITs, CFTIs, and IEST institutes need to register for the CCMN application cum counselling process. Students who will appear for IIT JAM 2026 can also apply for admissions to the CCMN participating institutes by filling out the CCMN registration form 2026.
The CCMN 2026 official notification is expected in the second week of May 2026 tentatively. CCMN application form 2026 will be released in the fourth week of May 2026, tentatively on the CCMN official web portal. The registration process is a single fill-in online application form gateway in order to apply to all programmes in all the participating institutions to which they are eligible.
Before applying, candidates are advised to check out the eligibility criteria meticulously in order not to lose their candidature at any stage in the admission process.
- CCMN 2026 Important Dates
- CCMN 2026 Expected Exam Dates & Schedule
- CCMN 2026 Major Events
- Frequently Asked Questions Of CCMN 2026 Dates
CCMN 2026 Important Dates
The following table brings the complete schedule of the CCMN 2026 counselling process.
| Event |
Expected Start Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Online Registration, Fee Payment and Online Choice Filling |
Fourth week of May 2026, tentatively |
| Last date for Registration unlocking by candidate |
First week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Last date for Online Registration and Fee Payment by UPI/Debit/Credit card/Net Banking |
First week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Last date of Online Choice Filling and locking of choices by the candidate |
Second week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Automatic Locking of saved choices (if choices not locked by the candidate) |
Second week of June 2026, tentatively |
| CCMN 2024 Round 1 Seat Allotment |
Second week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online), specifying willingness (Freeze/Float/Slide), and withdrawal |
Third week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the Allotted Institute) |
Second week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute |
Third week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, Process related to willingness/withdrawal |
Second week of June 2026, tentatively |
| CCMN 2024 Round 2 Seat Allotment |
Fourth week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round), specifying/updating willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal |
Fourth week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round) by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the Allotted Institute) |
Fourth week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute |
Fourth week of June 2026, tentatively |
| Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, Process related to willingness/withdrawal |
Fourth week of June 2026, tentatively |
| CCMN 2024 Round 3 Seat Allotment |
First week of July 2026, tentatively |
| Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted seat for the first time in round 3), and withdrawal |
First week of July 2026, tentatively |
| Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round) by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the Allotted Institute) |
First week of July 2026, tentatively |
| Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute |
First week of July 2026, tentatively |
| * Payment of Partial Admission Fee online by candidates for confirmation of seat allotted during all regular rounds. |
First week of July 2026, tentatively |
| Online Withdrawal from the Admitted Institute |
First week of July 2026, tentatively |
Commonly asked questions
The first round of seat allotment of CCMN will be out in the first week for June 2026, tentatively. The official dates of first round of CCMN seat allotment were released on the official notification.
After the first allotment is done, the document verifying officer will notify the applicants to further participate in the counselling process.
In case applicants don't get a seat in first seat allotment then can further apply for the next round of allotment.
Applicants while filling the CCMN counselling application form, should fill the choice of instititute or programme only those in which they are certainly interested. One must refrain from casual or take-a-chance approach.
Once a seat is allotted, students must follow the due procedure to take admission in the respective institutes.
CCMN 2026 Expected Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CCMN 2025 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb ' 26 | IIT JAM 2026 Exam Date |
| May ' 26 - Jun ' 26 | CCMN 2026 Application Process TENTATIVE |
| May ' 26 - Jun ' 26 | Last date of Online Choice Filling and Locking TENTATIVE |
| Jun ' 26 | Round 1 Seat Allotment Announcement TENTATIVE |
| Jun ' 26 | Round 2 Seat Allotment Announcement TENTATIVE |
CCMN 2026 Major Events
The major events of CCMN 2026 counselling can be categorised as follows:
Candidates have to apply online by filling in required details and paying registration fee. Upon successful registration they will receive login credentials and have to log in to CCMN 2026 website and do choice filling option.
Based on candidate choices and their scores and ranks in JAM, Seat Allotment Orders will be released by exam authorities. Candidates will have to lock allotted seat by uploading documents and pay application fee. In case they are not satisfied with allotted seats they may opt for Change in Willingness or Withdrawal.
Institutes participating in CCMN 2026 will verify candidate documents. If any discrepancy is found students will be contacted for clarification. They need to answer queries online on CCMN portal.
Number of counselling stages will depend on how many seats remain vacant. There will likely be 3 online counselling rounds and 2 special counselling rounds
After seats are allotted to candidate they need to complete admission formalities. They should go institute for payment of remaining admission fees and physical document verification.
Commonly asked questions
Once a seat is allotted in CCMN counselling to the students, they need to deposit INR 15,000/- (for GEN/OBC/GEN-EWS) and INR 10,000/- (for SC/ST/PwD) towards Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF).
After this applicants need to upload the required documents and submit their willingness as per the procedure.
This SAF amount will later be adjusted in the total fee to be deposited for the allotted institute.
The Counselling process of Regular Rounds consists of following stages excluding preregistration:
? Online Registration, Payment of Registration Fee, Choice Filling and Locking of Choices.
? Three Rounds of Counselling: Seat Allotment, Depositing Seat Acceptance Fee, Submitting Willingness, Uploading Documents, and Online Document Verification.
? Payment of Partial Admission Fee.
? Physical Reporting at the Finally Allotted Institute.
Frequently Asked Questions Of CCMN 2026 Dates
CCMN 2026 Important Dates Frequently asked questions for the students.
Commonly asked questions
The application fees for CCCMN counselling varies for different category candidates.
For the General, General-EWS and OBC category candidates is is INR 3,500 and that for the reserved category candidates it is INR 3,000.
No, You cannot. If any candidate does not respond to the query of document verifying officer, their allotment shall stand cancelled. The resulting vacancy will be allotted to another eligible candidate in the subsequent round (s).
The applicant would be considered as “Not-Reported” and would not be eligible for subsequent rounds.
However, student can participate in Special Rounds.
The document verification process of CCMN will be conducted in online mode by the participating institutes.
However, after accepting the final seat allotment, candidates will have to visit the college where they are willing to take admission, and the admission officials will verify the original hard copies of the documents.
After verification will be done, students will be given the admission in their respective institutes.
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