Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025: Key Dates, Procedure, Seat Allocation, Cost, and Crucial Guidelines
The State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell), Maharashtra, is set to conduct the Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025 for MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, Nursing, and Allied Health courses. This counselling process is based on NEET UG 2025 qualification and eligibility criteria, including domicile and category requirements.
Detailed Process and Schedule
The Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025 process is structured in a phased, systematic manner, ensuring a transparent, merit-based admission system. Here's a breakdown of the key stages and their respective dates:
- Registration Start: July 24, 2025 Eligible NEET UG 2025 candidates can commence their online registration at cetcell.mahacet.org.
- Registration Deadline: July 30, 2025 (tentative) The last date to register online and submit application details.
- Fee Payment Deadline: July 31, 2025 Candidates must complete their registration by paying the counselling fees. The registration fee for General/Open category is INR 1,000, while it is INR 500 for Reserved Category.
- Document Upload: By August 1, 2025 Mandatory documents must be uploaded for verification.
- Provisional Merit List & Seat Matrix Release: August 2, 2025 The merit list and seat matrix for various courses will be published.
- Choice Filling Period (Round 1): August 3 to August 5, 2025 Candidates fill in their choices/preferences of colleges and courses.
- Seat Allotment Result (Round 1): August 7, 2025 The seat allotment for Round 1 will be declared.
- Reporting to Institutes (Round 1): August 8 to August 12, 2025 Candidates who are allotted seats must report to colleges to confirm admission.
- Verification & Preparation for Round 2: August 13 to August 14, 2025 Candidate verification by the state authority post Round 1.
- Round 2 Counselling (State Quota): August 12 to August 20, 2025 The second round of seat allotment for State quota seats will take place.
- Round 2 Counselling (AIQ, Deemed/Central Universities): August 19 to August 29, 2025 Separate seat allotment for All India Quota & other categories by MCC.
- Final Joining Deadline: October 3, 2025 The last date to join any allotted medical institution across rounds and categories.
- Commencement of Classes: September 1, 2025 The start of academic sessions for all UG medical and allied courses.
Courses Covered under Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025
- MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
- BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery)
- BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery)
- BHMS (Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery)
- BUMS (Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery)
- BSMS (Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery)
- BPTh (Bachelor of Physiotherapy)
- BOTh (Bachelor of Occupational Therapy)
- BASLP (Bachelor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology)
- BP&O (Bachelor in Prosthetics and Orthotics)
- BSc Nursing and other Allied Health courses
Important Notes
- The counselling process incorporates a 10% EWS reservation, which reduces the open category seats in private colleges.
- Maharashtra counselling is conducted for the 85% State quota seats, while the rest fall under All India Quota (AIQ) counselling conducted by MCC.
- Students must register, verify documents, do choice filling, and report to allotted institutes by the specified deadlines to secure admission.
- There will be multiple rounds including a final stray vacancy round if seats remain unfilled.
This schedule and process ensure a transparent, merit-based admission through a phased, systematic counselling system managed by Maharashtra CET Cell for State quota and the MCC for AIQ and deemed universities.
Candidates must ensure they meet the minimum marks criteria for General Category, SC/ST/OBC, and PwD candidates, which are 50%, 40%, and 45% in PCB respectively. They must also have qualified NEET UG 2025, be domiciled in Maharashtra, and meet the educational qualification criteria.
The official website for Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025 is cetcell.mahacet.org. An online registration fee must be paid, and personal, academic, and category details must be filled out. Scanned documents as per the official list must be uploaded, and the application form and payment receipt must be downloaded for reference.
Good luck to all medical aspirants participating in the Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025!
- I'm planning to enroll in the Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025, as it offers various education-and-self-development opportunities including MBBS, BDS, AYUSH courses, and others such as BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BSMS, BPTh, BOTh, BASLP, BP&O, and BSc Nursing.
- The Maharashtra NEET UG Counselling 2025 process promotes education-and-self-development by incorporating a 10% EWS reservation, reducing the open category seats in private colleges, making it more accessible for candidates from diverse backgrounds.
