MCC NEET UG Special Stray Round 2026 Seat Matrix Released

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the MCC NEET UG Special Stray Round 2026 seat matrix for the Special Stray Vacancy Round for MBBS and the 5th round of BDS and B.Sc Nursing admissions. In all, 1,219 vacant seats have been listed across government, deemed university, central university, ESIC and AIIMS institutes. Candidates who are still looking for a seat can check the PDF on the official MCC website, mcc.nic.in.

MCC NEET UG Special Stray Round 2026: Highlights

Particulars	Details
Counselling body	Medical Counselling Committee (MCC)
Round	Special Stray Vacancy Round (MBBS) and 5th Round (BDS/B.Sc Nursing)
Total seats	1,219
Courses	MBBS, BDS, B.Sc Nursing
Official website	mcc.nic.in

Most MBBS Seats Are in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

The seat matrix shows that most of the vacant MBBS seats are in self-financed merit seats at deemed universities, mainly in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. By our count, the two regions together account for roughly nine out of every ten MBBS seats in this round.

Institutes with the highest number of vacant MBBS seats:

• Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram: 188 seats
• Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enathur: 117 seats
• Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry: 95 seats
• Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry: 88 seats
• Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai: 82 seats
• J R Medical College and Hospital, Villupuram: 73 seats
• Bhaarath Medical College and Hospital, Chennai: 65 seats
• ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai: 51 seats
• Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College, Salem: 50 seats

In Karnataka, Chettinad Institute of Medical Education and Research, Kolar has 15 vacant seats. Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Bihar and a few other states have a small number of MBBS seats, mostly in the single digits.

Government MBBS Seats Are Few

Government and state-run institutes have very few MBBS seats left, mostly one seat per category. These include:

• Nalanda Medical College, Patna
• Government Medical College, Korba (Chhattisgarh)
• Goa Medical College, Panaji
• Stanley Medical College, Chennai
• Shillong Medical College
• Sikkim Government Medical College
• Calcutta National Medical College and Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata
• AIIMS Madurai and AIIMS Rishikesh

BDS Seats: Government Dental Colleges and NRI Quota

BDS seats are spread across government dental colleges in states such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Puducherry, Manipur and Odisha, and also deemed universities. A large share of the BDS seats at deemed universities fall under the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) quota. The biggest numbers are at:

• Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College, Pune: 11 seats
• Yenepoya Dental College, Mangaluru: 10 seats
• School of Dental Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad: 9 seats
• BVDU Dental College, Navi Mumbai: 8 seats
• Sri Ramachandra Dental College, Chennai: 13 seats

Government dental colleges that still have seats include Government Dental College, Indore, Burdwan Dental College, Tamil Nadu Government Dental College (Chennai), Government Dental College Alappuzha and Kannur, and Agartala Government Dental College.

S.no	Particulars
1.	MCC NEET UG Special Stray Round 2026 Seat Matrix List PDF

Category-Wise Seats

Seats are available across the Open (OP), EWS (EW), OBC (BC), SC and ST categories, including PwD (PH) seats. Most government college seats are limited to one or two per category, so candidates are advised to check the category and quota of each seat carefully before filling in their choices.

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What Candidates Should Do

• Download the official seat matrix PDF from mcc.nic.in and check the quota, institute and category before filling choices.
• Keep all required documents, such as the NEET UG 2026 scorecard, certificates and ID proofs, ready.
• Check the fee structure of deemed universities, since self-financed seats are costlier than government seats.
• Follow the official MCC schedule for registration, choice filling, seat allotment and reporting dates.