Odisha NEET MDS Counselling 2025: The counselling process for MDS admission in Odisha will be conducted by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Odisha. This is expected to begin in the first week of October. Admission is based on the NEET MDS 2025 score and candidates can apply to both government and private dental colleges in Odisha. This article provides complete details about the counselling procedure, important dates, fee structure, seat allotment, cutoff, required documents and more.
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Quick Facts
| Particulars | Description |
| Counselling Name | Odisha NEET MDS Counselling 2025 |
| Exam Name | NEET MDS |
| Counselling Authority | Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Odisha |
| NEET MDS Result | 15 May, 2025 |
| Odisha NEET MDS Counselling | Second to third week of July 2025 |
| Counselling Mode | Online |
| Course Offered | MDS |
| Counselling Purpose | Admission to Postgraduate Dental Course |
| MDS Colleges in Odisha | Top MDS Colleges in Odisha |
Odisha NEET MDS Counselling Schedule 2025
In this table, we have mentioned the Odisha NEET MDS Counselling Date. However, the NEET MDS 2025 dates for counselling will be released by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Odisha.
| Events | State Counselling |
| 1st Round of Counselling | Second to third week of July 2025 |
| Last date of Joining | Last week of July 2025 |
| 2nd round of Counselling | Last week of July to first week of August 2025 |
| Last date of joining | Second week of August 2025 |
| 3rd round of Counselling | Third week to Last week of August 2025 |
| Last date of joining | Last week of August 2025 |
| Stray Vacancy round | First week to second week of September 2025 |
| Last date of joining | Second week of September 2025 |
Odisha NEET MDS Counselling Procedure
A candidate can visit the official portal of the Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Odisha, to register themselves for NEET MDS 2025 Odisha State Counselling. Before we speak about the counselling procedure for Odisha NEET MDS 2025, Let us first look at the Odisha NEET MDS Counselling schedule for 2025. The entire process of counselling can be best explained by the following steps mentioned below
Step-1:- Registration Online
Admission seekers can apply online by visiting the website.
- For registration, seekers will use/their NEET MDS roll no. and email registration in All India NEET MDS) and follow the instructions on the screen.
- After that, the candidate’s AI-NEET-MDS registration details will be displayed.
- The exam-qualified applicant will make an online payment, after which an SMS will be sent to his/her registered mobile number (used for AI-NEET-MDS registration) confirming successful registration. For the password you created at the time of registration, kindly note this password for choice-filling.
- After successful payment, the candidate will get Transaction and Registration no. on his/her registered mobile number.
Step-2:- Online Security Money Payment
- Candidates willing to attend the counselling process to grade their MDS Dental seat in the desired Dental College must pay the required Security money fees prescribed by http://www.uhsr.ac.in/.
- After paying security money and the state merit list has been declared, the online seat choice filling option will be available as per the schedule notified earlier.
- The applicant could take a printout of his/her online payment receipt.
Step-3:- Merit Declaration
- For Inter rank in the State merit list reference shall be AI-NEET-MDS 2025.
- The final merit list will be prepared as per the provisions (Displayed on the website).
Step-4:- Online Choice filling
Visit the website- Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Odisha.
- Click on the Choice filling.
- Choice filling Procedure:
- Login for choice filling by using the NEET roll number and password created at the time you’ll need registration.
- The choice filling can be done in several sessions, but remember to save and continue; otherwise, you’ll lose your work.
- A choice filling will not be complete until you finally submit and lock. No changes will be possible after locking the choice.
- The filling is over after the last date of choice; the seat allotment list will be declared online.
Step-5:- Seat allotment:
- Login to the website. Your seat allotment status will be displayed.
- If you accept the allotment letter:-
- But do not join or resign after joining. Even then, you’re eligible for second counselling but will forfeit your security deposit.
- Join the college, and you’ll remain eligible for a second counselling to upgrade your seat without losing your seat. If your seat is upgraded, the previous allotment will automatically change.
- The seat allotment will be done by the online process on a merit cum option basis.
- Physically handicapped category candidates must be physically present before the medical board constituted by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET), Odisha. The dates for the verification will be available on the official website of DMET Odisha.
- Candidates eligible for the reserved category will be given admission as per the rules of the state government, applicable on the date of counselling.
- OBC candidates covered by the provisions of the creamy layer will not be entitled to the benefits of the OBC category.
- Candidates who fail to produce required original documents at the time of admission or if any, concealment or falsification of facts comes into the light at the time of admission and after that during study will not be entitled to any benefit of having appeared in the entrance examination and/or any benefit of acquiring a seat subsequently. Legal action would be taken against such candidates.
- Candidates will be checked for their identity at the time of admission. It will be counted as unfair if it does not match, and their candidature will be cancelled. Additional legal action would be taken against such candidates.
- If a candidate does not participate in online counselling or join the allotted seat by the due date, he/she shall forfeit any right of admission based on said counselling/allotment.
- The option, once exercised by the candidate in online counselling, cannot be altered.
- No request for re-allotment of seats allotted in the first and second rounds will be entertained.
NEET MDS Counselling Flow Chart
The following flow chart is for candidates applying to MDS courses offered by various medical colleges.
NEET MDS Counselling Factors
Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Odisha conducting the counselling below given factors.
| S.No. | Particular |
| 1. | All India 50% quota seats for MDS courses (all states) |
| 2. | State quota seats for MDS courses for all States/Union territories of India. |
| 3. | MDS courses at all Private Dental Colleges, Institutions & Universities all across the country |
| 4 | MDS courses at Armed Forces Medical Services Institutions. |
| 5. | Screening exam for dental surgeons (BDS & MDS) for Short Service Commission in Army Dental Corps |
Documents Required
Candidates must bring the original documents listed below for verification during admission, and candidates must submit one attested copy set of the following documents during counselling.
- NEET MDS 2025 scorecard
- NEET MDS 2025 Admit Card
- Mark sheet of BDS 1st, 2nd and 3rd-year examinations
- Qualifying examination certificate, that is, BDS Degree Certificate (5)Permanent or provisional certificate provided by DCI/Dental Council
- Internship completion certificate issued by the Head of the Institution
- 10th standard certificate as proof of birth
- Valid Government Identity proofs (Driving License/ PAN Card/Voter ID/Passport or Aadhar Card)
- A physically handicapped medical certificate, if required.
- (10)SC/ST/OBC certificate, if required
NEET MDS Cutoff 2025 (Out)
By the minimum qualifying/eligibility criteria for admission to the MDS course as mentioned in the information Bulletin for NEET-MDS 2025, the cutoff scores for various categories are as follows:-
| Category | NEET MDS Cutoff Percentile | NEET MDS Cutoff Marks 2025 |
| General and EWS | 50th percentile | 261 |
| SC / ST / OBC | 40th percentile | 227 |
| General and EWS – PwD | 45th percentile | 244 |
| SC / ST / OBC – PwD | 40th percentile | 227 |
