NEET Counselling

There are a total of three to four rounds of Maharashtra NEET UG counselling. These rouds are known as:

• First Round Counselling or Round 1 Counselling
• Second Round Counselling or Round 2 Counselling
• Third Round Counselling or Mop-up Round Counselling
• Fourth Round Counselling or Stray Vacancy Round Counselling

The number of rounds of counselling will vary depending on the seat vacacy. 

In general, the Maharashtra NEET Counselling institute reporting process 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. DTE Maharashtra conducts institute reporting separately for courses or candidate categories. For Round 1 of AYUSH and Medical Allied courses, the institute reporting is being conducted from September 13 to September 17, 2025, and from September 17 to September 21, 2025.

Yes, after the declaration of the Maharashtra NEET counselling seat allotment result, candidates will be given the option to upgrade the seat choice. Based on that, the counselling authorities will upgrade the seats based on the choices entered by candidates, in case the desired seat is vacant after the institute reporting process is concluded.

The registration fee for Maharashtra NEET counselling is INR 1,000 for the State Quota seats, the registration fee is INR 5,000 and for the State and International Quota, the registration fee is INR 6,000.  

The Maharashtra NEET counselling registration process is completely online. Eligible candidates will have to visit the official website of the state counselling and follow the process given below:

• Click on the tab indicating Registration
• Fill up the form with the mandtory details
• Enter the OTP sent to the registered mobile number and email id 
• Click on submit
• Registration credentials will be generated and sent to candidates' email id

For choice filling and locking processes, candidates have to login with the registration credentials and complete the other activities for counselling.  

Yes, The Maharashtra NEET counselling process follows the reservation criteria as per the directives of the Government of India. The Maharashtra NEET counselling also provides reservation for the Maharashtra domicile candidates.

The schedule for the Maharashtra NEET 2025 counselling has been announced by the CET Cell Maharashtra. Maharashtra NEET Counselling 2025 Round 1 of the MBBS and BDS courses was conducted from August 4 to August 22, 2025. Round 2 is scheduled from September 19 to September 29, 2025. The Group B (AYUSH) and Group C (Medical Allied) courses counselling process for the first two rounds is scheduled from September 1 to October 17, 2025. 

As per the seat matrix data of last year, the total number of MBBS and BDS seats offered through Maharashtra NEET counselling is 9,000 and 3,256 respectively. The number may undergo change this year and the data will be updated here on this page.

Yes, candidates belonging to other states apart from Maharashtra are also eligible to participate in the NEET UG counselling. However, while filling the registration form for Maharashtra NEET UG counselling, they must not select the Maharashtra domicile category. Only those belonging to the Maharashtra state should select the state domicile category. Rest of the candidates may select the NRI category or other than Maharashtra state category and provide the documents accordingly.