MCC adds state dates and PwD deadlines to NEET UG Round 2

MCC has published a new combined timetable for NEET-UG 2026 Round 2 counselling. As of the AIQ and State Schedule Round 2 UG 2026, dated 2 September 2026, AIQ, deemed-university and central-university Round 2 runs from 3 to 11 September, while state counselling is scheduled for 7 to 11 September. As of MCC’s PwD assessment notice for Round 2, dated 2 September 2026, the PwD portal is active and eligible candidates face medical-assessment deadlines as early as 5 September.

This is an update to our 30 August Round 2 alert: the important change is that MCC has now issued a combined AIQ-and-state schedule and a separate Round 2 PwD assessment timetable. Candidates should not treat 3 September as the only date that matters.

## What the new schedule says

As of the MCC AIQ and State Schedule Round 2 notice, dated 2 September 2026, Round 2 admission activity is divided into two parallel tracks:

- AIQ, deemed and central universities: Round 2 is scheduled from 3 to 11 September 2026. - State counselling: the state Round 2 period is scheduled from 7 to 11 September 2026. - Last date of joining: 18 September 2026 for both the AIQ/deemed/central-university side and state counselling side. - Academic session commencement: the same notice lists 15 September 2026 as the commencement date for undergraduate courses.

The schedule also says that participating institutes and colleges must treat Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted holidays as working days because the counselling period is limited. This matters for students who are waiting for document verification, reporting instructions or joining formalities from an allotted college.

The AIQ dates were already listed in MCC’s Round 2 AIQ counselling schedule, dated 27 August 2026: registration and payment run from 3 to 8 September, choice filling from 3 to 9 September, seat-allotment processing from 9 to 10 September, the allotment result on 11 September, and reporting from 12 to 18 September. The 2 September document is therefore not a new AIQ result date; it is the newer document that adds the state-counselling dates and confirms the common joining deadline.

## Who must act now

AIQ, deemed-university and central-university candidates who want to participate in Round 2 must complete the applicable MCC registration and payment process within the dates shown in the official AIQ schedule. As of the MCC schedule dated 27 August 2026, payment is available until 6:00 p.m. on 8 September, while choice filling is available until 10:00 a.m. on 9 September and choice locking begins at 4:00 p.m. on 8 September. Use server time, not your phone or laptop clock.

If you are already holding a Round 1 seat and are participating as a Float candidate, check your MCC account and your institute’s document-verification status before making new choices. As of MCC’s Round 1 Float-document notice, dated 29 August 2026, a candidate whose corrected documents are not uploaded after an institute raises a discrepancy can have the seat cancelled. That notice is about Round 1 verification, but its practical warning remains relevant while candidates move into Round 2: do not assume that joining or uploading one document automatically completes every verification step.

State-quota candidates should follow their own state counselling authority’s portal for registration, choice filling, verification and reporting instructions. As of the MCC combined schedule dated 2 September 2026, the state Round 2 window is shown as 7–11 September, but MCC does not replace the state authority’s candidate-specific notices. The state schedule in the MCC document is a coordination timetable, not a substitute for your domicile, category, fee, document or reporting instructions.

## PwD candidates have a separate deadline

As of MCC’s Notice No. 18 for PwD assessment for Round 2, dated 2 September 2026, the Round 2 PwD portal is active.

The notice states that candidates must report to the Primary Medical Assessment Board by 10:30 a.m. on 5 September 2026. The Primary Board must complete its assessment by 6:00 p.m. on 6 September 2026. Candidates requiring appellate assessment must report by 12:00 noon on 8 September 2026. MCC also directs candidates to ensure that their assessment details are generated online on the MCC portal.

If you are applying under PwD/PwBD, do not wait for an allotment result before checking the assessment process. The notice does not give candidates a general extension or an alternative late-reporting route. Missing the prescribed assessment window can leave the required assessment details incomplete when counselling decisions are being processed.

## What is not yet announced

As of the newest MCC documents dated 2 September 2026, MCC has published the Round 2 operating dates and PwD assessment cut-offs, but it has not issued a separate new notice changing the AIQ allotment result date of 11 September 2026. It has also not published one universal set of state-level document and fee instructions for every state. Treat messages on coaching groups, social media or private counselling services as unconfirmed unless the relevant MCC or state authority publishes them.

For the document checklist, Freeze/Float rules, choice filling and AIQ-versus-state explanation, use our NEET UG Counselling: 15% AIQ vs 85% State Quota Explained guide. NEET Help Center is an independent, free student-help website; it does not collect leads, sell admissions or earn commissions.

Author: NEET Help Center Editorial Team Published: 3 September 2026 Last updated: 3 September 2026 AI-assistance disclosure: This post was prepared with AI assistance and checked by the NEET Help Center Editorial Team against the linked primary documents.

Sources - MCC: Notice for PwD assessment for Round 2 dated 02.09.2026 - MCC: UG Round 2 Counselling Schedule dated 27.08.2026

_Last verified: 2026-09-03._

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