The counselling schedule for NEET-MDS 2025 admissions to Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) courses for the Academic Year 2025 has been officially released. The timeline covers both the All India Quota (AIQ)/Deemed & Central Universities and State Quota counselling processes. To ensure timely completion, all participating institutes and colleges have been directed to treat all Saturdays, Sundays, and Gazetted Holidays as working days. This notice was published on July 4, 2025.
Key Dates for All India Quota/Deemed & Central Universities Counselling:
Round 1
- Seat Matrix Verification: June 23, 2025
- Registration/Payment: June 24 – June 30, 2025
- Choice Filling/Locking: June 25 – June 30, 2025
- Seat Allotment Processing: July 1 – July 2, 2025
- Result Declaration: July 3, 2025
- Reporting/Joining: July 4 – July 8, 2025
- Data Verification by Institutes: July 9 – July 11, 2025
Round 2
- Seat Matrix Verification: July 11, 2025
- Registration/Payment: July 12 – July 15, 2025
- Choice Filling/Locking: July 13 – July 16, 2025
- Seat Allotment Processing: July 16 – July 17, 2025
- Result Declaration: July 18, 2025
- Reporting/Joining: July 19 – July 27, 2025
- Data Verification by Institutes: July 28 – July 30, 2025
Round 3
- Seat Matrix Verification: July 31, 2025
- Registration/Payment: August 1 – August 5, 2025
- Choice Filling/Locking: August 1 – August 5, 2025
- Seat Allotment Processing: August 6 – August 7, 2025
- Result Declaration: August 8, 2025
- Reporting/Joining: August 9 – August 16, 2025
- Data Verification by Institutes: August 17 – August 18, 2025
Online Stray Vacancy Round
- Registration/Payment: August 19 – August 21, 2025
- Choice Filling/Locking: August 19 – August 21, 2025
- Seat Allotment Processing: August 22, 2025
- Result Declaration: August 23, 2025
- Reporting/Joining: August 24 – August 30, 2025
Key Dates for State Quota Counselling
- Round 1: Counselling from June 24 – July 3, 2025, with the last date for joining on July 8, 2025.
- Round 2: Counselling from July 12 – July 18, 2025, with the last date for joining on July 27, 2025.
- Round 3: Counselling from August 1 – August 8, 2025, with the last date for joining on August 16, 2025.
- Stray Vacancy Round: Counselling from August 19 – August 23, 2025, with the last date for joining on August 30, 2025.
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will share joined candidate data to facilitate weeding out during seat processing, with specific dates for sharing by State DMEs/State Counselling Authorities for each round (July 14, 2025 for Round 1; August 4, 2025 for Round 2; and August 21, 2025 for Round 3).
The academic session for MDS Courses is scheduled to commence on July 25, 2025.
